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Permission sought for Hindus to offer prayers

Budaun (UP): A plea has been in a court here claiming that Jama Masjid Shamsi in Badaun city is a temple of Lord Shiva and seeking permission for followers of the Sanatan Dharma to offer prayers at the site, a lawyer for the petitioners said on Saturday.
A separate application has been filed in the matter urging the court to appoint a commission for a survey of the site.
Civil judge (senior division) Vijay Gupta took up the matter on Friday and directed the Intezamia Committee managing the Shamsi Jama Masjid to present its side on September 15, when the court will next hear the matter.
Ved Prakash Sahu, an advocate for the petitioners, said the plea contends that the building is not of Jama Masjid, but an ancient Ishaan mandir of Neelkanth Mahadev Maharaj.
The petitioners are the state convenor of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, Mukesh Patel, advocate Arvind Parmar, Gyan Prakash, Anurag Sharma and Umesh Chandra Sharma, who have claimed in the structure is Neelkanth Mahadev temple located in the fort of Raja Mahipal.
One of the petitioners, Arvind Parmar, on Saturday said that the first party is the deity, Neelkanth Mahadev Maharaj, himself.
Parmar said that they have pleaded that the followers of the Sanatan Dharma should be allowed to offer prayers at the temple of Neelkanth Mahadev. Also, police and administration must be directed to ensure there is no objection, dispute or interference during worshipping.
He said that a separate application has been filed in this matter urging the court to appoint a commission to undertake a survey of the mosque premises.
The petition has mentioned books that, it claims, say that the mosque is the Neelkanth Mahadev Mandir.
The diary published by the information department also contains this information, and this was also presented by the petitioner, Parmar claimed.
The mosque is built on an elevated area called Sotha Mohalla and is considered the highest structure in the town of Budaun.
It is also believed to be the third oldest existing and seventh largest mosque in the country, having a capacity of 23,500.
There have been several similar suits, including in Mathura and Varanasi, claiming that mosques there were sites of ancient Hindu temples. PTI

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Srinagar, Aug 29: The problem was not with mass gathering but the offering of namaz, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said on Monday after FIR was lodged against 25 people in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad after they offered namaz at an open space.

According to a police official, the case has been registered under the Indian Penal Code section 505 (public mischief). Namaz was being offered at the open space in Dellepur village despite warning, he said.

I’m sure if one of the neighbours had a hawan with 26 friends & relatives that would be perfectly acceptable. It’s not the “mass gathering” that is the problem, it’s the offering of namaz. https://t.co/DUrI1EqVlI

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) August 29, 2022

However, one of the people named in the FIR said the land where namaz was offered was a private property.

In a tweet, Omar Abdullah said, “I’m sure if one of the neighbours had a hawan with 26 friends and relatives that would be perfectly acceptable. It’s not the mass gathering that is the problem, it’s the offering of namaz.” Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Rural, Sandeep Kumar Meena said, “The villagers continued to perform namaz in the open space despite a warning and being told to do it at their houses. So, we have registered a case against 25 people.” Wahid Saifi, who has been named in the FIR, said, “We are legal owners of that land where namaz was being offered frequently since Independence. But recently, some miscreants, claiming themselves to be Bajrang Dal activists, objected to it claiming it was a new practice. They complained to the police on June 3.” Police visited the spot and checked all papers and issued summons to be present in the SDM’s office, he said.

“We visited the SDM office on June 3 where Circle officer, Kanth Saloni Agrawal was also present. All legal papers were presented by us but she warned us not to perform namaz in open space and since then we were following the orders. But an FIR was lodged on August 24 in Chajlait Police Station after the transfer of the SHO,” Saifi said.

“We all were unaware about any case and we came to know about it from the media,” Saifi said.–(PTI)

Shares of NDTV settled at Rs 366.20 on BSE, up 2.61 percent from the previous close. Its revenue for the financial year ended March 31, 2022 was Rs 230.91 crore.

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Adani Enterprises said on Tuesday its media unit will indirectly buy a 29.18 percent stake in New Delhi Television Ltd and launch an open offer for another 26 percent stake in the media house.

In a statement to NSE, Adani Enterprises said: “We hereby inform you that AMNL, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has acquired 100 percent equity stake in VCPL, in accordance with the terms contemplated under the purchase agreement dated 23rd August, 2022 executed between AMNL, Nextwave Televentures Private Limited (“NTPL”), Eminent Networks Private Limited (“ENPL”, collectively with NTPL as “Sellers”) and VCPL.”

In a statement to BSE Limited on August 22, NDTV clarified, stating “in the best interests of our shareholders – that we have clarified to the journalist in writing that this is a baseless rumour, and that Radhika and Prannoy Roy are not in discussions now, nor have been, with any entity for a change in ownership or a divestment of their stake in NDTV. They individually and through their company, RRPR Holding Private Limited, continue to hold 61.45 percent of the total paid-up share capital of NDTV.

NDTV’s letter to BSE came following a request “by a journalist at a business newspaper to comment on whether the founder promoters of New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) are selling their stake in NDTV held through RRPR Holding Private Limited.”

Three firms, Vishvapradhan Commercial Pvt Ltd along with AMG Media Networks and Adani Enterprises Ltd, have offered a price of Rs 294 for the acquisition of up to 1,67,62,530 fully paid-up equity shares of NDTV having a face value of Rs 4 from the public shareholders.

A public announcement has been made by JM Financial Ltd, which is managing the offer on behalf of the acquirers.

