Kerala’s Pinarayi govt demands immediate ban on PFI; Modi govt yet to decide

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February 15, 2018

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government has urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government of India to immediately impose ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI).

Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, told media persons on Wednesday that the issue was discussed at the annual DGP meet held in Madhya Pradesh’s Tekanpur in January, where Kerala police chief Lokanath Behera gave a detailed presentation on the PFI’s growth and activities in the State.

The session was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and other senior officials in the security establishment. “Kerala has pressed for a ban on the PFI and we are examining the case,” said Mr. Rijiju.

Mr. Behera listed four cases where members of the PFI were involved in criminal activities, said a senior Home Ministry official. The Centre will collect more facts and evidence about the activities of the outfit before declaring it an “unlawful association”, the official added.

“It has never happened in the past that activities of a particular organisation were discussed threadbare at a DGP meet. The PFI is under the scanner, but is not yet banned. On earlier occasions, organisations like SIMI (Students’ Islamic Movement of India) and Indian Mujahideen were discussed at DGP meets, but only after they were banned,” said the official.

The DGP meet is an annual affair organised by the Intelligence Bureau where issues concerning internal security are discussed.

The National Investigation Agency had last year sent a detailed report to the Home Ministry and mentioned four cases where cadres of the PFI had either been charge-sheeted or convicted.

The NIA said it examined nine cases where men and women converted to Islam and in at least four of them, the involvement of members of the PFI was established.

Also Read: Centre’s claim is baseless; we haven’t sought ban on PFI: Kerala CM

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Reader
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Thursday, 15 Feb 2018

I found following comments on journalist Sudipto Mondal’s FB wall. Thought of sharing here!

Pinarayi: Can you please ban PFI?
Modi: Why?
Pinarayi: This three way fight is too confusing. Let's join hands and finish them off. That will leave just the two of us. Then, Jo Jeeta Woh Sikandar
Modi: Brilliant idea, Lal Salaam!
Pinarayi: Hahahahaha Jai Sri Ram

MAn
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Thursday, 15 Feb 2018

Kerala needs some political ruling party Changes, this time CPI(M) & INC should be eliminated there are use muslims only for vote bankKerala needs some political ruling party Changes, this time CPI(M) & INC should be eliminated there are use muslims only for vote bank.

Sooraj
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Thursday, 15 Feb 2018

Good decision if Kerala govt banning PFI. I dont know about other states. But in Kerala they involved in many terror activities and they were under probe. I mean their activities.  and it's not immediate ban mr.reporter. Their activities were suspicious and many proved. The probe started atleast two year ago

Althaf
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Thursday, 15 Feb 2018

Is anyone discussed about baning terror outfit RSS????

ALI
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Thursday, 15 Feb 2018

RSS Should be BAN in INDIA. Criminal activities starting from killing Gandhi,Gujrath killing, Babri majid demolish etc

Vivek Lobo
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Thursday, 15 Feb 2018

PFI is a national organisation. But in Karnataka, BJP blames Siddaramaiah for not banning PFI. But no BJP ruled states banned PFI. Modi govt also not ready to ban PFI... What the F***

AbuShaheer
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Thursday, 15 Feb 2018

You can't ban the PFI and curtail freedom for particular community without doing the same for other organizations, one of which has been banned in India thrice previously.

Abu Muhammad
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Thursday, 15 Feb 2018

How long you people speak these kind of blatant lies against PFI. The same set of baseless allegations you made against PFI, please apply them to RSS, BD. CPM, BJP and Congress -  ALL THESE WILL BE BANNED within a Minute. You people daily killing members of other organisations - there are thousands of cases to quote, why your mouth is shut. Dont be spineless cowards, speak & behave like MAN with maturity.

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May 8,2020

Kochi, May 8: Five people, who were among 181 individuals evacuated from Abu Dhabi, have been sent to the isolation ward of the district hospital after they displayed symptoms of coronavirus during thermal screening.

The first repatriation Air India Express flight with 181 individuals from Abu Dhabi landed at Cochin International Airport here on Thursday.

Among the returnees, 49 women were pregnant and four were children. They have been home-quarantine.

Meanwhile, the rest have been taken to quarantine centres in their respective districts.

The Air India Express flight IX452 to Kochi with 177 passengers and four infants took off from Abu Dhabi International Airport and touched down at Kochi post 10 pm.

The government has made it mandatory for foreign returnees to be quarantined for 14 days, either in a hospital or in an institutional quarantine on payment-basis, by the concerned state government.

A COVID-19 test would be done after 14 days and further action would be taken according to health protocols.

India on Monday began phased repatriation of its citizens stranded abroad due to coronavirus lockdown.

The government said that Air India will operate 64 flights from May 7 to May 13 to bring back around 15,000 Indian nationals stranded abroad amid the COVID-19-induced lockdown.

Starting from 7 May, 64 flights will take off for 12 countries including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Maldives, Singapore and the US.

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April 21,2020

Apr 21: An 80-year-old COVID-19 patient has died in Karnataka's Kalaburagi district, taking the death toll in the state to 17, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Tuesday.

The elderly person was suffering from Parkinson's disease for the last three years and died at a hospital on Monday, the minister said in a tweet.

"The person had developed fever on Sunday and was admitted to the hospital. The patient passed away yesterday at 9 am. Last night at 9 pm the death report came, which confirmed that the person was COVID-19 positive," Sudhakar tweeted.

The total number of COVID-19 infections in the state has crossed the 400-mark, according to last evening's bulletin by the Karnataka health department.

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January 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 28: Brace for hefty traffic penalties as the state government is all set to reverse a notification on revised fines which came into effect last September following pushback from road users and opposition parties.

The Karnataka government will implement traffic penalties as stipulated in the amended Motor Vehicles Act, 2019, in a phased manner following a diktat from the Centre. The government did not specify the timeline for it.

“At a recent meeting of transport ministers from various states, the Union government explained why it wanted to implement these huge fines. We found it convincing and will implement it in its original form,” said transport minister Laxman Savadi on Monday.

Savadi said India’s image globally has taken a beating due to the high number of road deaths and the Centre wants to change it at any cost. However, he said the entire set of hefty fines would not be reintroduced all at once.

BJP govt revised rates in Sept

The BJP government last September had revised fines on compoundable offences and those which are fined on the spot by traffic cops by 50%- 80%, barring drunken driving and racing.

As per the revised rates, helmetless riding attracted a penalty of Rs 500 against Rs 1,000 notified by the Centre. Driving without a licence attracted a fine of Rs 1,000 for

two- and three-wheelers and Rs 2,000 for light motor vehicles as against the earlier Rs 5,000 for all types of vehicles.

The central government recently told states and Union Territories they should enforce fines as per the amended Act and they cannot be rolled back. The road transport and highways ministry said fines cannot be reduced below the minimum amount fixed by law, unless the President gives his assent.

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