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- Time of India
Minorities commission flags NOC, cleanliness issues in Madurai
Madurai: The Tamil Nadu State Minorities Commission on Thursday submitted recommendations to the Madurai district administration seeking no objection certificates (NOCs) for the extension of buildings belonging to minority institutions and for improving cleanliness around places of worship and educational institutions. Addressing reporters after holding a review meeting at the Madurai collectorate, chairman of the commission, S J Joe Arun, said the commission inspected 25 districts across the state and received 709 petitions, of which 542 were resolved. "A majority of petitions were related to the need for burial or cremation grounds for minority communities, and several others were linked to land issues concerning minority educational institutions," he said. In most districts, officials resolved nearly 80% of the submitted grievances. One of the key demands put forth by the commission — allocation of land for minority cremation grounds — was accepted by the state govt. Arun said a govt order was issued earlier this week to allocate two acres of land wherever feasible for this purpose. In Madurai, a significant number of complaints pertained to institutions under the Waqf Board and Christian minority managements not being granted NOCs for building extensions. Petitioners also raised concerns about poor sanitation in and around these institutions, particularly those located within the Madurai corporation limits. Among the local issues raised during the meeting was the long-pending demand regarding the Arasaradi Kabarsthan (burial ground) by Muslim community representatives. The Fatima College administration also highlighted the issue of meat waste being dumped near the institution and the lack of proper sanitation. Madurai district collector K J Praveen Kumar and officials from various departments participated in the meeting.
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Hindustan Times
ICC convicts pair over Central Africa war crimes
The International Criminal Court Thursday convicted a former top Central African Republic football official and a militiaman nicknamed Rambo for multiple war crimes committed during the country's civil war in 2013 and 2014. ICC convicts pair over Central Africa war crimes Ex-sports minister Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona was a senior leader of mainly Christian militias as the country slid into civil war, while Alfred Yekatom, a former MP, commanded them on the ground. The ICC sentenced Yekatom to 15 years behind bars for 20 war crimes and crimes against humanity including murder and torture. Ngaissona received a sentence of 12 years for 28 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Their militia, known as anti-Balaka or "anti-machete", were formed as vigilante self-defence groups after mainly Muslim rebels called the Seleka stormed the capital Bangui and removed then-president Francois Bozize, a Christian. Presiding judge Bertram Schmitt read harrowing details of the violence committed by the militia against suspected Seleka Muslims. Yekatom's men tortured one suspect by cutting off his fingers, toes, and one ear. This man's body was never found. Others were killed and then mutilated. Appearing in court dressed in a light brown suit and waistcoat, white shirt, and dark tie, Yekatom listened impassively as the judge read out the verdict. Dressed in a bright blue jacket, Ngaissona nodded to the judge as his sentence was delivered. The court found Yekatom not guilty of conscripting child soldiers and acquitted Ngaissona of the charge of rape. Both men had pleaded not guilty to all charges. Yekatom was extradited to The Hague in late 2018, after being arrested in the CAR for firing his gun in parliament. Ngaissona was arrested in France in December 2018 and extradited to The Hague. At the time he was head of the CAR football association and a board member of the Confederation of African Football . The Central African Republic is among the poorest nations in the world and has endured a succession of civil wars and authoritarian governments since independence in 1960. Violence has subsided in recent years but fighting occasionally erupts in remote regions between rebels and the national army, which is backed by Russian mercenaries and Rwandan troops. Set up in 2002, the ICC is the world's only independent tribunal capable of prosecuting those accused of the world's worst crimes. ric/srg/cw This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Hindustan Times
‘You're a Hindu. Aren't you ashamed?': Bajrang Dal member stops Ghaziabad delivery boy over meat order
Just a week after a 'Hindu Raksha Dal' protested outside a KFC outlet in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, demanding no sale of non-vegetarian food during the holy Hindu month of 'Sawan', a member of Bajrang Dal intercepted an e-commerce delivery boy and shamed him for delivering meat on Tuesday. The man told the customer that being a member of the Bajrang Dal it is his "duty" to stop non-vegetarian food. (X/@CheKrishnaCk_) In a video that is now going viral on social media, the Bajrang Dal member reprimands the delivery boy, saying, "You're a Hindu. Aren't you ashamed?" In the nearly three-minute-long video, two Bajrang Dal members stop a Blinkit delivery boy in Ghaziabad. The boy was on his way to deliver an order in the Vijay Nagar locality. India observed Sawan Shivratri on Tuesday, July 22. One of the members asks the delivery boy to show what's in the order. After finding raw meat in the order, he asks the boy's name. The boy identifies himself as a Rajput, following which, the Bajrang Dal member asks, "You're doing this despite being a Hindu. Aren't you ashamed?" VIDEO: 'Send me my order', says customer Infuriated at the purchase of meat during the Sawan month, the Bajrang Dal member asked the delivery boy to call the customer. He even asks the boy the name of the customer, to which he replies, "Tanisha". He then takes the phone from the delivery boy, puts it on speaker and talks to the woman, advising her not to consume non-vegetarian food during Sawan. "It is Tuesday, and the Sawan month is ongoing. We are merely stopping you from consuming non-veg food," he says. The woman replies to him, following which he asks, "Oh, you are not a Hindu? Are you a Muslim?" She then responds, "No, I am a Christian. And what does it matter to you?" He goes on to tell her that being a member of the Bajrang Dal it is his "duty" to stop non-vegetarian food. "You're a Christian. We don't have anything to say only." "Then send me my order," the woman responds. The Bajrang Dal members responds with an 'okay' and returns the phone back to the delivery boy. Subhash, a Bajrang Dal member in Ghaziabad, confirmed to the Times of India that the man in the video was a part of his organisation. He said that the incident occurred on Tuesday. "We have requested all restaurants and grocery stores not to sell non-vegetarian food till Shivratri. Whenever we found someone selling non-vegetarian food, we rushed there and asked them to sell only vegetarian items. This ban is only for a few days, and people of the district also support this initiative," Subhash was cited as saying. Kotwali ACP Ritesh Tripathi reportedly said that so far, no complaint has been filed regarding the incident. Last week's protest outside the KFC outlet in Ghaziabad saw the right-wing members sloganeering, "Jai Shri Ram" and "Har Har Mahadev", carrying saffron flags in their hands. Several videos from the protest went viral on social media. The protesters even stormed the premises of the restaurant and confronted the staff, demanding a shutdown.