“The Offer Price is higher than the price determined in accordance with Regulation 8(2) of the SEBI (SAST) Regulations,” the offer said.

On Tuesday, shares of NDTV settled at Rs 366.20 on BSE, up 2.61 per cent from the previous close. Its revenue for the financial year ended March 31, 2022 was Rs 230.91 crore.

With inputs from Reuters.

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Raja Singh has been taken into custody for making an alleged blasphemous remarks against Prophet Muhammad, in Hyderabad on Tuesday

New Delhi, Aug 23: The BJP on Tuesday suspended its Telangana MLA T. Raja Singh for making derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

In a letter to Singh, Member Secretary BJP Central Disciplinary Committee Om Pathak said, “You have expressed views contrary to the Party’s position on various matters, which is in clear violation of Rule XXV. 10 (a) of constitution of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

“I have been directed to convey to you that pending further inquiry, you are suspended from the party and from your responsibilities / assignments if any, with immediate effect.”

Pathak further wrote, “Please also show cause within 10 days from the date of this notice as to why you should not be expelled from the party.”

“Your detailed reply must reach the undersigned no later than September 2,” Pathak added.

Earlier in the day, the Hyderabad Police arrested the controversial BJP MLA for making derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

The member of Telangana Legislative Assembly was arrested following huge protests by Muslims in parts of Hyderabad after he uploaded a video on Facebook making derogatory comments.

Police have booked a case against the MLA from Goshamahal constituency at Dabeerpura police station. He has been booked for promoting enmity between the different groups on grounds of religion.

Singh was taken into preventive custody last Saturday for threatening to disrupt comedian Munawar Faruqui’s show. The comedian’s show was held amid tight security.

Singh is famous for making provocative speeches and derogatory remarks against other religions. In June, he was booked for making offensive remarks against Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

Mysuru: A youth has lodged an FIR against a female stranger for extortion over a video call in which she had gone nude, police said on Monday.

According to police, Vasu K., the complainant, a resident of Bilikere village near Hunsur town got a message from the accused young lady introducing herself as Amrita and expressing her wish to talk to him.

After some time she made a video call to Vasu. As soon as he received the call, the lady had gone nude. Vasu told police that he disconnected the call as soon as the woman went nude.

However, she sent him a video message showing him on a mobile phone screen when she had gone nude and demanded money from him.

If he fails to give her money, she threatened to send this video and other screenshots to his friends and family and make them viral on social media.

Following this, Vasu approached the Cyber Police in Mysuru and sought protection. The police have begun investigations.

In a one-in-a-million case, a couple in their 70s became parents in Rajasthan’s Alwar district. The 75-year-old man and his 70-year-old woman were blessed with a baby after 54 years of marriage after they took help of In vitro fertilization (IVF).

The baby boy was delivered at the Indo IVF Test Tube Baby Center, the only registered IVF center in Alwar.

“About one-and-a-half years ago, Gopichand approached the fertility centre through his relative. Chandrawati and Gopi Singh Chandravati Devi live in a village close to the Haryana border near Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu. The couple also went to multiple metropolitan cities for treatment but in vain,” IVF expert Dr Pankaj Gupta said.

Gopi Singh, a former soldier of Nuhaniya village of Jhunjhunu, was shot in the leg in the Bangladesh war.

“Chandrawati was able to conceive nine months ago in the third attempt through IVF. While there was happiness, there was an element of fear also due to the advanced age of the mother. But finally, on Monday, she delivered a healthy baby,” the doctor added.

Both the mother and the child are doing fine and the weight of the child is about 3.5 kg.

A law was passed by Parliament recently which came into effect from June 2022. According to it, no IVF infertility centre will be able to provide treatment to women and men above 50 years. But the couple was lucky as the woman had conceived before the law came into force.

New Delhi: India’s friendly relations with the Arab countries were not affected in view of the controversial comments made against Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan also said that India continues to attach high priority to further strengthen relations with the Arab world and that it understands the outlook and views of New Delhi on the issue.
He was responding to questions on whether “hate speeches and defamatory” comments made by spokespersons of political parties in India have affected its relations with Arab countries and the government’s response to the statement made against the Prophet (PBUH).
“No. India shares historic and friendly relations with Arab countries which have strengthened significantly in the past few years in different domains, including political, trade and investment, defence, security, science and technology, culture and people-to-people ties,” Muraleedharan said.
He further added: “With regard to recent remarks the relevant political organisation has clarified its position. This has been duly recognised by Arab governments.”
Last month, the BJP suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled from the party its Delhi unit media head Naveen Jindal for allegedly making derogatory comments against the Prophet (PBUH).
To a separate question, Muraleedharan said Qatar, Kuwait, Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia and Azerbaijan summoned the Indian ambassadors in connection with the remarks on the Prophet (PBUH).
“Our ambassadors conveyed that the remarks were made by individuals and do not, in any manner, reflect the view of the government of India. In line with our civilizational heritage and cultural traditions, India accords highest respect to all religions,” the minister said.
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When looked into the matter same has been found to be a Staged Video spreading misinformation hence Fake and hoax.

Talking to Kashmir Today, concerned authorities told “During late night hours thousands of Vehicles are parked on roads and their Fastag is completely safe and secure.

In India from Fastag at a moment only Government Agencies and some authorised outsourced companies can debt money, which are accountable and responsible for each and every transaction they process.

It may be noted that all FASTag transactions at various Toll Plazas are backed with CCTV camera footages.