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The Hindu
5 hours ago
- The Hindu
Mobile Internet services suspended in Haryana's Nuh for 24 hours ahead of Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra
The Haryana government on Sunday (July 13, 2025) ordered the suspension of mobile internet services, bulk SMS and dongle services in Nuh for 24 hours in view of the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra on Monday (July 14, 2025). The services will remain suspended till 9 p.m. on Monday (July 14, 2025). Firecrackers, drones, light aircraft, kite flying and meat shops along the procession route have also been banned. Also Read | Haryana communal violence: In the shadow of the millennium city '...there is apprehension of causing tension, annoyance, agitation, damage of public and private property and disturbance of public peace and tranquillity in the district Nuh. I, Home Secretary, Haryana, do hereby order the suspension of mobile internet services, bulk SMS (excluding banking and mobile recharge) and all dongle services etc. provided on mobile networks except the voice calls in the jurisdiction of district Nuh of Haryana State,' reads the order by Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Sumita Misra. In 2023, six people were killed and several others injured in the communal clashes that broke out in parts of southern Haryana after the pilgrims were attacked in Meo Muslim-dominated Nuh during the procession. Also Read | He saved three men from the mob in Nuh. Six days later, a bulldozer came visiting The procession, held on the first Monday of Shravan month every year, begins with the offering of holy water at a temple in Nalhar before it culminates at Shringeshwar Temple in Punhana, passing through Jhir temple in Firozpur Jhirka. To prevent any untoward incidents, the district administration has banned carrying of any weapons, including licensed weapons, firearms, swords, sticks, tridents, rods, knives and chains. However, the sheathed kirpan worn by the Sikhs as a religious symbol has been exempted. Also, the use of loudspeakers, sound amplifying devices, which are religiously provocative, insensitive or hurt the sentiments of a particular community, is banned. Also Read | Nuh Jalabhishek Yatra curtailed; 40-odd VHP leaders, local workers and saints offer prayers at temples Deputy Commissioner Vishram Kumar Meena said that 24 duty magistrates were appointed to ensure maintenance of law and order during the procession and 12 duty magistrates were in reserve. Firecrackers, drones, light aircraft, kite flying and meat shops along the procession route have been banned under Section 163 of the Indian Civil Defence Code 2023. Apart from this, arrangements for ambulances have also been made and revenue officials, gram secretaries and sarpanches have been assigned duty in the villages to ensure mutual co-ordination. The pilgrims will assemble at Shri Radha Krishna Mandir in Gurugram's Sector 10A on Monday (July 14, 2025) and reach Nuh passing through Hero Honda Chowk flyover.
The Print
a day ago
- The Print
Surrey mayor's call to Meta, X, TikTok after shooting at Kap's Cafe: ‘Don't let criminals weaponise you'
The incident occurred during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday at Kap's Café that opened last weekend in Surrey, British Columbia. Unverified videos circulating on social media show armed individuals firing at the establishment. Her call came after a shooting at TV host Kapil Sharma's newly opened café in Canada, followed by the disturbing circulation of the attack video online. New Delhi: Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke has slammed major social media platforms, including Meta, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, and others, to take immediate and decisive action against the online glorification of violent crime. 'A recent shooting at a local business was brazenly filmed and posted online by an individual claiming responsibility. This act was meant not only to harm its direct victim but to terrorize our whole community,' Mayor Locke said in a public statement 11 July. Shortly after the attack, a man identifying himself as Harjit Singh, alias Laddi, reportedly claimed responsibility for the shooting in a Facebook post. Laddi is a known member of the banned terrorist organisation Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and is listed among India's most wanted individuals by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). 'A recent shooting at a local business was brazenly filmed and posted online by an individual claiming responsibility. This act was meant not only to harm its direct victim but to terrorize our whole community. That fear is real,' said Locke. The Surrey mayor also mentioned that she visited the scene after the incident and spoke with employees and people in the area. 