New Delhi: After the Supreme Court on Wednesday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to further probe 186 anti-Sikh riots cases closed by an earlier SIT the Congress party said it will support any probe into the 1984 riots. File image of RPN Singh. Image courtesy: PIB I don t have full information about the Supreme Court order. But if there is any order to do an investigation to ensure full inquiry the Congress will always support it said Congress spokesperson RPN Singh. If any torture has been done to the Sikh community there should be a probe into it and if anyone found guilty must be punished he added. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud ordered formation of the new SIT - comprising a serving Indian Police Service officer and a retired one. The move came following receipt of a report by a supervisory committee that said of the 241 cases closed by the earlier SIT 186 were closed without further investigation.
A look at the headlines right now:Mumbai Police arrest three owners of 1Above restaurant 12 days after Kamala Mills fire: The Sanghvi brothers were taken into custody on Wednesday and the third Abhijeet Mankar was caught a day later. http://www.be-mag.com/msgboard/member.php/194969-kkcleartrip UIDAI to use new two-step security system from June to ensure Aadhaar details stay private: In doing so the body admitted what it has been denying until now leaks of Aadhaar numbers are a massive concern. Supreme Court forms new team to investigate 186 cases from 1984 anti-Sikh riots: These cases have not yet been examined by the Centre-appointed Special Investigation Team.Suspected LeT militant allegedly involved in 2000 Red Fort attack arrested from Delhi airport: Bilal Ahmad Kawa s bank account was allegedly used in hawala transactions that funded the strike as well as militancy in Kashmir.Cabinet relaxes norms for foreign investment in single brand retail construction and Air India: The new rules will allow foreign airlines to invest up to 49% in Air India without requiring a government nod helping speed up its privatisation process.CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 board exams to begin on March 5: The ICSE exams will begin on February 26 and the ISC papers on February 7Malaysia signs 70-million deal with US firm to find missing MH370: Ocean Infinity will begin its 90-day search for the missing flight on January 17.Bar Council of India issues notices to 500 MPs and MLAs who are practicing lawyers: The expert committee asked the recipients why they should not be debarred. Court rules Trump administration cannot end programme for children of undocumented US immigrants: Judge William Alsup said the DACA programme must remain in place until the federal cases were resolved.RBI-affiliated think tank disowns paper published by faculty member flagging problems with Aadhaar: The Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology said the views expressed in the study were those of the author alone.
A look at the headlines right now: UIDAI to use new two-step security system from June to ensure Aadhaar details stay private: In doing so the body admitted what it has been denying until now leaks of Aadhaar numbers are a massive concern. Cabinet relaxes norms for foreign investment in single brand retail construction and Air India: The new rules will allow foreign airlines to invest up to 49% in Air India without requiring a government nod helping speed up its privatisation process.Supreme Court forms new team to investigate 186 cases from 1984 anti-Sikh riots: These cases have not yet been examined by the Centre-appointed Special Investigation Team.Siddaramaiah government is anti-Hindu indulges in vote bank politics says Amit Shah: The Congress government had deprived the state of the amount that was sanctioned by the government for the welfare of the people the BJP president claimed.If a person has no Aadhaar card does he not exist for the government? asks Supreme Court: The court was hearing a plea against night shelters in Uttar Pradesh asking the homeless for the 12-digit number as identity proof.After RSS letter Centre may leave out cervical cancer shot from immunisation scheme says report: The letter had claimed that including the HPV vaccine in the programme will divert scarce resources from more worthwhile health initiatives .India s GDP to pick up from this year says World Bank as it pegs 7.3% growth in 2018: In comparison to China s slowing economy India s will gradually accelerate hereon it said in a new report. Protests erupt in Kasur district Pakistan over alleged rape and murder of 8-year-old girl: Two people were killed in the riots as protestors attacked the deputy commissioner s office with sticks and stones. Bad loans in the farm sector rose over 23% in 2017 shows RBI data: Non-performing assets in the agriculture sector increased from Rs 48 800 crore in 2016 to Rs 60 200 crore in 2017.Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami tables bill proposing rise in MLAs salary in state Assembly: Transport unions demand to speak to the chief minister as their strike enters seventh day.
