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"Doesn't Scare Me": Asaduddin Owaisi Says Delhi Home Vandalised With Ink

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'Doesn't Scare Me': Asaduddin Owaisi Says Delhi Home Vandalised With Black Ink

Asaduddin Owaisi’s Delhi home was attacked twice last year (File)

New Delhi:

AIMIM chief and the party’s lone Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi claimed his home in Delhi’s high-security Ashoka Road area was vandalised with black ink by some unknown miscreants today.

Sharing a video of police officers wiping the ink off the plaque outside his residence, the MP wrote: “Some “unknown miscreants” vandalised my house with black ink today. I have now lost count of the number of times my Delhi residence has been targeted. When I asked the Delhi Police officials how this was happening right under their noses, they expressed helplessness.”

Tagging Home Minister Amit Shah and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Mr Owaisi said. “Amit Shah, this is happening under your oversight. Om Birla, please tell us if MPs’ safety will be guaranteed or not.”

The MP, who registered a decisive win from Hyderabad by defeating the BJP’s firebrand candidate Kompella Madhavi Latha by over 3.38 lakh votes, also sent out a message for the “two-bit goons who keep targeting my house”.

“To the two-bit goons who keep targeting my house: this does not scare me… be men enough to face me. Do not scurry away after throwing some ink or pelting a few stones,” he wrote.

Last year, his Delhi home was attacked twice – once in August, when two glass panels on a door were found broken and another in February, when stones were thrown and the nameplate was damaged.

In 2022, his convoy came under fire in Uttar Pradesh while the MP was travelling from Meerut to Delhi. Mr Owaisi, who had a close shave, had said that four shots were fired at his cavalcade. Later two men were arrested in the case.

The five-time Hyderabad MP stirred a huge controversy earlier this week as he expressed solidarity with war-torn Palestine while taking oath as an MP.

The mention triggered massive outrage and strong reactions from members of the treasury benches, prompting the Chair to expunge it.

However, Mr Owaisi defended his Palestine chant and said: “Other members are also saying different things. I said ‘Jai Bheem, Jai Meem, Jai Telangana, Jai Palestine’. How is it wrong? Tell me the provision of the Constitution. You should also listen to what others said. I said what I had to. Read what Mahatma Gandhi had said about Palestine.”

Asked why he mentioned Palestine, Mr Owaisi clarified, “They are oppressed people”.

The Hyderabad MP could be disqualified for “demonstrating adherence to a foreign State, that is Palestine”, sources in the BJP said.

Union Minister and BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje wrote to the Home Minister’s office objecting to the speech and requested the pro tem Speaker to ask Mr Owaisi to take oath once again.

Hyderabad

Water supply restored after completion of valve repair in Hyderabad

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While the water board earlier announced a disruption of supply for two days, the valve that came under unexpected repair was fixed within a day’s time.

Published Date – 27 June 2024, 08:04 PM


Water supply restored after completion of valve repair in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad: The NRV valve of the second pump in the Kondapur pump house has been repaired and the water supply has been restored, informed HMWS&SB in a press statement on Thursday.

While the water board earlier announced a disruption of supply for two days, the valve that came under unexpected repair was fixed within a day’s time. As a result, water supply was restored for areas under the Krishna Drinking Water Supply Scheme Phase-II including Mir Alam, Balapur, Bholakpur, Chilkalguda, Prakash Nagar, Patigadda, Vanasthalipuram, Autonagar, and others.

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AAP MP Sanjay Singh’s suspension from Rajya Sabha ends

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Expresses happiness as permission has been obtained to enter Parliament after almost a year of suspension

Published Date – 27 June 2024, 01:25 PM


AAP MP Sanjay Singh’s suspension from Rajya Sabha ends

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New Delhi: Aam Admi Party MP Sanjay Singh received a major relief as his suspension from the Rajya Sabha ended on Thursday. He expressed happiness as permission has been obtained to enter Parliament after almost a year of suspension.

Expressing gratitude, AAP MP Sanjay Singh said, “I express my heartfelt gratitude and thanks to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar for withdrawing my suspension. Today the proceedings of the House will also begin in Rajya Sabha and President Droupadi Murmu is inaugurating the session.”

He said, “You all know what is happening to us, how the elected CM has been kept in jail and how he was arrested by CBI yesterday…We will definitely boycott the President’s address because this is not the President’s own statement, rather she reads the government’s statement. She reads the written speeches of the government. So that is why we will boycott the President’s address…”

Notably, after obtaining permission to enter the Parliament, Sanjay Singh along with other Aam Aadmi Party MPs held a protest against the arrest of Delhi CM and AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, in Parliament premises ahead of President Droupadi Murmu’s address on Thursday.

