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Eminent citizens oppose order on AFSPA

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Around 60 distinguished individuals from various walks of life have

issued a statement protesting against a recent order of the Meghalaya High Court, directing the Central
government to consider the use of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, in the Garo Hills area.
The statement signed by social activist Aruna Roy, Prashant Bhushan, Nikhil Dey, Teesta Setalvad
among others said: The said direction issued by the High Court of Meghalaya is in complete violation
of the Constitutional arrangement of separation of powers. The power to notify an area as disturbed
and extend application of the AFSPA lies exclusively with the executive, that is, the State or the Central
governmentIn fact, the point of view of the Court that the prevailing circumstances in Garo Hills
warrants imposition of the AFSPA is merely based on the lay impressions of the Bench a view which
is uninformed, extraneous and has no basis in law and betrays lack of application of mind. The
methodology and logic employed by the court in arriving at these conclusions is alien to established
contours of legal reasoning and judicial rigor.
According to the eminent citizens, The instant order severely damages the credibility of the High Court
of Meghalaya as an independent arbiter of citizens democratic rightsIn addition to
misunderstanding its role in a democracy, we are also concerned that the High Court has chosen to
advocate imposition of the AFSPA a law whose democratic credentials are in serious doubt. The
AFSPA is widely considered to be a legislative measure unique in its absolute disregard of the rights of
the residents against unlawful exercise of coercive power. The law exposes people to wanton and
reckless use of force by security forces as it grants them absolute power and authority to use force. Over
the years, a consensus has emerged on the AFSPA being a security measure of colonial origin in that it
is a distinctively regressive tool which sets up a military ecosystem where security forces act with
impunity and whip up an environment of fear and terror in the hearts and minds of people living in
these places. The use of the AFSPA as a substitute for routine policing and maintaining law and order is
a dangerous development. It is one that a High Court should not condone, and certainly not
perpetuate.
They said: ...This blatant and unilateral order does not serve the democratic fibre of the region, rather
it appears to be bringing in questions on the courts commitment to the Constitutional ethos of the
Indian republic.

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None can ask star to quit India, says Mamata - NATIONAL - The Hindu

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Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Thursday that actor Aamir Khan is within his
democratic rights to make any comments and no one has the right to ask him to leave the country.
Aamir is within his right to make the statement. His wife has said something and he has spoken about
it. Now he is being asked to leave the country as if the country is theirs, the country is for all. None has
a right to say that you leave the country, you go to Pakistan, Ms. Banerjee said.
Addressing a gathering organised by a prominent Minority leader Siddiqullah Chowdhury at Shahid
Minar ground here, the Chief Minister said that an atmosphere was being created where people were
not allowed to freely voice their opinion.
Referring to the controversy over actor Shah Rukh Khans comments, Ms. Banerjee said that there were
many who were threatened.

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The Chief Minister read out excerpts from the Preamble of the Constitution on the day which was
observed as Constitution Day in the country said that the biggest debate raging in the country was on
intolerance.
We will pay lip service to Constitution day and try to distinguish between Hindus, Muslims Sikhs and
Christian, she said. Ms. Banerjee asked do one has the right to decide on the food choices of others. .
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Sena distances itself from slap Aamir call - NATIONAL - The Hindu

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Thursday distanced itself from the Ludhiana unit of the party which announced Rs. 1 lakh cash reward
for slapping actor Aamir Khan as a protest over his remarks on intolerance in India.
The Shiv Sena party has nothing to do with a sporadic statement made in the context of Aamir Khan in
Ludhiana. The said statement is not the official view of the party or its leaders. The party does not
support or endorse such views, a statement from the Sena said.
The activists of Ludhiana unit of the Shiv Sena had on Wednesday staged a protest outside the MBC
Radisson Blu hotel in Ludhiana where the actor is staying for the duration of the shooting of his
forthcoming film. The activists allegedly used derogatory language against the actor and burnt his
photographs condemning his remarks.