Written by Kanishka Singh | New Delhi | Updated: March 27 2017 4:41 pm Aadhaar card (Representational image) Related News Aadhaar Of InjusticeTMC to continue fight against Aadhaar: Derek O BrienAadhaar: Edward Snowden slams govt over FIR against Tribune reporterAadhaar is a 12-digit unique identification number issued to Indian citizens by the Central government. It is issued and managed by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Aadhaar card is essentially an identification document issued by the UIDAI after it records and verifies every resident Indian citizen s details including biometric and demographic data. Aadhaar is not meant to replace existing identification documents like PAN passport driving license etc. However it can be used as a single identification document. Banks financial institutions and telecom companies can also use it as a Know-Your-Customer (KYC) verification mode and maintain profiles. On March 27 the Supreme Court ordered that the government cannot be stopped from using Aadhaar identification for its non-welfare schemes like opening of bank accounts filing of tax returns verification of new and existing mobile phone numbers and user credentials etc. However it did maintain that the government cannot make Aadhaar mandatory for welfare schemes and it has allowed the government to use it in some schemes not permitted to be used as a mandatory requirement. Here is a list of recent announcements by the government where Aadhaar was made mandatory (both welfare and non-welfare schemes feature in the list): Beedi/Iron Ore/limestone workers need Aadhaar for availing house subsidy. Aadhaar mandatory for supplementary nutrition program. Deadline to register to avail benefits is March 31. Aadhaar compulsory for farmers wanting to take crop insurance benefit and people eligible for subsidised foodgrains/cash subsidy for the same. People need to register by March 31. People wishing to avail benefits of welfare schemes under Integrated Department of Horticulture National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme and Janani Suraksha Yojana need mandatory Aadhaar. Aadhaar made mandatory to avail training under Integrated Child Development Services of the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Deadline to register is June 30. Aadhaar mandatory for benefits under Grih Kalyan Kendra scheme and the deadline set for registration is June 30. Aadhaar made mandatory for financial support under National Mission for Empowerment of Women. Same condition imposed for Scheme for Adolescent Women students to avail Central scholarship and financial support given under National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship. Deadline for registration is March 31. Aadhaar mandatory for e-panchayat training benefits and students who wish to avail central scholarships at the college level. Deadline to register is June 30. Soil Health Management Scheme and Soil Health Card Scheme require Aadhaar. Deadline is March 31. Supplementary meals at creches require Aadhaar. Deadline to register is March 31. Maternity Benefit Programme and Integrated Child Protection Scheme make Aadhaar mandatory. Deadline to register is March 31. Aadhaar made mandatory for women to avail vocational training loans and other schemes. Benefits for water and social services also come under the ambit of Aadhaar. Benefits under Research and Development in Water Sector and National Social Assistance Program announce Aadhaar as mandatory document. Deadline set is March 31 and April 1 respectively. Mid Day meal benefits require Aadhaar. Cooks-cum-helpers earning out of the scheme must also register with Aadhaar. Deadline set is June 30. Deendayal Antyodya Yojana and National Rural Livelihoods Mission also make Aadhaar mandatory. Aadhaar now mandatory for disabled children between 6-14 years and are eligible for benefits under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Deadline to register is June 30. Aadhaar also made mandatory to book tickets on Indian Railways online ticket booking platform at IRCTC. Disabled students taking benefits under National Action Plan for Skill Training of Persons with Disabilities must register by June 30. Aadhaar also made mandatory for availing benefits under National Health Mission by trained female community health activist ASHA or Accredited Social Health Activist. Bhopal gas tragedy victims need Aadhar to avail compensation from government. Deadline set is June 30. National Awards Scheme for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals and Downstream Plastics Processing Industry makes Aadhaar mandatory. Deadline for registration is March 31. