PFI flaunts its strength; Ready to face death if charges proven, says its chief

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October 16, 2017

Bengaluru, Oct 16: The Popular Front India proved its growing popularity in Karnataka as its grand conference in Bengaluru’s Palace Ground on Sunday drew an unprecedented crowd that braved the sudden rain and kept raising slogans till the end of the event.

Apart from the leaders of PFI and its political arm SDPI, many progressive thinkers and activists were also seen on the stage which was named after slain journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, who in a previous PFI conference had urged the people to fight unitedly against communal forces.

Inaugurating the conference with a slogan “We also have something to say”, E Abubaker, Chairman of PFI, dared the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government and its agencies to prove the charges of anti-national activities levelled against his outfit.

“Sangh Parivar is levelling false and baseless allegations against PFI with the intention of imposing ban on the organisation. PFI leaders and activists are ready to face death penalty if the government proves the grave charges against them,” he said.

“They call us extremists. If raising voice against poverty, unemployment, exploitation and inequality is extremism, then we are proud to be extremists. RSS is dividing the country on religious lines. But we call for Hindu-Muslim unity,” he said.

Speaking on the occasion, Jnanaprakasha Swamji of Urilinga Peddi Mutt said that people from backward classes, Dalits and minorities should come forward to form a better society at a time when the rulers of the country are giving priority to cows over human beings.

“Unfortunately, now eating beef is considered as a bigger offence than massacring human beings. Let PM Modi build a country of cows and rule it. Let us unite and make India a pro-human country,” he said.

B T Lalitha Naik, Former minister, writer and Welfare Party of India leader, said that unity among Muslims, Dalits and backward classes will be the defeat of those who are trying to convert India into an undemocratic country.

Yasir Hasan, state general secretary of PFI, said that India doesn’t belong to communal forces. Condemning the attempts to impose ban on PFI, he said: “We are ready to sacrifice our lives, but won’t bow down to fascist forces”.

PFI state president Mohammed Saqib, said that his outfit is working towards empowering Muslim community besides raising voice oppression and inequality. He accused the Centre of using National Investigation Agency (NIA) to defame PFI.

Maulana Mohammad Umarain Mahfooz Rahmani, Secretary of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Naseer Ahmed, Chairman of Karnataka Sate Minorities Commission, Yogesh Master, writer were present among others.

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rameez
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Monday, 16 Oct 2017

Masha Allah such a great program. Hatts off to PFI leaders, caders and supportes.

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Mangaluru, Mar 28: A fish meal factory in the Baikampady Industrial area in Mangaluru was gutted in a fire incident on Thursday, officials said.

The factory is owned by the company 'Shihar Enterprises', they said.

According to the locals, the fire was first noticed at 4.45 am today, which was immediately reported to the fire department.

The fire engines reached the spot and tried to douse the fire, but it had already spread to other parts of the factory. After almost four hours of fire-fighting operation, the blaze was completely doused, officials.

The reason for the blaze is still being probed, the fire department officials said, adding that they suspect an electric short circuit could have triggered it.

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March 27,2024

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Hassan: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has announced that his son, former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will contest from state's Mandya parliamentary seat as NDA candidate.

Deve Gowda told reporters on Tuesday that the decision to field Kumaraswamy, who is also JD(S) state president, in Lok Sabha polls from the Mandya seat was taken amid mounting public demand. "People are demanding that Kumaraswamy should contest from Mandya. In the core committee meeting as well, all members suggested that he should contest from Mandya," Deve Gowda said.

The former Chief Minister's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy had lost to independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh from Mandya in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The JD(S) supremo further said that the name of senior leader Mallesh Babu has been finalised from the Kolar seat.

Deve Gowda's grandson and former Karnataka Minister H. D. Revanna's son sitting JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna will be contesting as the NDA candidate from the Hassan seat.

Earlier in the day, Kumaraswamy in a media briefing indicated that he would contest from Mandya amid mounting public pressure on him.

Congress has fielded Venkatarame Gowda popularly known as ‘Star Chandru’ from the Mandya seat dominated by Vokkaligas. Star Chandru is a close associate of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.

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March 27,2024

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At least seven people have been killed when Israeli warplanes bombed an emergency center in southern Lebanon near the border with the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories with air-to-surface missiles, according to Lebanese security sources.

Two sources, speaking on condition of anonymity said early on Wednesday that the strike targeted the Islamic Group’s emergency and relief center in Lebanon’s southern village of Habbariyeh.

Jamaa Islamiya, a Lebanese group closely linked to the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, said in a statement that “a number” of people had been killed, and called the strike a “heinous crime.”

An official from the group said “seven rescuers” were killed in the aerial assault.

Another Jamaa Islamiya official, also requesting anonymity, said a dozen medical staff were in the emergency center at the time of the strike, adding that bodies were being pulled from the rubble.

Lebanese lawmaker Hassan Mrad said “the Israeli aggression on Habbariyeh adds to the long list of Israeli crimes.”

Israel has been launching air strikes against Lebanon since the beginning of its onslaught against the Gaza Strip in early October.

An Israeli strike knocked down part of a building in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on February 14, killing seven members of the same family, including a child, Lebanon’s official National News Agency said. A boy initially reported missing was found alive under the rubble.

In a separate Israeli attack, a woman and her two children were killed in the village of as-Sawana in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli regime launched its devastating hostilities in the Gaza Strip on October 7 after the territory’s Hamas-led Palestinian resistance groups carried out a surprise retaliatory attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, against the occupying entity.

Israel's raids have resulted in retaliatory strikes from Hezbollah in support of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

The movement has vowed to keep up its retaliatory operations as long as the Tel Aviv regime continues its onslaught on Gaza.

The Israeli campaign in Gaza has killed at least 32,414 people, most of them women and children. Another 74,787 individuals have also been wounded.

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