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Income Tax officers survey BBC
offices for suspected tax evasion
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Feb 15, in two months,
India is projected to
become the world’s
most populous country
with over 1.4 billion
people. However as
India’s once in a decade
census, due in 2021 was
delayed due to the
pandemic, a
confirmation of the
count may come a year
or more later. For now
census data from 2011,
when the count was last
conducted, is being used
to inform government
spending. At: Reuters
Israel to strip
Arab attackers of
citizenship
Feb 16, Israel's
Parliament
overwhelmingly
approved a law to strip
Arabs convicted in
terrorist attacks of their
Israeli citizenship or
residency and deport
them if they have
accepted stipends from
the Palestinian
Authority (PA). It voted
94 to 10 in favour of the
law.
The decision, which
could affect hundreds of
Palestinian citizens and
residents of Israel.
Israel says stipends
from the PA reward
violence and incentive
others to carry out
attacks. Roughly 4,700
Palestinians are
imprisoned in Israel for
alleged security
offences. Of those, 360
are Israeli citizens or
residents of east
Jerusalem. Israel
considers all of
Jerusalem to be its
undivided capital. This is
not internationally
accepted. At: TheWeek
Feb 18, twelve days after
the devastating
earthquake hit Turkey
and Syria, there are
reports that more than
46,000 people have died
and more than 84,000
buildings have either
been severely damaged,
need urgent demolition,
or collapsed.
The death toll in Turkey
stands at 40,642 from
the quake while
neighbouring Syria has
reported more than
5,800 deaths. At: AlJazeera
Turkey, Syria
quake toll
surpasses 46,000 Feb 16, A ₹ 4,800 crore
scheme, named
‘Vibrant Villages
Programme’ (VVP), for
settlements located
along the northern
border was approved
by the Government.
Of this, the Centre
sponsored scheme
earmarks ₹ 2,500 crore
for roads.
Aimed to provide
modern amenities at
frontline villages the
scheme aims to reverse
migration out of these
settlements to urban
centres. India seeks to
have thriving border
settlements as it ups
frontline vigilance and
security. All weather
road, drinking water,
24×7 electricity with
solar and wind energy,
mobile and internet
connectivity will be
provided. Tourist,
multi-purpose, health
and wellness centres
will also be set up.
In the first phase 663
villages will be taken up
in the programme.
At: ArunachalTimes
India set to be the
world’s most
populous country
headquartered public
broadcaster and its
Indian arm.
At BBC’s Kasturba
Gandhi Marg office in
Delhi phones of
employees were seized.
Some employees were
asked to leave the
office and go home
early. Over a 100
employees, who were
working in the morning
shift, were held back at
the bureau office. The
majority of them belong
to editorial teams.
Those in the afternoon
shift at the Delhi office
had been asked to
work from home.
IT officers monitored the
BBC’s BKC office in
Mumbai and had sent
employees home at its
Kurla, Mumbai office.
Employees were
prevented entry due to
the ongoing survey.
The IT Department
claims it was able to
unearth evidence to
show tax has not been
paid on certain
remittances that ought
to have been disclosed
as income in India by the
foreign entities of the
group, but were not.
At: Republic, BT, India Image: CDW
At: Image: IndiaToday
Feb 14, the Income Tax
(IT) Department carried
out surveys at the Delhi
and Mumbai offices of
the British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC) as
part of a tax evasion
investigation. A team of
at least 60 to 70 officers
was involved in the
survey.
The survey came after
BBC’s deliberate non-
compliance with IT’s
Transfer Pricing Rules
and its diversion of large
amounts of profit. The
Department is examining
business operations
between the London
12 South African cheetah’s arrive
in Kuno to take total up to 20
Assam CM Sarma
defends action on
child marriage
Border village
plan gets ₹ 4,800
crore thrust
Feb 16, at Aero-India
2023, Asia’s biggest
military airshow,
Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh declared
that India has
earmarked 75% of this
year’s defence capital
procurement budget for
buying defence
equipment from
domestic manufacturers
to achieve self-reliance
and ramp up defence
exports.
The minister outlined
how indigenisation has
been on the rise year
after year. In 2020-2021
the target of 58% local
sourcing had raised
eyebrows. But the
actual procurement
having exceeded it, the
next two years saw the
target raised to 64%
then 68%.
Aero-India 23: Rajnath Singh
show cases rising indigenisation
Feb 14, Air India unveiled
deals for a record
purchase of 470 jets
from Airbus and Boeing
heralding the airline's
renaissance under its
new owners, the Tata
Group.