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for women below poverty line requires Aadhaar (deadline set May 31). It is also made mandatory for compensation and benefits to people under Bonded Labour Rehabilitation Scheme. Deadline set is June 30. Aadhaar made mandatory to file Income Tax returns or applying for PAN. PAN will also need to be linked to Aadhaar. Any PAN card which is not linked to Aadhaar will become redundant after June 30. For all the latest What Is News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Related News Govt muzzling dissent: Congress on FIR over alleged Aadhaar data breach FIR against Tribune reporter: Shatrughan Sinha asks are we living in a Banana Republic ? Tags: Aadhaar JJeevan KarkeraNov 12 2017 at 8:01 amMr. Modi has become a big headache for Mamta Banerjee Lalu Yadav Chidambaram and many more who worked very very hard for poor.(3)(0) Reply SS ABBASIOct 26 2017 at 1:27 pmis there any necessary be a indian for making the aadhar card(0)(0) Reply RReaderOct 9 2017 at 10:11 amA centralized and inter-linked biometric database like Aadhaar will lead to profiling and self-censorship endangering freedom. Personal data gathered under the Aadhaar program is prone to misuse and surveillance. Aadhaar project has created a vulnerability to identi-ty fraud even identi-ty theft. Easy harvesting of biometrics traits and publicly-available Aadhaar numbers increase the risk of impersonation especially online and banking fraud. Centralized databases can be hacked. Biometrics can be cloned copied and reused. Thus BIOMETRICS CAN BE FAKED. High-resolution cameras can capture your fingerprints and iris information from a distance. Every eye hospital will have iris images of its patients. So another person can clone your fingerprints and iris images without your knowledge and the same can be used for authentication. If the Aadhaar scheme is NOT STOPPED by the Supreme Court the biometric features of Indians will soon be cloned misused and even traded.(5)(1) ReplyRReaderNov 10 2017 at 3:26 pmIf the biometric details of a person are COMPROMISED ONCE then even a new Aadhaar card will not help the person concerned. This is NOT like blocking an ATM card and taking a new one.(1)(0) Reply RReaderSep 25 2017 at 9:59 pmThe Supreme Court is yet to take a decision on the validity of Aadhaar and whether the State can compulsorily link Aadhaar to various programs and all financial transactions. On 24 August 2017 a nine-judge Consti-tution Bench of the Supreme Court ruled against the Central Government to declare that privacy is a fundamental right under the Consti-tution of India. The Supreme Court is set to hear peti-tions challenging the validity and other aspects of Aadhaar in the first week of November this year. So just wait for the verdict.(2)(0) Reply RReaderSep 25 2017 at 9:59 pmA centralized and inter-linked biometric database like Aadhaar will lead to profiling and self-censorship endangering freedom. Personal data gathered under the Aadhaar program is prone to misuse and surveillance. A centralized and interlinked database can lead to commercial abuse. Aadhaar project has created a vulnerability to identi-ty fraud even identi-ty theft. Easy harvesting of biometrics traits and publicly-available Aadhaar numbers increase the risk of impersonation especially online and banking fraud. Centralized databases can be hacked. Biometrics can be cloned copied and reused.(2)(0) ReplyRReaderOct 5 2017 at 5:06 amBiometrics can be cloned copied and reused. Thus BIOMETRICS CAN BE FAKED. High-resolution cameras can capture your fingerprints and iris information from a distance. Every eye hospital will have iris images of its patients. If someone gets a copy of your biometric data which can be used for authentication what would you do?(2)(0) Reply Load More Comments
NEW DELHI: Lakhvinder Kaur was only 19 pregnant with her second child and was at home with her five-month-old daughter when the news of a mob killing her husband came. He was at a gurdwara in Pul Bangash when the attackers got him. Kaur is now 50 and a grandmother. But justice eludes her still. On a day the Supreme Court decided to set up an SIT to re-examine 186 cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Kaur and others like her found it difficult to feel hopeful. SC has opened a door but for these women denied justice for so long hope would be real only if the culprits are punished. Efforts have been made and assurances for justice have been made but we are still waiting. Let s see what happens Kaur said adding that her grandchildren ask her about grandfather s case. She insists that everyone saw who the killers were and yet for decades the widows mothers and children have been running from courts to different investigation committees for justice. Kaur used to live in Vishnu Garden when the riots happened. Later like other victim families she got a house in Tilak Vihar and a government job. At 50 she is still working as a peon while her daughters are married. The family wants the culprits to be punished severely. Nirpreet Kaur was 16 when on November 1 1984 her father was killed. If you ask me the SC decision does not give me any hope. We have seen SITs commitments for free and fair investigation and repeated assertions for support ultimately end in no result she said. She was a Palam resident and her father was an influential member of the Sikh community in the locality and ran a transport business. Nirpreet was the eldest of three children. After her father was killed she became