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  • Right-wing activists beat up garba organisers for using non-Hindus at Surat pandal

    By PTI

    SURAT: Activists of a right-wing group beat up organisers and safety guards of a garba pandal in Gujarat’s Surat metropolis and vandalised the place claiming non-Hindu folks have been employed on the venue, police stated on Tuesday.

    A police officer stated the organisers of the Thakor Ji Ni Wadi garba pandal refused to lodge a grievance, saying the matter was settled between the 2 events.

    “A group identifying themselves as Bajrang Dal activists went to Thakor Ji Ni Wadi garba pandal in Surat’s Vesu area on Monday night and beat up organisers and security guards. They also damaged part of the place,” DCP, Zone III, Sagar Bagmar stated.

    He stated the intruders claimed that some folks employed on the pandal belonged to a special faith and wished them out.

    “Police reached the spot and controlled the situation. We called the organisers for lodging of a complaint but they refused, saying they have settled the matter among themselves,” Bagmar stated.

    The right-wing group had stated it is going to “guard” garba occasions in Gujarat through the Navratri competition, which started on September 26, to stop “non-believers” from getting into the venues.

    SURAT: Activists of a right-wing group beat up organisers and safety guards of a garba pandal in Gujarat’s Surat metropolis and vandalised the place claiming non-Hindu folks have been employed on the venue, police stated on Tuesday.

    A police officer stated the organisers of the Thakor Ji Ni Wadi garba pandal refused to lodge a grievance, saying the matter was settled between the 2 events.

    “A group identifying themselves as Bajrang Dal activists went to Thakor Ji Ni Wadi garba pandal in Surat’s Vesu area on Monday night and beat up organisers and security guards. They also damaged part of the place,” DCP, Zone III, Sagar Bagmar stated.

    He stated the intruders claimed that some folks employed on the pandal belonged to a special faith and wished them out.

    “Police reached the spot and controlled the situation. We called the organisers for lodging of a complaint but they refused, saying they have settled the matter among themselves,” Bagmar stated.

    The right-wing group had stated it is going to “guard” garba occasions in Gujarat through the Navratri competition, which started on September 26, to stop “non-believers” from getting into the venues.

  • Hemant invited to talk at Harvard University India Conference

    Hemant Soren has been invited to share his expertise of tackling the Covid-19 pandemic and discuss on a bunch of different points, together with tribal rights, sustainable growth & welfare insurance policies in Jharkhand, on the 18th Annual India Conference at Harvard University to be held subsequent 12 months between February 19-21.

    According to officers in Hemant’s workplace, his deal with is tentatively scheduled for February 20. As per an official assertion on Saturday, the organisers of the convention at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, despatched an invite to the chief minister on December 25 (Friday), searching for his consent to be part of the occasion as a speaker on a keynote panel.

    Hemant’s workplace confirmed his participation by a tweet on Saturday: “Hon’ble Chief Minister @HemantSorenJMM has been invited by @Harvard University to deliver a lecture in February 2021.The Chief Minister has accepted the invitation & thanked the organisers. He will speak on tribal rights, sustainable development & welfare policies in Jharkhand.”

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    Hemant might be the primary chief minister of Jharkhand to ship a lecture on the college. The India convention is the most important student-run convention in North America specializing in India, and is among the world’s main boards for dialogue, debate, networking round points pertaining to modern India.

    Over 1,000 folks from academia, trade, enterprise leaders, coverage makers and authorities our bodies are amongst traditional attendees. The convention reaches to over 5 million folks by means of its social media channels, stated the organisers.

    Suraj Yengde, a PhD scholar and senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School who prolonged the invitation to Hemant, stated in his letter that his work since assuming workplace has been of eager curiosity to most analysis fellows and that he had emerged as a proud tribal/indigenous politician with a welfarist growth agenda.

    “Your acumen in handling governance and politics, making it people aspirational is important for strengthening of democracy that is locked in caste and feudalistic nepotism,” he wrote, including that they want to have Hemant within the chief ministers’ panel just about to debate on the problems of governance, state-centre relations, dealing with of Covid-19 and the intersections of caste and tribal identities within the present politics.

