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

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February 15, 2018

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 15: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today termed as factually wrong the statement of Union Minister Kiren Rijiju that the state had sought a ban on the Popular Front of India, a Muslim organisation.

Vijayan was reacting to Rijiju's reported statement that Kerala had pressed for a ban on the PFI at the annual DGP conference held at Madhya Pradesh last month and Centre was considering it.

A statement from the Chief Minister's office, quoting Vijayan, said the state has not asked for a ban on PFI at the meet or on any other occasion.

It was not the government's policy to seek ban on communal organisations or extremist outfits, Vijayan said.

RSS would be the first outfit to be declared as outlawed if an organisation has to be banned on the basis of triggering communal divide and riots, he said.

"It is not possible to face these organisations through banning them," he said, adding, past experience has proven it.

"It is the same attitude in the case of PFI also," the chief minister said.

"The ideology of communal and extremist outfits and their threat will not cease to exist just by banning," he said.

Extremism has to be faced through stringent legal proceedings and mobilising people against it, Vijayan said.

He said the state government had initiated strong steps against communal and extremist forces, result of which was evident on the law and order front.

A total of 104 cases were registered against 'NDF-PFI' workers for triggering religious tension between 2005 and 2011, he said.

Only 14 cases were registered during 2013 and 2017, Vijayan said.

Facts prove that Kerala is at the forefront in safeguarding securalism, Vijayan said and pointed out that the National Crime Record Bureau documents collaborated this.

Meanwhile, the state police clarified that there was a presentation on the topic 'Radicalization-PFI' at the DGP meet but there was neither a suggestion nor any recommendation to impose ban on the PFI.

The presentation was prepared by a DGPs of a few states and presented by the Kerala DGP,a statement issued by the Police Information Centre said.

"Kerala police has not proposed nor written for imposing such a ban on PFI till date," the statement added.

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

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Friday, 16 Feb 2018

Central Govt means 100% bunch of liers and the whole bjp leaders are the rss  sainik. They want to change our nation as brahman rastra. So these two tung comments always we the patriot Indian'  always expect. Why they not ban  other criminal groups like rss;bajeans dal;rama sena;vhp;karni sena and other rss affliated criminal outfit. Ban all criminal out fits.For our nations unity and development all criminal groups need to vanish I/o looking at one PFI. 

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July 27,2020

New Delhi, Jul 27: A month after banning 59 Chinese applications, the government of Indian has now reportedly banned 47 more apps of Chinese origin in the country. According to sources, the 47 banned Chinese apps were operating as clones of the earlier banned apps. 

The list of the 47 Chinese applications banned by the Indian government will be released soon.

India has also prepared a list of over 250 Chinese apps, including apps linked to Alibaba, that it will examine for any user privacy or national security violations, government sources said. The list also includes Tencent-backed gaming app PUBG.

Some top gaming Chinese applications are also expected to be banned in the new list that is being drawn up, sources said. The Chinese applications, that are being reviewed, have allegedly been sharing data with the Chinese agencies.

Today's decision follows after a high-profile ban of 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, as border tensions continued in Ladakh after a violent, fatal face-off between the Indian and Chinese armies. The government said these apps were engaged in activities that were prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity and defence of India.

A government press release announcing the ban stated: "The Ministry of Information Technology, invoking it's power under section 69A of the Information Technology Act read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009 and in view of the emergent nature of threats has decided to block 59 apps since in view of information available they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order".

A day later, Google said it has removed all the banned applications from the Play Store. Following the ban, TikTok refuted the claims that suggest it will pursue legal action against the Indian government for banning the app in India.

Reacting to the 59 apps banned by India, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the country is "strongly concerned regarding the decision of the Indian government".

“China is strongly concerned, verifying the situation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

"We want to stress that the Chinese government always asks Chinese businesses to abide by international and local laws-regulations. The Indian government has a responsibility to uphold the legal rights of international investors including Chinese ones," Zhao Lijian said.

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March 6,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 6: At least 13 persons, including women and children, were killed and five critically wounded when an SUV collided with a car that had crashed against a road divider moments ago near Kunigal in Tumakuru district of Karnataka in the early hours of Friday, police said.

Of the victims, while 12 died on the spot, a child breathed his last in a hospital, they added.

The injured were admitted to the hospital, the police said.

Among the dead, 10 were from Tamil Nadu and three from Bengaluru. All of them were pilgrims who were on their way to Dharmasthala in Karnataka.

There were five women and two children among the dead, the police said.

"Thirteen persons have died. The incident occurred post midnight. A car crashed against the road divider and another car collided with it," Tumakuru Superintendent of Police (SP) K Vamsi Krishna said.

The police had to struggle to pull the bodies out from the mangled vehicles.

On learning about the incident, relatives of the victims rushed to the spot.

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May 8,2020

Bengaluru, May 8: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said his government is clear in its stand on extending every possible help to the farmers. The Chief Minister spoke to the farmer-leaders of the state, who wanted their concerns to be heard and addressed, with regard to the problems the agrarian community has been facing in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown.

"We will soon make our position clear on supporting the farmers. We will not allow any hindrance to come in the way of agriculture activities," Yediyurappa told the farmer- leaders.

The Chief Minister told the delegation that the pre-monsoon activities are in full swing in the state.

The government has also set up help centres and been providing agriculture equipment on rent, the Chief Minister said. In most of the places, at least 80 per cent of the standing crops have been harvested.

Arrangements have been made to bring equipment from neighbouring states to harvest the standing crop, he said.

Yediyurappa said fertilisers and seeds are available in abundance in the state.

He informed the farmer-leaders about the arrangements made to transport flowers, vegetables and fruits to other states.

Similarly, the market has been developed for the farmers to sell their products, said the Chief Minister.

He said the government is working out a compensation for farmers who lost their crops due to hailstorm in Raichur, Koppal and Ballari. Agriculture Minister B C Patil, Horticulture Minister Narayana Gowda, Revenue Minister R Ashoka, Chief Secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar and Development Commissioner Vandita Sharma were also present in the meeting.

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