a crusader for justice. Over the last three decades she has been to courts and investigation agencies to give her version repeat names of the accused and demand justice. She runs a small business in Chandigarh where she is married and her younger brothers live in Delhi. Together they are all fighting for justice. Much of their time has gone in courts so they are now in a wait and watch mode. The stories of families who lost suffered during the riots are marked by intense pain and anger. Last November TOI had reported how women had searched for the names of their relatives among 3 000 names listed on the Wall of Truth at Gurdwara Rakabganj near the Parliament. This monument was last year dedicated by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee to those who were killed in the riots or died trying to save the lives and honour of others. The memorial carries names of people killed in different states. There is also a wall dedicated to people from other communities who lost lives and property while saving their Sikh neighbours. Another wall is dedicated to those who died but were never identified. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court stated it'll appoint a brand new special research crew to probe 241 instances from the 1984 anti-Sikh riots which were closed for lack of proof. The team will include a retired excessive court docket judge and two IPS officials one serving and the opposite retired. Their names can be introduced on Thursday. These 241cases were closed by an earlier SIT. The new team will observe these afresh. In August the pinnacle courtroom had requested a supervisory panel it covered two of its former judges Justices JM Panchal and S Radhakrishnan and a retired IPS officer to examine the selection of the previous SIT to close these cases. As in line with the CBI of 293 rise up cases 241 had been closed. While chargesheets have been filed in 12 cases five are under research by the SIT and two with the aid of the CBI. The panel had cautioned a new SIT to again examine those cases. In a short order exceeded on Wednesday a 3-decide bench led by using Chief Justice Dipak Misra said a panel had observed that the SIT had closed the 186 cases with none similarly investigation. Therefore a new SIT become being set up to probe those cases afresh. The courtroom circulate got here on a plea filed via a few rebel survivors. Their case become argued with the aid of senior advise Arvind P Datar. The primary authorities did now not oppose the thought. The government said it was inquisitive about rendering justice to the victims of riots but the long delay in prosecuting the cases had weakened them notably. The Sikh Coordination Committee East Coast (SCCEC) and American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (APGC) have claimed that ninety six gurdwaras within the United States have resolved to ban the access of Indian officials. The ban will practice to nagar kirtans or non secular processions as properly. The move comes days after 14 gurdwaras in Ontario Canada banned the access of Indian diplomatic officials. The UK-based totally Sikh Federation has additionally proposed a comparable ban. They but later clarified that Indian officials ought to go to the gurdwaras of their non-public potential. SCCEC and AGPC claim themselves to be the largest umbrella organisations of Sikh gurdwaras inside the US. The announcement has been made with help of US-based group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ). We may also provoke legal lawsuits towards those Indian diplomats who will try to defy this ban stated SFJ felony adviser Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Indian government officers and any character/s representing the interests of the Indian authorities shall no longer be allowed to enter the USA gurdwaras or to take part in any religious programmes the decision reads. The resolution read out through Himmat Singh coordinator of SCCEC earlier than a Sikh gathering at a gurdwara in Richmond Hill New York on Saturday stated they preserve the Indian government accountable for the June 1984 army invasion of Sri Harmandar Sahib (Golden Temple) and forty other gurdwaras amongst other things. JALANDHAR: After Indian government officials had been barred from coming into 14 Canadian gurdwaras they could face a comparable ban in a few gurdwaras within the UK and other European countries. Last month in an uncommon circulate 14 gurdwara control committees in Canada s Ontario province had imposed a ban at the access of Indian officials inside the gurdwaras below their control. These gurdwaras used a law in opposition to trespassing to ban access of the Indian government representatives. Now the Sikh Federation (UK) is presenting to prohibit access of Indian officers in gurdwaras inside the UK and some European countries in any professional ability. https://www.fimfiction.net/user/320143/kfckk As within the case of the Canadian ban the UK group has made it clean that all and sundry ought to visit the gurdwaras in personal potential as a member of the Sangat (congregation). A