The party MPs were seen holding placards that read, “Stop misusing ED and CBI”, and “Dictatorship will not work”. Earlier, the Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi on Wednesday sent Kejriwal to three days CBI remand in connection with the Excise policy case.

Vacation Judge Amitabh Rawat after taking note of all the submissions of both sides, allowed Arvind Kejriwal to be on CBI remand till June 29, 2024.

During the remand period, the court allowed Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita Kejriwal, to meet him for 30 minutes and his lawyer to meet him every day for 30 minutes. The court has also allowed him to carry his prescribed medicines during the remand period.

Hyderabad

Ensure no loss of life due to Godavari floods, Bhatti tells Kothagudem officials

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Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu held a review meeting on the preparedness and relief measures in the case of floods in the river, here on Thursday.

Published Date – 27 June 2024, 10:44 PM


Ensure no loss of life due to Godavari floods, Bhatti tells Kothagudem officials

Officials attending a review meeting on Godavari floods in Kothagudem on Thursday.

Kothagudem: Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu told the district officials to see that there should be no loss of life due to floods in river Godavari. He along with district in-charge Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao held a review meeting on the preparedness and relief measures in the case of floods in the river, here on Thursday.

Initially district Collector Jithesh V Patil briefed the ministers on the precautionary measures being taken by the district administration involving all government departments to deal with the flood situation. Bhatti Vikramarka said that as all the officials in the district were aware of the floods there should be an effective action plan to handle the situation; to provide better facilities and services to the people in flood prone areas.

The officials should complete all the arrangements and ensure availability of adequate boats to deal with the floods. The State government was ready to provide the facilities required by the people, he added.MLA K Sambasiva Rao, Tellam Venkata Rao, Jare Adinarayana, K Kanakaiah, Ramdas Naik, MLC Chintapandu Naveen, SP B Rohith Raju and others were present.

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Student Drowns In Rajasthan University Swimming Pool, Cops Launch Probe

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Student Drowns In Rajasthan University Swimming Pool, Cops Launch Probe

The matter is being investigated, police said (Representational)

Jaipur:

A postgraduate student of the Rajasthan University in Jaipur allegedly downed in its swimming pool on Thursday, police said.

Vikas Yadav, 21, was taking swimming classes in the university pool and had joined the evening batch, they said.

He allegedly drowned in the evening, police said, adding that some of his friends tried to save him but failed.

The matter is being investigated and the postmortem of the body will be conducted on Friday, they said.

Mr Yadav hailed from Neem ka Thana district of the state and lived in a hostel.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Hyderabad

Value Gold launches Telangana’s first mobile gold buying services for rural areas

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Value Gold also launched its 5th branch at Chintal and has branches at Uppal, Kukatpally, Banjara Hills and Secunderabad.

Published Date – 27 June 2024, 08:42 PM


Value Gold launches Telangana’s first mobile gold buying services for rural areas


Hyderabad: Value Gold, a unit of Caps Gold has launched Telangana’s first mobile gold buying services vehicle for rural areas, an innovative solution to leverage gold with great ease for emergencies or financial needs.

Actor Anasuya Bharadwaj, influencers, bloggers along with prominent guests participated in the launch. Value Gold also launched its 5th branch at Chintal and has branches at Uppal, Kukatpally, Banjara Hills and Secunderabad.

Value Gold has introduced retail gold and silver coins at all branches and now are available for purchase. The first tour of mobile gold buying services now starting from Karimnagar followed by Pedapally, Huzurabad, Sircilla and Siddipet.

Abhishek Chanda- Director of Value Gold said, “We are thrilled to unveil Telangana’s first mobile gold buying services in rural areas, this new service brings transparent and fuss free gold exchange program, a complete new conducive environment for transparent process in valuing and exchanging gold.”

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PIL in SC against implementation of three new criminal laws

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Fresh plea, filed through advocate Sanjeev Malhotra, seeks directions to immediately constitute an expert committee to assess, identify the viability of the laws

Published Date – 27 June 2024, 01:59 PM


PIL in SC against implementation of three new criminal laws

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New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court against the implementation of the new criminal laws abolishing the colonial-era IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act.

It may be recalled that the top court in May had refused to entertain a similar PIL saying that the plea was liable to be dismissed.

The fresh plea, filed through advocate Sanjeev Malhotra, seeks directions to immediately constitute an expert committee to assess, identify the viability of the three criminal laws namely, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA).