250 planes from Airbus
and 220 from Boeing are
part of the single largest
purchase by an airline.
The Airbus order
includes 40 A350 wide-
body aircraft and 210
A320neo narrow-body
planes which will used to
fly ultra-long routes.
Boeing will provide 190
737 MAX, 10 mini-jumbo
777X and 20 of its 787
Dreamliners.
The agreement termed
‘historic’ by Biden could
be worth over $ 100
billion at list prices. Both
he and Macron held
telephonic conversations
with Prime Minister
Modi. The purchase will
support over one million
American jobs across 44
states the White House
has said. At: BT, FirstPost
Feb 17, Union Minister
Smriti Irani launched a
scathing attack on
billionaire George Soros
for wanting a pliable
Indian government that
would pander to the
investor’s nefarious
designs. She brought up
his announcement from
the past of a billion
dollar fund to try and
topple leaders like Indian
Prime Minister (PM)
Modi and asserted that
India has defeated
imperialistic designs
before and shall again.
She called for Indians to
unite and oppose his
foreign interference in
our democracy. She
reminded listeners that
Soros had broken the
Bank of England and was
designated an economic
war criminal there.
External Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar also
slammed Soros for being
an old, rich, opinionated
and dangerous man who
sought to impose his
choice of leadership over
an electorate of 1.4
billion. Under a pretence
of advocacy of open
society the crafty
billionaire shaped
narratives peppered with
fear inducing lies to
topple legitimate
governments.
Soros had accused the
PM of being
authoritarian and had
expressed a hope that
the souring of Adani’s
FPO might impact Modi’s
electoral fortunes.
At: HindustanTimes, NDTV
Image: ANI
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Assam: 1,900
hectares retrieved
in forest reserve
Feb 3, after clearing the
Pabho reserve forest in
Lakhimpur district from
illegal encroachment, the
Assam government began
an eviction drive to clear
1,892 hectares of
encroachments by nearly
2,500 illegal migrants in
Bura Chapori sanctuary of
the Sonitpur district.
Starting Tuesday, the
eviction drive will continue
for the next 2-3 days
engaging police and para-
military forces. At: Organiser
Feb 17, taking to Twitter to
defend police action
against child-marriages in
which 3,058 individuals
have been arrested, Assam
Chief Minister (CM)
Himanta Biswa Sarma said
several families have
cancelled pre-scheduled
marriages between under
age children and that was
a definite and positive
impact of our two-week
long crackdown against
child marriage. He asserted
Assam was committed to
rooting out the evil
practice. At: Print
Stay out of India’s internal
affairs-Centre warns Soros
SC on J&K: Union
can designate any
state a UT
Air India places a
470 aircraft order
on France, UK, US
Now, in the Amritkal
celebration of 75 years
of Indian independence
the target for 2023-
2024 has also been set
at 75%. India has set
aside ₹5.94 lac-crore
for defence spending in
the next year.
An image of Bhagwan
Hanuman was
reinstated on the tail of
a aircraft trainer on the
final day of Aero India
in Bengaluru after
outrage on social media
over its removal three
days earlier.
At: MSN, HT Image: TimesNow,
ABPLive
Baloch leaders
threaten to cut-
off gas to Pakistan
Feb 17, Balochistan,
whose gas discovery
from 1952 makes-up
nearly 17% of Pakistan’s
production, has warned
it will cut-off gas supplies
to the rest of the country
if the Centre does not
pay it outstanding dues.
The poorest state of
Pakistan has not been
able to pay salaries as its
part of global flood relief
and other dues have not
been sent to if in over
two years. At: IndianNarrative
BJP gains control
of Amul Dairy,
wrests 2 top posts
Feb 15, Vadodara, the BJP
wrested the top two
posts of Amul Dairy, as
long-time chairman
Ramsinh Parmar and vice-
chairman Rajendrasinh
Parmar lost Tuesday's
board elections and their
run of almost 17 years
together in those
positions ended. Kheda
district BJP chief Vipul
Patel was chosen over
Ramsinh and BJP’s Kanti
Sodha Parmar over
Rajendrasinh. At: MSN
From 12 km/day to 37 km/day
Feb 17, Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park
received 12 more cheetah’s from South Africa. The
initial batch of eight sourced from Namibia have
acclimatized to its habitat. ANI, IndNarrtv
Feb 13, 2023 - Week 7
Feb 18, ruling on a dispute
that began in June last
year, the Election
Commission (EC) declared
that the Shiv Sena led by
Maharashtra Chief
Minister (CM) Eknath
Shinde was the real Shiv
Sena and not the faction
of Uddhav Thackeray. The
party name and ‘Bow and
Arrow’ symbol belonged
to the Shinde group. At: IE
EC: CM Eknath
Shinde’s Sena is
the real Shiv Sena
Tejas lands on IAC Vikrant
Feb 6, the Tejas fighter jet made a historic first
landing on India’s aircraft carrier INS Vikrant At: ANN
Feb 14, asserting that
Parliament has the
power to convert an
existing State into a
Union Territory (UT) a
Supreme Court Bench
led by Justice SK Kaul
dismissed a petition
challenging notifications
for delimitation of
assembly constituencies
in the newly created
Union Territory of
Jammu and Kashmir for
being bereft of any
merit. Articles 3, 4 with
239A permit such a
change. At: TribuneIndia
Feb 13, 2023 | Week 7 | Volume 7S-92
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PAGE 3 THE GOOD WORD
On what basis has the
WAQF Board claimed
these villages? These
villages were once
personal fief of a
foreign invader named
Jalaluddin Ahsan
Khan. Any land that
was once occupied by
any Islamic invader is
now being stolen by
WAQF board.