  • Hemant invited to talk at Harvard University India Conference

    Hemant Soren has been invited to share his expertise of tackling the Covid-19 pandemic and speak on a bunch of different points, together with tribal rights, sustainable improvement & welfare insurance policies in Jharkhand, on the 18th Annual India Conference at Harvard University to be held subsequent 12 months between February 19-21.

    According to officers in Hemant’s workplace, his deal with is tentatively scheduled for February 20. As per an official assertion on Saturday, the organisers of the convention at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, despatched an invite to the chief minister on December 25 (Friday), in search of his consent to be part of the occasion as a speaker on a keynote panel.

    Hemant’s workplace confirmed his participation by a tweet on Saturday: “Hon’ble Chief Minister @HemantSorenJMM has been invited by @Harvard University to deliver a lecture in February 2021.The Chief Minister has accepted the invitation & thanked the organisers. He will speak on tribal rights, sustainable development & welfare policies in Jharkhand.”

    Hemant might be the primary chief minister of Jharkhand to ship a lecture on the college. The India convention is the most important student-run convention in North America specializing in India, and is without doubt one of the world’s main boards for dialogue, debate, networking round points pertaining to modern India.

    Over 1,000 folks from academia, business, enterprise leaders, coverage makers and authorities our bodies are amongst standard attendees. The convention reaches to over 5 million folks by way of its social media channels, mentioned the organisers.

    Suraj Yengde, a PhD scholar and senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School who prolonged the invitation to Hemant, mentioned in his letter that his work since assuming workplace has been of eager curiosity to most analysis fellows and that he had emerged as a proud tribal/indigenous politician with a welfarist improvement agenda.

    “Your acumen in handling governance and politics, making it people aspirational is important for strengthening of democracy that is locked in caste and feudalistic nepotism,” he wrote, including that they need to have Hemant within the chief ministers’ panel nearly to debate on the problems of governance, state-centre relations, dealing with of Covid-19 and the intersections of caste and tribal identities within the present politics.

  • Sikhs for Justice rally in London attracts no protesters, despite threats to ‘shut down’ the Indian mission

    ot a single protester tuned up at a Khalistani rally in support of farmers in India which had been advertised — by its organisers Sikhs for Justice — to be held in London on Thursday. Instead, the only people there were about 20 protesters from Jesuit Missions bemused to find the Indian high commission resembling a fortress. They were there on another protest — about “the unjust detention” of Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old Jesuit priest from Jharkhand jailed in Mumbai on what they say are “entirely false” charges.
    The SFJ outfit, banned by India, had threatened to “shut down” the Indian high commission in London and consulate in Birmingham on UN Human Rights Day during an “Indian Embassy Bandh”, saying it was “emboldened by Canadian PM Justin Trudeau” and “UK MPs”.
    The person leading the Jesuit protests, Paul Chitnis, told TOI: “He was harassed for a long time and then on October 8 he was taken into custody despite his age and having Parkinson’s disease. He has spent his entire life fighting on behalf of the poor and the adivasis. We demand the Indian government release Father Swamy from prison where he is at grave risk of catching Covid.”
    The Indian high commission was surrounded by barricades and guarded by police all day. The flop of the Khalistani rally was in stark contrast to last weekend when thousands had turned up for a farmers’ rally.
    Forty-nine Labour councillors, who represent areas with high proportions of the Punjabi community, have fired off a letter to UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab stating they “are very concerned by the Indian government’s reluctance to listen to their own citizens and their inadequate efforts to resolve the protest by peaceful negotiations with the farmers.”
    Instead the “state-controlled media” has been trying to portray the protesting farmers as “separatists, this is simply not true”, the letter states. “Their voice is being suppressed using tear gas, water cannon and sticks. The situation is now fast approaching a tipping point as the Indian government has now deployed thousands of paramilitary troops around the protesting farmers, leading to fears that the use of force is imminent,” it says, urging Raab to “urgently intervene to avoid this undemocratic suppression of human rights by the Indian government, in particular if it resorts to the use of force against its own citizens.”
    It also calls on him to “make representations to the ministry of foreign affairs” in India about the impact the new farm laws will have on British Sikhs and Punjabis.