It said, The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita retains most offences from the Indian Penal Code, 1860. It adds community service as a form of punishment. Sedition is no longer an offence. Instead, there is a new offence for acts endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita adds terrorism as an offence. “The PIL said the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, allows up to 15 days of police custody, which can be authorised in parts during the initial 40 or 60 days of the 60 or 90 days” period of judicial custody.

“This may lead to denial of bail for the entire period if the police have not exhausted the 15 days custody and the provision could be misused since people, particularly those hailing from marginalised backgrounds, may be subjected to extreme custodial violence,” it added.

Further, the plea said that there remains irregularity in the passing of laws in the Parliament as many members of Parliament were suspended with very less people participating in the passing of the three Bills.

It referred to the speech made by former Chief Justice of India NV Ramana expressing his concern regarding enacting laws without debate in the Parliament as it leaves ambiguity in legislation and leads to a lot of litigation.

“The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 retains most provisions of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 including those on confessions, relevancy of facts, and burden of proof,” the PIL said.

In a press statement, the Bar Council of India (BCI) on Wednesday urged all Bar associations across the country to refrain from any form of agitation or protest against the introduction of new criminal laws and said that it will initiate discussions with the Union Government to convey the concerns of the legal fraternity.

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Harish Rao slams Revanth’s allegations of BRS-BJP collusion

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He pointed out that the BRS outperformed the BJP in numerous Assembly constituencies, but the Congress had failed to do the same in the Chief Minister’s own constituency in Kodangal.

Published Date – 27 June 2024, 10:54 PM


Harish Rao slams Revanth’s allegations of BRS-BJP collusion

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Hyderabad: Senior BRS leader and former Minister T Harish Rao refuted Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s claims that the BRS and the BJP colluded in the recent Lok Sabha elections, dismissing them as baseless and inappropriate. He pointed out that the BRS outperformed the BJP in numerous Assembly constituencies, but the Congress had failed to do the same in the Chief Minister’s own constituency in Kodangal.

In a statement, Harish Rao said the BRS party scored majority votes in three of seven Assembly constituencies within the Medak Parliament constituency, including Dubbak, which is the constituency of BJP MP M Raghunandan Rao. “It is not appropriate for a Chief Minister to make such unfounded allegations,” he said.

The former Minister pointed out the inconsistency in Revanth Reddy‘s claims referring to the Congress party’s performance in Mahabubnagar constituency where the BJP won, despite having Congress MLAs in all seven Assembly constituencies. “Did the Congress divert votes to BJP there?” he asked.

Harish Rao also challenged Revanth Reddy over the BJP securing majority votes in the latter’s native village of Kondareddypalli as well as his Kodangal Assembly constituency during the Lok Sabha polls. “In Kodangal where the Chief Minister won with 32,000 votes in the Assembly elections, the Congress candidate secured only a 21,000 majority during the parliamentary elections. Does that mean he is in cahoots with the BJP?” he asked sarcastically. He also questioned BJP’s significant victory in Malkajigiri, represented by Revanth Reddy earlier, implying a possible Congress-BJP collusion there.

Harish Rao also said Revanth Reddy was aligning with the BJP and implementing their agenda while in the Congress. He cited instances where Revanth Reddy referred Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “Bade Bhai” and accused him of failing to condemn the Modi government on various issues. “The two national parties have come together to target Telangana’s regional power – BRS. It is a shame that Revanth Reddy said that BJP and BRS have colluded,” he remarked.

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Emergency May Have Been Undemocratic, Not Unconstitutional: Shashi Tharoor

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The Congress leader also said that Rahul Gandhi has emerged as a “considerable leader” in his own right.

New Delhi:

Decrying the excesses that had taken place during the period, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has hit out at the government for using the Emergency as a “diversionary tactic” and said that while imposing it may have been undemocratic, it was not unconstitutional.

In an exclusive interview with NDTV on Thursday, the senior leader, who has just been reelected as the MP from Thiruvananthapuram for the fourth consecutive time, also addressed issues like the demand for replacing the ‘sengol’ and the NEET paper leaks, which are set to dominate the ongoing session of Parliament. 

To a question on the Congress and other opposition parties opposing the references to the Emergency by Speaker Om Birla on Thursday and President Droupadi Murmu in her address on Friday, Mr Tharoor asked why something that happened 49 years ago was being “dredged up” so forcefully by the government. 

Accusing the BJP-led NDA of moving the goalposts and either talking about 1975 or 2047, and not about the present, he said the focus should be on burning issues like unemployment, the NEET paper leaks and the situation in Manipur. 