Governments have
empowered them to
do it.
How is the WAQF
Board able to loot
lands so blatantly?
You will be surprised
to know that WAQF
board in Bharat wields
unquestionable power
that is only matched
by judiciary. They have
the power to stake
claim on your
property & throw you
out of your own house
should they decide it.
Take the case of these
5,000 families in
Boduppal
(Hyderabad). A few
years ago, they were
the registered owners
of highly priced lands
in Hyderabad. Today,
they are desperately
protesting on roads
because they have
been stripped of
ownership of their
own lands by the
WAQF Board.
These families were
registered owners of
their land. They have
government pattas
indicating they are
actually owners of the
land? How did they
lose it? The answer is
that these residents
were unaware,
uninformed and
careless like the most
of us. Read on to see
how it cost them.
The residents brought
their land from a real
estate broker who in-
turn brought it 50-70
years ago from a
Muslim man. In 1989,
WAQF board claimed
these lands on the
premise that it once
belonged to a Muslim
holy person. What did
the residents do then?
Absolutely nothing!
The WAQF claim of
these 294 acres was
approved by the
Government. Recently,
the WAQF board threw
a few residents out of
their own properties.
This was when they
woke up and
approached the court.
“What were you doing
in these 30 years?”
asked Court.
“Once a WAQF, always
a WAQF” is the mantra
of the WAQF board.
And this is the most
dangerous aspect of it.
Practically, this means
your land can be
robbed off you if the
WAQF board has
reasons to BELIEVE
that it belonged to
some Muslim
persona/saint anytime
in the past.
Notice the word
“BELIEVE”. According
to WAQF act 1995,
Belief is all the WAQF
board needs. It just has
to BELIEVE your land
belonged to a Muslim.
The onus will be upon
you to provide proof.
And where will you
provide proof? You
cannot go to court. You
have to go to WAQF
tribunal.
Such is travesty of this
law that you have to
plead your case before
the very board that set
its rapacious eyes on
your land in the first
place. The most
draconian aspect of
this law is that the
decision of the WAQF
board (which
comprises ONLY
Muslims) will be final
and binding.
“The decision of WAQF
tribunal shall be final”
has been taken to
mean even Supreme
Court cannot challenge
decision of WAQF
board. Yet, WAQF
decision was recently
reversed by Supreme
Court in two cases (see
below).But these are
very powerful
opponents. What
about the common
man?
“Once a WAQF, always
a WAQF” reads the
motto of the WAQF
Board on their website.
However, this is only
theory. Practically, the
WAQF land has often
been sold by corrupt
WAQF beneficiaries.
This means the land
you purchased from
any Abdool could be
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Bharat right after
Central Government
bodies like Defense
and Railways.
Consider the case of
Chaurasi Khamba.
This was a Hindu
Krishna temple
destroyed by Ghorids
in 12th century.
However, the
invaders did a shoddy
job. Their intention
was only destroying
the Hindu temple and
converting it into
Mosque. They did not
even bother defacing
the columns on pillars
which depict the
Avataras of Vishnu
even today. After the
destruction, it was
virtually abandoned.
Thus, Governments
have validated foreign
Jihadi invasions by
enabling WAQF board
to occupy lands solely
on the basis of past
conquests of Islamic
invaders. Recently,
WAQF board claimed
ownership of at least
6 Hindu majority
villages of Tamil Nadu
including 1500 year
old temple!
