Will Modi govt take action against Dr Zakir Naik without verifying facts?

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July 6, 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government on Wednesday indicated taking action against peace activist Dr Zakir Naik after media reports claimed that he was followed by one of the five Bangladeshi militants, who killed 22 people at a restaurant in Dhaka recently.

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"Zakir Naik's speech is a matter of concern for us. Our agencies are working on this. But as a minister, I will not comment what action will be taken," Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju told reporters in Delhi.

Meanwhile, the National Investigating Agency (NIA) has reportedly started examining the speeches of Zakir Naik. The officials have been asked to be extra cautious and be very specific with the facts regarding the popular orator, a report said on Wednesday.

A senior government official told a news paper in India that the NIA sleuths have been directed to investigate whether Zakir Naik advocates any terrorist outfit or justifies terrorism with his speeches.

Bangladeshi newspaper 'Daily Star' had recently reported that militant Rohan Imtiaz, son of an Awami League leader, ran a propaganda on Facebook last year quoting Zakir Naik. The report also alleged that Zakir Naik's preachings often demean other religions and even other Muslim sects.

Ironically, the newspaper falsely quoted Zakir Naik and said that he had urged all Muslims to be terrorists, which is obviously a baseless and false allegation. Similar reports were published in several other news papers across the world to link Zakir Naik with Bangladeshi terrorists.

Zakir Naik is hugely popular in the Indian sub-continent with millions of followers globally. The MBBS graduate, who calls himself a student of comparative religion, is known for quoting verses from Quran, Bible, Vedas and many other holy scriptures as well as presenting scientific arguments in his public speeches.

Zakir Naik runs Peace TV which mostly beams his lectures on Islam and comparative religion. He is the president of Mumbai-based Islamic Research Foundation. Naik's profile on Peace TV website describes him as an international orator who clarifies Islamic viewpoints and clears misconceptions about Islam, using the Quran, authentic Hadith and other religious scriptures as a basis, in conjunction with reason, logic and scientific facts.'

In fact Dr Zakir Naik has openly condemned all kinds of terrorism and always argued that peaceful dialogue between scholars of different religion could eradicate their misunderstandings.

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Funny things there is more n more aligation expected n come against Mr.Zakir Naik n no surprise. Real terrorist n communal people always act behind screep. What happens to 9/11.is America or the rest of take any action. They jumped on Afghanistan who r not real. Now some peace loving prominent group n leaders in America giving statements.
From the very next day it was understood by whole world the master mind n the fact Israel Jews planned with full material. Only plain fuel not sufficient to burn such big n mighty strong building.

Popularity of Zakir Naik all over the world and there is no scholar to face against zakir bhai has become the problem for other religions.

When opposition is weak to face zakir, they used terrorism as weopons to attack on zakir. In India many has been proved guilty for riots and terrorism but they has been selected in the cabinet.

Non-muslims pundit lost to zakir bhai in debate. No one have the ability to challenge zakir, they are utilising terrorism to hide their impotency.

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346 stranded NRIs from Dammam, Sharjah reach Mangaluru

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July 19,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 19: Two flights with 346 stranded Kannadigas from Sharjah and Dammam landed at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) on Saturday night.

MIA officials said on Sunday that the chartered flight from Dammam landed with 178 stranded people, while an Air India flight from Sharjah landed with 168 stranded passengers under the 'Vande Bharat Mission'.

All the passengers on their arrival underwent health checkup and were sent for seven days institutional quarantine. They will undergo swab tests during the quarantine period, health officials said.

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Govt to bear Rs 78 cr cost of 108-ft-tall Kempegowda statue outside Airport: DyCM

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June 27,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 27: Announcing Karnataka’s ambitious plan to install a 108-ft-tall statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda outside the airport, deputy chief minister Ashwath Narayan said the government will bear the project cost — approximately Rs 78 crore.

Work on the project will formally commence with the chief minister laying foundation stone for installation of the statue and development of a 23-acre park where it will come up, on Saturday.

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An artist’s impression of the 108-ft-tall statue, which is proposed to come up in a 23-acre park outside KIA. The chief minister will perform bhoomi puja on Saturday.

KPCC president DK Shivakumar on Thursday suggested the cost be borne by Kempegowda International Airport and not the government. He wrote to the CM welcoming the decision to erect a statue of the chieftain at KIA, but asked why should the govenment spend on it. “When huge concessions have been provided to KIA, why not use its services to construct the statue,” he asked. Narayan, who is chairman of Kempegowda Development Authority, said it is the government’s duty to bear the cost.

The government has released sketches of the statue and a blueprint of the park. Noted sculptor Ram Sutar, who designed the Gandhi statue located between Vidhana Soudha and Vikasa Soudha and the Statue of Unity in Gujarat, will be part of this project as well.

Narayan said the government was not competing with any other state on having a tallest/largest statue while emphasising that Kempegowda ensured the city had tanks, markets and drainage system when it was founded. He added the government won’t invite many guests to Saturday’s ceremony. “Most legislators will be given a virtual link to view the event,” he said.

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When the economic situation is very bad they are wasting people's money on these things now! These statues can be built when the peoples' basic things are first fulfilled. The title of this topic should be "People to bear the burden of Rs.78 crore", there is nothing like governments money, it's all belong to people.

What is the neccessity of spending tax payers money in building Statue when there is great need of these amount in improving the quality of Health sector during COVID-19 Pandemic. Government must be smart enough to prioritise the need of the people.

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Centre's decision to charge NRIs to return from COVID-affected countries 'inhuman': Congress

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May 6,2020

May 6: Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Tuesday termed as "inhumane" the government's decision to "impose excessive costs" on NRIs and expatriates for bringing them into the country from COVID-19-affected nations.

He demanded that the central government fly in the poor and vulnerable free of cost while charge the others with normal fares instead of high costs.

"The central government's decision to impose excessive costs on NRIs flying in special flights from the Covid-affected countries is an inhumane act," he said in a statement.

Venugopal said it was due to protests by a large number of expatriates and their relatives as well as the general public over the past few days that the central government took the decision to bring back Indian citizens from abroad.

"However, it is cruel that the Central government has taken advantage of this plight of expatriates by increasing the price of air fares up to three times. This is inhumane," Venugopal said in his statement.

He urged the Centre to take urgent steps to provide free travel to the most vulnerable, unemployed, sick and pregnant women and to others on normal fare.

Air India will operate 64 repatriation flights for a week from May 7 while the Navy deployed two ships as India rolled out a massive evacuation plan on Tuesday to bring back thousands of its nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown.

Those availing the repatriation flights will be charged, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told a virtual press conference in New Delhi. A passenger on a London-Delhi flight will be charged Rs 50,000 and on a Dhaka-Delhi flight Rs 12,000, he added.

From the Gulf countries to Malaysia and the UK to the US, the multi-agency operation christened 'Vande Bharat Mission' will see the state-owned airline operate the non-scheduled commercial flights till May 13 to ferry around 15,000 Indian nationals from 12 countries.

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