'I felt it first-hand last night while visiting Kap's Cafe and nearby businesses and speaking with employees and customers who now worry about their safety. A place that should have been filled with buzz and excitement about the establishment was instead overtaken by fear and unease,' she added in her public statement. Role of social media Mayor Locke also criticised the role of tech platforms in allowing violent content to flourish: 'It is intolerable that legitimate news content is sometimes blocked, while videos glorifying violent crime circulate freely,' she said. In a strong message, she called on tech companies to do more: 'I am calling on Meta, X, TikTok, and other social platforms to stop allowing violent criminals to weaponize your networks against the people of Surrey.' In the purported post Thursday, Laddi while claiming responsibility cited some remarks made in 'The Kapil Sharma Show', as the motive behind the attack. The post mentions that a character in the show had made certain remarks on Nihang Sikhs. The post claims that Laddi tried contacting Sharma's manager about it but the calls went unanswered. After the incident, Surrey Police issued a statement that no one at the business was injured, and that SPS officers gathered evidence and canvassed the area for witnesses and surveillance footage. Mayor Locke outlined specific and urgent steps that social media companies must take to immediately stop the promotion of violent content. She emphasised the need to permanently ban accounts linked to criminal organizations, promptly remove all content that promotes or glorifies violent crime, and implement real-time detection tools to prevent dangerous videos from going viral. 'These steps are neither optional nor aspirational; they are essential,' she said. (Edited by Tony Rai) Also Read: Collapse of Jagmeet Singh-led NDP & the waning political clout of Sikh separatists in Canada
Hindustan Times
a day ago
- Hindustan Times
Punjab: Act in 15 days over missing saroops, Dallewal tells state govt, SGPC
Jagjit Singh Dallewal-led Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM-non political) on Saturday extended support to the indefinite protest that the Sikh organisation — Sikh Sadbhawna Dal (SSD) — has been spearheading at Dharam Singh Market along the heritage street near Golden Temple for the last five years. The protesters have been demanding justice in the case of missing 328 saroops of Guru Granth Sahib in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's (SGPC) publishing house. They gave a 15-day ultimatum to the SGPC and the state government for action. Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal addressing mediapersons in Amritsar on Saturday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT) Led by Golden Temple's former hazuri ragi (gurbani exponent) Baldev Singh Wadala, the SSD, along with other Sikh bodies, had launched the indefinite stir in November 2020. The agitators have been seeking stringent action against the SGPC functionaries indicted in an Akal Takht-appointed penal's probe report on the issue of 328 missing saroops, besides wanting to know the whereabouts of the saroops. Accompanied by other SKM (NP) leaders, including Baldev Singh Sirsa and Sukhdev Singh Bhojraj, Dallewal turned up at the protest site on Saturday and announced to support the cause. 'Apart from being farmers, we are also Sikhs. And Guru Granth Sahib is our guru who guides us. On behalf of the farmers' forum, I had committed during the Khanauri border morcha that we would support the morcha being undertaken by Wadala. The time has come to support this morcha,' he said. Dallewal, who is also the president of BKU (Ekta-Sidhupur), further said, 'We fear a conspiracy. The Akal Takht probe report recommended FIRs against those indicted, but no case has been registered so far. If no action is taken by the SGPC or the state government in 15 days, we will call a gathering here to take further steps.' The matter of missing saroops allegedly came to light on June 26, 2020, after the Punjab Human Rights Organisation (PHRO) wrote a letter in this regard to the Punjab government and the Akal Takht. The SGPC faced backlash and an inquiry was conducted by the Akal Takht under its supervision. According to the inquiry report, 328 saroops were found less in the record of the SGPC publication house. As the SGPC failed to give details, the saroops were considered missing. The misappropriation continued for several years, up to 2015, as per the inquiry report. Countering the charges, the SGPC maintained that it was not a sacrilege. It said that it was a case of misappropriation committed by the employees concerned.