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During the protest, Rajeev Tandon, chief of Shiv Senas Punjab unit, had announced that any person
who will slap Aamir Khan will get Rs. 1 lakh for each slap from the Shiv Sena.
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Praising the Jaish-e-Muhammads (JeM) three-member fidayeen

(suicide) group that tried to storm an Army camp on Wednesday in north Kashmir and got killed, the
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) on Thursday warned of more such attacks in the State.
Quoting LeT commander Mehmood Shah, the outfits spokesman, Abdullah Ghaznavi, paid tribute to
the three Jaish militants killed in Tangdhar, Kupwara.
The LeT spokesman described Wednesdays attack as a warning to the Indian Army. It could face
such type of attacks in every nook and corner of the Kashmir Valley, Ghaznavi said in a statement to a
local news agency in Srinagar.
The spokesman said the Kashmir struggle is on the rise. Attacks on Indian security camps have been
intensified.
He said: The attack on a high-security zone makes it amply clear that militants can target places they
wish at their ease and will.
LeTs praise of the Jaish militants has come as surprise to the security agencies involved in counterinsurgency operations. The statement seems to be aimed at providing moral support to the Jaish in the
State, said an officer of a counter-insurgency cell.
The two groups have in the past, sources said, competed for supremacy in Kashmir. Jaish, believed to
be behind the Parliament attack in 2001, was banned by Pakistan in 2002 during the Pervez Musharraf
regime. The Red Mosque stand-off, involving Jaish supporters, pitted the militant group against the
Pakistani establishment.

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Debate on Aryan invasion theory revived - NATIONAL - The Hindu

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says Rajnath

discussion on the Constitution of India and its framer, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, became an unlikely
occasion for a debate on the Aryan invasion theory in Indian history, between Congress Parliamentary
Party (CPP) leader Mallikarjuna Kharge and Dattatreya Hosabele, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh
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or joint general secretary on Thursday.
The trigger was Union Home Minister Rajnath Singhs introductory speech on the Constitution and Dr.
Ambedkar, in the Lok Sabha. However much Dr. Ambedkar may have felt discriminated against by the
social system of the country, he never thought of abandoning the country, he said in an obvious
reference to actor Aamir Khans apprehensions about rising intolerance in the country. The actor had
said his wife, film maker Kiran Rao, had considered leaving the country after such incidents.

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As soon as the Home Minister had made this remark, Mr. Kharge was on his feet and said, The
Minister should not speak of this kind of controversial things. Running away? Dr. Ambedkar was a

mool niwasi
(original inhabitant) of this country. We (Dalits) are the original inhabitants of this
country, we are not the ones who will run away; we are the ones who defend this country. For over
5,000 years we have been facing violence and discrimination and have stayed put.
Not mentioning the word Aryan, the statement by Mr. Kharge, a Dalit, more or less conforms to the
Aryan invasion theory, whereby the Aryan race came and settled in India, establishing the Varna
system and keeping Dalits and Dravidians at the lowest rung of the caste hierarchyThe matter was
soothed within the Lok Sabha by the intervention of Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. Outside, however, it
evoked a strong response from Mr. Hosabele, who said, Mr. Kharge says Aryans came from outside.
This is against Dr. Ambedkars view. He (Dr. Ambedkar) said Aryans were never a race, were not
outsiders. Read his book
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Minister pushes for Ram temple - NATIONAL - The Hindu

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construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, repeal of Article 370, which gives special status to Jammu
and Kashmir, and implementation of a Uniform Civil Code in the country.

Ayodhya mein Ram Mandir tha, hai aur banega

(there was a Ram Temple in Ayodhya, it is there and
will be rebuilt), he said in the Lok Sabha. He termed Article 370 a measure that was meant to be a
temporary provision in the Constitution.
Uniform civil code
Favouring a Uniform Civil Code, he asked, Why we should have different laws for different
communities? Every country follows a uniform law.