On the BJP using the Emergency to blunt the Congress’ plank that it was trying to save the Constitution, which yielded dividends in the Lok Sabha polls, the MP said, “The irony is that is actually one thing the BJP could not accurately say. I am a critic of the Emergency, but the very fact is that the Emergency may have been undemocratic, but it was not unconstitutional. It was a provision in the Constitution that permitted the imposition of an internal emergency. That provision has since been removed.”

“But it was there at the time and therefore what was done by the government in 1975 was strictly within the boundaries of the Constitution. So for the rashtrapati to say it was an unconstitutional attack or an attack on the Constitution is actually inaccurate in legal terms. I am not supporting the emergency; I think arresting opposition politicians, censoring the press and a number of steps taken were undemocratic steps, but they were, sadly, not unconstitutional steps,” he asserted. 

The Congress leader emphasised that the Constitution had not been suspended during those months and even the 42nd Amendment – which amended the Preamble and is referred to as a ‘mini Constitution’ –  was “passed within the provisions of the existing system”. 

“So I am not saying this is something to be proud of. I don’t think we should be debating the Emergency and politics today when there are more important things to do. But I am just challenging the claim that it was unconstitutional. It was not. It was completely within the Constitution, however undesirable,” he said. 

The ‘Sengol’ Debate

The BJP has attacked the opposition over the Samajwadi Party’s demand that the ‘sengol’ – a sceptre symbolising the transition of power from the British Raj to self-rule by Indians – be replaced with a copy of the Constitution in the Lok Sabha. The demand has also been backed by at least one senior Congress leader, who said that the baton symbolises “kingship”.

When Mr Tharoor was asked about this, he said, “This is a debate I personally don’t wish to enter into because I can see the arguments on both sides – one that it is a symbol of monarchy and we are a republic, and the other saying it is a purely symbolic thing and honours a part of India… And I don’t really want to pick and choose between these two things.”

“I will say, however, that what the Congress Party and the opposition are focused upon are the real issues facing people today, which, certainly include NEET. We are concerned about unemployment, particularly for young people, and we are concerned very, very seriously, about some of the issues the government simply does not want to talk about, from Manipur to the India-China border,” he emphasised. 

Advice For Rahul Gandhi?

Asked if he had any advice for Rahul Gandhi, who is now the Leader of the Opposition and is holding his first constitutional post, he said the former Congress president has emerged as a “considerable leader” in his own right. 

“The turning of the narrative began with the two Bharat Jodo Yatras, particularly the first one, which seized the imagination of the nation and of young people everywhere. He (Rahul Gandhi) moved on from there into this very effective, active campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections of 2024. I think his ability to now frame the narrative in a way that appeals to and attracts large numbers of people is beyond dispute. So I would say that he doesn’t need any advice from the likes of me,” Mr Tharoor said. 

“What he needs is now the opportunity to use the platform of being Leader of the Opposition to set the agenda for the government to respond to, and to ensure that the government is kept on the nation’s business rather than distracting us with what are really not relevant debates. A vast majority of the Indian population was not even born when the Emergency was declared,” he pointed out.

Opposition’s Strength

The Thiruvananthapuram MP, who was once in a race for the Congress president’s post, also said that it is in the government’s interest to focus on cooperation rather than confrontation with the opposition. 

“This is no longer a small number of MPs that you can just roll over with a brute majority. This is a very large swathe of Indian public opinion represented in these elections, and we are talking about 234 members in the India Alliance alone, as well as others who are not affiliated with the government… The problem often is that the government acts as if they don’t really need to consult the opposition and that, I believe, would be very unwise,” he warned. 

Hyderabad

Auto rickshaw union leader attacks Joint Commissioner of Transport dept in Hyderabad

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The official was in his chamber when auto rickshaw union leader Amanullah Khan barged in and picked up an argument with him over some auto rickshaw drivers related issue.

Published Date – 27 June 2024, 10:28 PM


Auto rickshaw union leader attacks Joint Commissioner of Transport dept in Hyderabad

The official was in his chamber when auto rickshaw union leader Amanullah Khan barged in and picked up an argument with him over some auto rickshaw drivers related issue.

Hyderabad: Joint Commissioner of Transport Department, Ramesh was allegedly attacked by an auto rickshaw union leader at his chamber in Khairatabad on Thursday.

The official was in his chamber when auto rickshaw union leader Amanullah Khan barged in and picked up an argument with him over some auto rickshaw drivers related issue. He then attacked the official following which the staff rushed in and rescued him.

On information, the Khairatabad police rushed to the spot and took Amanullah Khan into custody. He was shifted to the police station and a case registered.