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Owaisi produced before Medak court in 2005 protests case

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January 17, 2013

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Sangareddy, Jan 17: Jailed MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi, facing sedition charge for a “hate speech”, was on Thursday produced before a court in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh in connection with a case booked against him in 2005 for protesting against the demolition of a worship place.

The MIM leader, who was arrested from Hyderabad on January 8 and sent to judicial custody for the “hate speech” by a Nirmal court, was brought to Sangareddy town in Medak from Adilabad district jail.

He was produced before the court of Judicial First Class Magistrate K. Maruti Devi in Sangareddy, about 294 km from Adilabad, which adjourned the hearing to January 28 in the 2005 case in which he is charged with rioting and obstructing public servants from discharging duties.

After appearing before the court, Akbaruddin Owaisi’s counsels Rafatullah Khan and Balraj informed regarding his illness.

The court then posted the matter for January 28.

On a petition filed by Patancheru police, the court had yesterday issued Prisoner Transit (PT) warrant against him in connection with the 2005 case.

The case was registered on a complaint by a revenue official that MIM leaders including Akbaruddin Owaisi, his brother and Hyderabad MP and party chief Asaduddin Owaisi, protested against demolition of a place of worship at Muttangi village near Patanachevu during a road widening process of Hyderabad-Mumbai National Highway in which they allegedly engaged in heated arguments with the then District Collector A K Singhal and other officers.

Subsequently, some MIM leaders had appeared before the court and obtained bail even as a non-bailable warrant was pending against Akbaruddin Owaisi who did not turn up in the court in connection with the case registered in 2005.

Owaisi brothers and others were booked under IPC sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion), 147 (rioting), 186 (obstructing public servant while discharging duties) and seven other IPC sections.

A large number of supporters of MIM party and Akbaruddin Owaisi raised slogans when he arrived at the court.

While police were taking Mr. Owaisi out of the court premises the supporters tried to obstruct the vehicle, prompting the cops resort to mild caning to disperse them in which two persons sustained injuries, police said.

The police also took 40 MIM activists into preventive custody at different places in Medak district when they tried to obstruct the vehicle in which Mr. Owaisi was travelling. He was then shifted back to Adilabad district jail.

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January 9,2020

New Delhi, Jan 9: JNU students who tried to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday protesting the violence on the university campus were stopped by police and later detained.

The police also resorted to baton charge to control the mob who tried to block the traffic at Janpath. Using loudspeakers, the police also appealed to the crowd to maintain peace.

Before the students tried to proceed towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan, a delegation of JNU Students' Union and JNU Teachers' Association also met Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry officials and demanded the removal of Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar from his post.

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Agencies
July 30,2020

Chennai, Jul 30: Tamil Nadu government on Thursday extended the Covid-19 lockdown till August 31, giving only a few relaxations like allowing delivery of non-essential goods by e-commerce sites. The ban on public transport has been extended till August 31, while availing of e-pass for inter-district and inter-state travel will continue to be in force.

In a detailed statement, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced a “complete lockdown” during which only essential services would continue to be in force on all Sundays during the month of August across the state.  

In Chennai, restaurants will be allowed to open dine-in facilities at 50 percent of its total capacity from 6 am to 7 pm from August 1, while vegetable shops, grocery outlets and standalone commercial establishments will also be allowed to remain open from 6 am to 7 pm.

E-commerce sites have been allowed to begin delivery of non-essential goods from August 1, while the ban on public transport, temples in urban areas and towns, cinema halls, shopping malls, and gyms would continue till August 31.

It also said companies or factories in Chennai that have been allowed to function with 50 percent of staff can increase their strength to 75 percent from August 1.

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The government also asked companies to encourage its employees to work from home and advised commercial establishments to follow the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) as advised by it. Inter-state or inter-district travel will be allowed only with e-pass, while ban on metro and suburban trains continues.

The decision to extend the lockdown till August 31 comes as Tamil Nadu continues to grapple with an increasing number of coronavirus cases. The prevalence of the virus is no more limited to one city or region of the state with almost all districts reporting fresh cases, some of them over 200 new patients, every day.

On Thursday morning, Tamil Nadu’s Covid-19 tally was 2,34,114 including 1,72,883 discharges and 3,741 deaths. The active cases stood at 57,490.

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February 6,2020

New Delhi, Feb 6: DMK Lok Sabha member M K Kanimozhi on Wednesday challenged popular actor Rajinikanth to raise his voice for Muslims, saying they have "already been affected" by the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and are protesting on streets against the law.

Reacting to his statements earlier in the day in Chennai that "CAA is no threat to Muslims" and "if they face trouble I will be the first person to raise voice for them," Kanimozhi, daughter of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, told news agency that "Muslims in India have already been affected due to CAA".

"Let him (Rajinikanth) come forward and raise his voice for the affected Muslims", she said.

She said the members of the community have been protesting as the law leaves out Muslims.,

Asked whether Rajinikanth, through this pro-CAA statement, was moving closer to the BJP, the MP from Tuticorin said, "What he has said is no different from the BJP's narrative which we have been listening in parliament for the last few days".

Under CAA, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who came to India from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014, to escape religious persecution there will not be treated as illegal immigrants, and be given Indian citizenship.

Rajinikanth had asserted that the legislation did not pose any threat to Muslims. He wondered as to how Muslims, who chose to stay back in India following Partition will be sent out of the country. Besides, the central government had assured that Indian people will have no issues in view of CAA, he noted.

He charged that some political parties were instigating people against the CAA for their selfish interests.

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