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Turkeys Honest and Abe thank their stars - NATIONAL - The Hindu

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President Barack Obama spared two turkeys named for one of the nations most admired presidents,
continuing a White House tradition that provides a sense of amusement and cheer no matter how
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Obama pardoned Abe, the 2015 national Thanksgiving turkey, during a ceremony on Wednesday in
the Rose Garden. Abe gobbled right on cue as Obama finished his absolution.
Dont fret for Honest, though, the second bird which was nearby. Both turkeys will spend their
remaining days living it up on a Virginia farm. They were named for Abraham Lincoln, often
nicknamed Honest Abe.
The birds hail from California, are 18 weeks old and weigh in at about 19 kilograms each. The names of
the turkeys were chosen from submissions entered by school children in California.
American families traditionally gather each year for turkey feasts on the last Thursday of November, a
holiday commonly traced to a 1621 celebration in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where the first American
colonists, the Pilgrims, invited Native Americans to join them in a feast.
George H.W. Bush was the first president to formally pardon a Thanksgiving turkey in 1989, though
stories of spared turkeys date back to Lincolns presidency. Obama was accompanied at the event by
his daughters, Malia and Sasha. AP

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presidential election over the ruling Peronist partys Daniel Scioli, marks an end to the so-called
Kirchner era, at least for now. Over the past 12 years, the outgoing President, Cristina Fernandez, and
her late husband Nestor Kirchner dominated the countrys polity, reshaping the character of the
Argentine state into a welfare institution from being a free-market facilitator. Mr. Scioli had promised
to follow the policies of Ms. Fernandez. But Mr. Macris offer to build 21st century development as
opposed to 21st century socialism resonated better with a majority of the voters at a time when the
Argentine economy was going through a tough phase. The late President Kirchner inherited a much
worse economy in May 2003 when he assumed office. It is widely accepted that Argentinas marketdriven policies of the 1990s, a period of blind deregulation of the economy, triggered the financial
meltdown of 2001-2002. The power couple offered a new social contract; they raised public spending
heavily on programmes for the poor; increased tariffs to protect local economies; nationalised private
corporations and passed several progressive laws, including the legalisation of gay marriage in 2010.
But Ms. Fernandez faced a serious economic challenge in 2011 when commodity prices fell globally.
This derailed her governments expenditure-driven development model. The economy slipped into
stagnation, while inflation jumped, setting the stage for the comeback of the opposition party. Ms.
Fernandezs combative style of governance was also criticised both inside and outside the country for
its authoritarian tendencies. Mr. Macri built his campaign on these concerns of the general public,
and reaped benefit.
However, it does not mean that Mr. Macri has got a free hand to take the welfare Argentine state back
to the hands of the free market. To begin with, his margin over Mr. Scioli is less than three percentage
points. The Peronists are strong both inside and outside Parliament. They have the backing of
Argentinas strong trade unions. Memories of the instability of the 1990s and the financial crisis of
2000-02 are still fresh. Besides, Mr. Macri would like to remember that outside the dictatorship era no
President has ever completed a full term of office without the support of the Peronist political force. If
he cuts down public expenditure and ends programmes for the poor steps that business-friendly
leaders usually take to fine-tune finances a backlash could follow in Congress and on the streets. But
the election also provides Mr. Macri an opportunity to offer better-quality governance that would
continue the progressive policies of the Kirchner era while taking steps to rejuvenate the sagging
economy and strengthen the democratic institutions of the South American country. The choice he
would make will shape not just his legacy, but also his countrys future.