draft assertion on the way to have to be signed by the gurdwara committees has been circulated in gurdwaras in the UK and a few international locations of mainland Europe for a dialogue on the difficulty. Sikhs in the diaspora are bored to death with Indian authorities officers and their dealers an increasing number of interfering in our institutions and Sikh affairs undermining of Sikh campaigns for greater rights and internal subjects for the Sikh community Amrik Singh chair of the Sikh Federation said in a assertion. The Federation of Sikh Organisations an umbrella frame of which the Sikh Federation (UK) is a member will speak the proposed assertion this weekend. The group aims to ban entry of the Indian officials this month itself in step with a assertion issued by means of the Sikh Federation s Gurjeet Singh. Eight nearby gurdwara councils throughout the United Kingdom and organizations just like the Sikh Council (UK) are also to be approached to inspire gurdwaras who are contributors to end up signatories to the declaration the assertion stated. The group claims it is able to comfortable help of at least 60-70 gurdwaras inside the UK and was hoping to boom the wide variety to one hundred in the UK. Contacts in 15 nations have advised a comparable ban can be imposed in a few of the 100-ordinary gurdwaras inside the mainland Europe. When this is blended with gurdwaras from Canada USA Australia New Zealand and some other place in the diaspora the Indian authorities officials could face ban on access in over three hundred gurdwaras the Federation claimed. According to the draft of the proposed declaration the Indian officers need to apprehend their presence will make contributors of the Sikh community uncomfortable due to their position of working or representing the Indian authorities. They can therefore be expected to be challenged via different contributors of the Sangat and requested to explain their role in anti-Sikh sports. The problem of arrest of British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal inside the case of focused killings has additionally been raised by using these groups. They claim Sikhs are being targeted with the aid of the Indian authorities once they go to Punjab. The brand new tactic by way of the Indian authorities of concentrated on Sikhs from the diaspora after they visit the Sikh place of origin as tested by using the case of British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal has damaged the camel s again. We had been in discussions with the British police and government officers in the UK to see whether or not arrests and prosecutions are possible against dealers reporting to the Indian authorities officials Amrik Singh claimed. In Germany in recent years we've seen the government to their credit score acquire proof make arrests and prosecute dealers reporting to the Indian authorities officials on Sikhs who are German citizens he delivered. The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Manjit Singh GK said no one could be banned from entering any gurdwara. Doors of a gurdwara can t be shut on everyone however the gurdwara control committees can control degree and may not permit anyone to apply it he said. On a sunny day in Tilak Nagar a neighbourhood in West Delhi Prabh Deep Sagar actions rapidly throughout the streets. He dodges humans with the deftness regular of someone who grew up in a bustling a part of the metropolis and forestalls to greet the ones he is aware of. People conduct long conversations over intersecting electric wires and youngsters stand on a terrace to scream at each person underneath. It is viable as Prabh Deep says that some thing can occur at any time right here. Tilak Nagar and its streets are colourful and eclectic with consistent bustle this is Prabh Deep s global and notion. It is in which he changed into born and raised and in which he learned to rap. There s something approximately these streets he stated. I ve simply been all over the u . S . A . Staying in big houses in Bandra and other places however as quickly I m returned here in Tilak Nagar my heart starts to pump. The latest hip-hop artist on the Delhi scene Prabh Deep 24 is not like different Punjabi musicians of his time. His songs do now not revolve round glamour or the excessive lifestyles however inform testimonies of existence in a suburban network in Delhi. My rhymes are approximately real lifestyles about growing up on these streets the simultaneous hazard and satisfaction that defined my youngsters he stated. When this many humans in particular Punjabis are concentrated into small spaces shit can pass down. There aren t any bars right here or tennis courts. Life right here took place outdoor at corners with anybody rubbing shoulders towards each other. Life is shit right here Hip-hop as a movement advanced inside the Bronx in 1970 as a culture inside the ghettos. Like many pioneers Prabh Deep believes that it is the voice of energy for folks that are marginalised. The Sikhs of Tilak Nagar who form his network are immigrants from Peshawar and Sindh in Pakistan and