  • JFC unveils video wall to help fans connect with team

    Jamshedpur FC fans will soon be able to connect with their team virtually during the seventh edition of the Indian Super League, which unfolds in Goa on November 20.

    The authorities have given supporters of every club an opportunity to be a part of its live video fan wall. This will be streamed into stadiums as well as on live television during the matches.

    With less than two weeks away till the JFC faces their opponent Chennaiyan FC during their first match,  the excitement for the football fans in the steel city is at its peak.  

    “All the clubs will be without their fans and that direct emotional connection will obviously be missing. However, credit to ISL and Star for making the concept of the Fan Wall possible. We will be conducting contests for the fans to be able to feature on the Fan Wall. This will be a good opportunity for the fans to be connected virtually at the stadium. Twenty-thirty fans will be selected for the same,” said JFC chief executive officer Mukul Choudhari.

    He added that the JFC authorities will conduct contests on their social media handles including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, starting Thursday, to select the winners.“All the fans have to do is answer correctly a simple question to be able to have a chance to be part of the Fan Wall. The winners will be chosen at random,” Choudhari said, speaking from Goa.

    He also spoke about the challenges the team may face in Goa. “Well, we were mentally prepared for the challenges. We knew it’s not going to be as easy as it is back at home in Jamshedpur. For example, in Jamshedpur our practice ground  is right downstairs at our players accommodation, but here in Goa it’s half-an-hour (12 km travel)  one-way. But the league has taken great initiatives and have been really helpful for all the clubs to settle. It’s a massive task to conduct a tournament of ISL stature in the current situation and the organisers have done a fabulous job to help us all.”

    The team has been establishing a bond and mixing well during its training as well as off the field, he explained. “That’s the whole point of having the pre-season in the end. Owen Coyle (head coach) has been focusing on fitness of the players too as many of them haven’t played a competitive match for almost seven months now (last matches played in February/March this year). The coach demands high intensity from his players and pre-season is of  paramount  importance. The team has already played a couple of practice matches and will be playing two more in the coming days,” he added.

  • Govt bans firecrackers in public places during Diwali, Kali Puja

    A day after state health minister Banna Gupta requested people to not burst firecrackers on Diwali, the state disaster management department on Tuesday banned bursting of crackers in public places. A detailed guideline for allowing crackers in private places on the lines of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order will also be issued, officials said.
    With the onset of winter, pollution emanating from crackers could pose serious problems to not just those affected with Covid, but also to those who recovered from the virus due to low immunity which could trigger respiratory issues, medical experts in the state and elsewhere had warned. They had also demanded a complete ban on crackers in the “interest of mankind amid the ongoing pandemic”.
    A senior government official on condition of anonymity said, “Unlike a few other states, we didn’t resort to a complete ban of crackers as the business has already started. But the onus is on the public as the ban is limited to just public places.”
    The government has also issued Kali Puja guidelines, which are more or less similar to those issued for Durga Puja, except, people have been allowed to visit pandals with a pre-condition of compliance of pandemic norms like wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and others.
    Although pandals and mandaps have been allowed to hold their pujas at their traditional places, they have been asked to keep things low-key without much frills and decorations. Similar to Durga Puja, food stalls, fairs and other crowd-pullers will remain a complete no-no during Kali puja. Inside the mandap, a maximum of 15 people (organisers) will be allowed at a time.
    “There shall be no welcome gates, decorative lightings, community feasts or distribution of bhog during the puja,” read the order. Use of loudspeakers within the prescribed limit of 55 decibel is allowed only from 7am-9pm for the occasion of puja/chanting of mantras, but cultural programmes/music/entertainment activities will be prohibited. Immersion processions have also been banned and idols will be immersed only at spots prescribed by the district administration.
    President of the Jharkhand chapter of Indian Medical Association (IMA) A K Singh said, “Although, many people might have already bought the crackers, we still welcome the government’s decision. We appeal people to refrain from bursting crackers in the interest of the environment and mankind amid the Covid-19 pandemic.”