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of serious concern to the State and Central governments. The changing character of the insurgency is a
warning signal that an urgent course correction is required in Kashmir to prevent the clock being set
back by a decade. The election of a federal government with a decisive majority last summer, coupled
with the installation of a BJP-PDP government in Jammu and Kashmir, had fuelled expectations that a
firm political process would be initiated in the State. Its time for New Delhi to get a grip on the
situation. Of course, the current spurt in violence can be seen as a last-ditch effort by militants to cross
to the Indian side of the Line of Control before winter snow shuts passes along the higher reaches. The
intense appetite of news TV and social media also keeps insurgency-related incidents in sharper focus.
However, these explanations should not mask the emerging challenge in the Kashmir Valley. Over the
last two years, militancy has been on the increase along all parameters. Of most concern is the recent
increase in the number of young people being drawn to militancy amid indications of a fresh wave of
religious radicalisation. In addition, there is good reason to heed the caution that not all of what is seen
in Kashmir may be what it appears to be. Of late, a flourishing industry of spies, informants and
insurgents has muddied the waters.
Indias engagement with domestic insurgencies has been uneven, ranging from successful incorporation
into the democratic fold of former warriors against the state, to seemingly unending wars of attrition
and containment. Kashmir has been on the burn for more than 25 years, and tens of thousands of
people, from young children to heroic soldiers, have lost their lives. It is time for a holistic political
process to kick in, drawing from past efforts and adopting best practices from around the world on
resolving such disputes. Financial packages, such as the one announced by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi during his visit early this month to the Valley, alone cannot assuage the historical grievances of
the Valley. It would play no major role in finding a lasting solution to the Kashmir dispute. In this
context, care also needs to be taken to ensure that money pumped in by the government does not
continue to feed the well-oiled corruption machinery and middlemen that violence has created. New
Delhi needs to approach the issue keeping in sight the fact that Indias strategic interests are
intertwined with the goodwill of the Valleys ordinary people. Recent killings of army officers, the
sudden increase in infiltration attempts and growing indications of radicalisation are all warnings that
the fog of war is thickening in Kashmir. Before violence yet again gets out of hand, New Delhi needs to
take charge, and deal with the dispute with a grand vision.

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Two Palestinians were shot and killed in separate incidents on Thursday

in the West Bank as Israel announced plans to build a new fence near the flashpoint city of Hebron in
an effort to contain a two-month spate of violence.
In the first incident, the Israeli military said a violent riot erupted when troops raided the village of
Qattana overnight to search for ammunition and arrest suspected assailants. The Palestinians hurled
firebombs and stones at troops, according to the army.
Troops shot 21-year-old Yehya Taha in the head, according to Palestinian health ministry spokesman
Mohammed Awawdeh, and the youth later died of his wounds in a Ramallah hospital. Later on
Thursday, Israeli border guards shot and killed a Palestinian attacker wielding a knife near the West
Bank city of Nablus. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the man got out of a taxi near a military post
and began running toward officers, brandishing a knife.
No Israelis were hurt in that attack, Ms. Samri added. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the
assailant as 51-year-old Samir Seresi. AP
Announces plan to build a new fence near Hebron to contain two-month spate of
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Hezbollah on Thursday, adding 12 names to a blacklist of individuals and firms whose assets in the
kingdom will be frozen.
Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia has long been deeply suspicious of Hezbollah, a close ally of its regional
rival Iran.
But Riyadh and its Gulf Arab allies have stepped up sanctions against the group since 2013 in
retaliation for its intervention in the Syrian conflict in support of President Bashar al-Assad.
The kingdom will continue to fight the terrorist activities of Hezbollah by all means, the Interior
Ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
It accused the movement of spreading instability and chaos, as well as carrying out terrorist attacks
and criminal and illegal activities across the world.
The new names include Ali Musa Daqduq, a senior Hezbollah commander who was placed on a U.S.
sanctions blacklist in 2012 for his alleged involvement in a Shia militia raid in Iraq that led to the
deaths of five US soldiers in 2007.
Iraq had released him from prison citing lack of evidence.
In May, Saudi Arabia announced sanctions against two alleged leaders of Hezbollah, including one it
accused of interfering in Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition has been fighting Shiite rebels since
March.
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lawmakers to back airstrikes on the Islamic State group in Syria, saying on Thursday that the Paris
attacks have given the fight new urgency and Britain owes it to key allies to act.
Mr. Cameron told the House of Commons that U.S. President Barack Obama and French President
Francois Hollande had urged Britain to join the military campaign in Syria. These are our closest allies
and they want our help.
Mr. Cameron said if Britain didnt act after IS-claimed attacks in Paris that killed 130 people, friendly
nations might well ask, if not now, when?
Mr. Cameron has been reluctant to seek backing for strikes in Syria since lawmakers voted down his
2013 plan to launch RAF strikes against the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
Earlier this month Parliaments Foreign Affairs Select Committee urged caution, saying air strikes
would be incoherent and ineffective without a plan to end Syrias civil war. AP

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