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  • Allahabad HC issues notice to Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya in house dispute case

    By PTI

    ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad High Court has issued a notice to Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Keshav Prasad Maurya seeking his reply on allegations that he asked the senior superintendent of police to help a woman vacate a man from his house here.

    The two-judge bench comprising Justice Manoj Gupta and Justice O P Tripathi was hearing a writ petition filed by one Vishnu Murti Tripathi.

    During the last hearing on October 6, the court had said that according to the plea, the petitioner was vacated from his house allotted here under the Kalindipuram Awas Yojana on June 6, 2018, with the “intervention of the state machinery”.

    The woman “had requested possession of the house…on the basis of a certain enquiry report and the SSP was directed to take necessary steps”, it said.

    “It has further been alleged that with oblique motives, the petitioner was thereafter implicated in a false case by lodging an FIR against him,” it said.

    The petitioner filed complaints with various authorities but they did not pay heed, following which he approached the court.

    The next hearing in the case will be held on January 10, 2022.

  • Bodies found buried in sand on banks of Ganga in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj

    By ANI
    PRAYAGRAJ: More bodies were found buried in the sand on the banks of the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj district. The discovery has caused panic among people living in nearby areas.

    Scores of decomposing bodies laid uncovered in the Sangam area. “For the last 2-3 months, people have been burying their dead here. Sand covering the bodies is blown away by strong winds, exposing the decomposing bodies. Predatory birds and dogs feast gather and feast on the remains. The government should make arrangements for proper burials,” a local, Dina Yadav told ANI.

    Others have expressed concerns that the corpses will spread more diseases. “The government should be more careful, especially during this pandemic, as this can spread more diseases to people and worsen the situation. People are helpless. Many are poor and do not have the resources for a proper burial. The government should see to this as well,” said Sanjay Srivastava, another nearby resident.

    Despite repeated attempts, district officials have refused to comment on the matter. Locals have also voiced concerns that the sanctity of the holy river is being compromised, as devotees have stopped taking holy baths due to the foul smell that has worsened over the days.

    “At least 400-500 bodies have been buried here. This is a sacred place where people used to come to take holy baths. People no longer like to come here. The government should ensure that this matter is taken care of,” said Kunwar Jeet Tivar.

    Similar scenes were witnessed in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district, after which a team of the local police carried out an inquiry to find more bodies. In the last week, Ghazipur and Bihar’s Buxar too have seen grim incidents of bloated, decomposing bodies floating in the river. Many washed up on the shores while some were pulled up by stray dogs.

    While it remains unconfirmed if the bodies in Prayagaraj are of COVID-19 patients, nearby residents have said such scenes have never been witnessed before and only started with the second COVID wave. “We have never seen such a sight near the river Ganga before. There are thousands of bodies here. The government should follow ‘Swachh Bharat’ and maintain cleanliness in the area,” said Sanjay Srivastav.

    As per the union health ministry, there are currently 1,93,815 active COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh. A total of 13,85,855 patients have recovered so far and 16,957 deaths have been reported since the beginning of the pandemic.

    According to the district administration, 165 fresh cases, 521 recoveries and nine deaths were reported in Prayagraj on Saturday.

  • VHP demands renaming of Faizabad to Sri Ayodhya

    The VHP Friday hailed the Uttar Pradesh Government’s decision to adopt a proposal to rename Allahabad as Prayagraj and demanded that the name of Faizabad be changed to “Sri Ayodhya”.

    VHP spokesman Sharad Sharma said the renaming of Allahabad aimed to free the mindset of slavery and added all sections of people had hailed this step of the State Government.

    “The Uttar Pradesh Government is taking steps in the interest of the people and their sentiments and its decision to change the name of Allahabad is praiseworthy… Now they need to change the name of Faizabad to Sri Ayodhya,” Sharma said.

    He said there were still a number of streets, buildings and districts which reminded them of the days of slavery.

    “We have got freedom from the British rule but their symbols still hurt the self respect of every Hindustani,” he said.

    The present Government needed to understand their feelings and free the coming generations from these symbols of slavery, he claimed.

    Sharma said the Adityantha Yogi-led Government could make an announcement about it on Diwali and please the seers of the temple town of Ayodhya.

    Earlier this week, the state Cabinet approved a proposal to rename the historic city of Allahabad as Prayagraj.

    Senior Minister Siddhartnath Singh had said the move would help highlight Indian culture at international level.

    BJP spokesperson Manish Shukla had praised the Government for rectifying a historical mistake but Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav had criticised the move.

    Congress spokesman Omkar Singh had opposed the move, claiming the name change would affect the history in which Allahabad had played a significant role in the Independence struggle and later.

  • Editorial :- kaamddar Modi Ke Virudh Naamdaar …

    There are Congress posters in Allahabad. In which it is said that Indira’s blood Priyanka is Coming Soon That is, Congress is on the grounds of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections by citing his family blood on the basis of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.

    Taking a beating on this, Amit Shah has said in his speech that Rahul Gandhi should account for his four generations before demanding a 4-year accounting with the Modi government.

    Speaking on the non-confidence motion brought by the TDP of Andhra Pradesh in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi had said that Narendra Modi could not even get his eyes from me. PM Modi overturned this as:

    You are Namdhari and we are Kamdar, we can not dare you eye in your eye: PM Modi

    In the past, Congress President Rahul Gandhi had said that if there is a need to defeat the BJP, then he is ready to make any woman a PM candidate too. After this, it was speculated that Rahul could choose between Mamta Banerjee or Mayawati. But now it is believed that Priyanka Gandhi may also be a PM candidate.

    This is the reason for the possibility that Priyanka Gandhi will fight Sonia’s Rae Bareli and Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s Prime Ministerial Candidate? Mamta and Maya hands will remain silk.

    Today’s news is: Unique weapon preparing rills for dealing with terrorism means book arms.

    Maharashtra Police is preparing a set of Marathi books based on articles of experts to help their efforts in combating extremism, extremism and terrorism, which is such a first initiative of its kind. This book will prove to be helpful in dealing with terrorist cases.

    A senior official of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) told that the essence of the writing of experts on terrorism in various languages including English to train policemen in dealing with such cases is included in this Marathi compilation.

    In these books issues such as the psychology of terrorists, the training methods of terrorist organizations, some major terrorist attacks, and the youth should be drawn from the terrorist influence. One of these books is ‘The Islamist: Why I Joint Radical Islam in Britain, What I Say Inside and Why I Left’. Ed writer born in Britain, Ed Hussein

    Our organization against terrorists has made chilli bombs. Israel has also invented many techniques, plastics bullets and electronic walls are prominent.

    We are seeing that the terrorist organizations are preparing terrorists through social media and are training to build bombs etc.

    There is more power hidden than the atom bomb in books. Someone has even written that a drop of white gold can make thousands of people think.

    That is why there is a history of jihad against books even against the books. Nepal has been a Hindu nation. After the rule of the Maqsadis, whatever books related to Hindu culture were burned on them. In his speech in Lucknow during the UPA regime, Chidambaram had said that India’s ancient history has never been glorified and India has never been a gold pudding. Such interpretation books should be burnt.