distinct from wealthier Punjabis in other neighborhoods of the capital. Overpopulated but underdeveloped there is a lawlessness to those elements of Delhi that inspires Prabh Deep s tune and informs his disdain. This mix he says is crucial to the evolution of the tradition of hip-hop You need to locate poetry in issue. That s what the movement is ready. Why should track and artwork most effective be approximately lovely things? Life is shit right here so I tell people approximately it. I inform them the truth. Not spin some celebration grooves that in the end make no sense. Play When Prabh Deep raps he offers a voice to a network a medium to the Delhi-Punjabi language used otherwise simplest in slang and creates a realm distinct from the norm. His tune is resonant with lingo references and an inscrutable loyalty to his personal people. Like other messiahs of the hip-hop culture Prabh Deep is determined to disrupt engrained parameters of what may be Indian music and at the equal time shake up the autocracy in the Indian music scene.In his track Kal he raps approximately being threatened on the streets as a younger guy stepping into fights and the terse threat that described his younger existence. In a sequel to the track known as Kal (Future) he sings approximately how he picked himself up discovered proposal in his fact and by no means gives up. His lyrics and movies time travel to his adolescence in Tilak Nagar with gang fights and his recollections of days filled with both huge friendship and hazard. Play This stuff is ordinary here in our community he stated. We got into fights every day when we were youngsters. It became like amusement. After graduating from Guru Harkrishan Public School Prabh Deep labored in a call center for three years to assist his circle of relatives and make money so he ought to make music. He become now not inquisitive about better education and the aspirations of others didn t make any experience. When he became making track he met Sez his first manufacturer and together they started to file. Everyone had all started to move to Canada to begin a store or something and I notion why the f k have to I leave my home to make some type of name for myself? If this is my lifestyles I will make it work. Prabh Deep s tune displays on the difficulties faced through younger men their problems of dependancy and the dangers of the streets wherein they stay. In his song Suno he introduces himself as a messenger of fact aiming to reveal bare truths about his neighbourhood in which there's poverty and unemployment and substance dependancy is not unusual most of the younger. Play There are capsules everywhere on those streets Prabh Deep said. People don t have lots in order that they get lost easily. I need to clean up the streets with my rap. I need to tell these kids there's no need to waste your life on bullshit you may be more than what you believe you studied handiest in case you strive. We are made to feel like we're really worth nothing simply due to the fact we are not rich? I need to trade that. While Prabh Deep s verse is original and awesome from the opposite voices of Punjabi hip-hop and rap in the u . S . A . He is keen to distance himself from the underground tune industry in India. He is important of the enterprise which he dismisses as a façade Of route rap is my passion however it's also my activity. When I began out I changed into making song for cash but nobody will pay you properly for these things. They treat song like a interest like aspect-tasks. This whole underground scene it s all bullshit. It is essentially a bunch of center-magnificence and rich children who're buddies all being attentive to one another there's no criticism no opposition. F okay being underground. I don t care about that. Hip-hop is a subculture not a network. We are competitive with each other. Play Even even though Prabh Deep s achievement is growing swiftly he nevertheless has to fight human beings for payments and is upset that even contracts are not signed. Standards of salary inside the Indian music industry were low for many years developing a hurdle for artists without any reach in it to go into the scene. Payments are constantly not on time no person symptoms contracts how do you expect any originality or new voices on this placing? He stated. When I did one gig a person wasn t paying me and the landlord changed into banging on our door asking for hire. We aren t center class right here I need the money from my tune and anything occurs I will get it out of them. As the sun begins to set the lighting fixtures within the gullies of Tilak Nagar started out to exchange mood. Women begin leaving more younger guys come out to take a seat in corners and at a chai store close to his house men in pink Nike sneakers watch him intently. You see that he said. They are wearing running shoes like mine. Hip-hop is extra than just song it gives an identity to human beings. It is difficult to try this right here it isn't always clean however f okay it I ll make it manifest.
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