“I am an old veteran
ghost, but never before
was I in such trouble." "I
will make a compromise
with you ;" he said to
the man, "you let me
off and I will let you
keep all I have given
you and will promise
not to harm you." The
man was much pleased,
and accepted the offer
gladly.
This world is like a dog's
curly tail, and people
have been striving to
straighten it out for
hundreds of years; but
when they let it go, it
has curled up again.
How could it be
otherwise? One must
first know how to work
without attachment,
then one will not be a
fanatic. When we know
that this world is like a
dog's curly tail and will
never get straightened,
we shall not become
fanatics. If there were
no fanaticism in the
world, it would make
much more progress
than it does now. It is a
mistake to think that
fanaticism can make for
the progress of
mankind. On the
contrary, it is a
retarding element
creating hatred and
anger, and causing
people to fight each
other, and making them
unsympathetic. We
think that whatever we
do or possess is the
best in the world, and
what we do not do or
possess is of no value.
So, always remember
the instance of the curly
tail of the dog
whenever you have a
tendency to become a
fanatic. You need not
worry or make yourself
sleepless about the
world; it will go on
without you. When you
have avoided
fanaticism, then alone
will you work well. It is
the level-headed man,
the calm man, of good
judgment and cool
nerves, of great
sympathy and love, who
does good work and so
does good to himself.
(to continue next week)
-Swami Vivekananda
Karma Yoga
a series of extracts
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difference, let us
understand what WAQF
meant then and what it
means now.
In pre-modern days,
WAQF was basically an
Islamic endowment that
was established for
religious and charitable
purposes. However,
there was a huge
difference.
Theoretically, any
WAQF endowment
once executed cannot
be repealed. It cannot
change hands. “Once a
WAQF, always a
WAQF”.
Practically, this meant
WAQF was always
under control of State
(The Muslim ruler). The
Waqif (issuer) &
Mutawalli (custodian)
had no private rights
over it. There was no
such thing as “WAQF
Board”. Today’s WAQF
board (Central WAQF
Council) was
established by Nehru in
1964.
Today, the WAQF Board
has systematically
grabbed Hindu lands to
become the third
largest landowner in
Source: HinduPost
What is common among
the Taj Mahal, Bet
Dwaraka, Charminar,
Ambani’s house, 77% of
Delhi, 42% of
Hyderabad,
International school of
Business, Wipro
Hyderabad office, Delhi
Airport. These lands are
all owned or claimed by
WAQF board!
The word “WAQF” is not
found in the Quran. It is
not even in the
Bharatiya Constitution.
There is a reference
only in much later
Hadiths. The milords
who ban Diwali crackers
on premise of their
alleged absence in
Hindu scriptures must
be asked: Will they ban
WAQF on the same
premise?
Earliest archaeological
reference to WAQF is
found only in the 10th
century. No recorded
proof of WAQF exists
before that. However,
this WAQF was totally
different from WAQF
Board that exist today.
To appreciate the
Waqf: History of Bharat’s biggest land scam
WAQF land for all you
know.
This is precisely what
happened to Bharat’s
richest man, Mukesh
Ambani. Ambani’s
home Antilia is one of
the world’s largest
and most elaborate
private homes, at 27
stories, 173 metres
(568 ft) tall, over
37,000 square metres.
Today the WAQF
board is staking claim
on his house.
On what basis is
WAQF board claiming
Ambani’s house? The
WAQF board claims
the land Ambani
purchased in 2005
belonged to a Muslim
orphanage. It claims
this sale is illegal.
Who sold this land?
WAQF Muslim
beneficiaries! What
happened to
“once..always”?
Who framed WAQF
act 1995? Congress
under PV Narasimha
Rao. For decades,
Secular Govts have
passed various laws
empowering WAQF
board to the extent
that even the richest
man of Bharat is not
secure from their
paws. Such laws don’t
exist even in the
officially Islαmic
nations.
Indian School of
Business is the most
prestigious and
highest ranked
Business school of
Bharat. The WAQF
board did not spare
even this institution.
The WAQF board also
petitioned that
Microsoft and Wipro
campuses in
Hyderabad were built
on Muslim WAQF
land.
Microsoft/ISB/Wipro
campuses were
leased on State
Government lands.
But WAQF board
claimed this 1654 acre
land including all
Manikonda is WAQF.
How? WAQF claimed
it once belonged to a
Muslim named Husain
Shah Wali. To make
matters worse, the
High Court ruled in
favor of WAQF.
A panicked Telangana
State Government
knocked the doors of
Supreme Court for
help. Fortunately, the
Supreme Court ruled
in the favor of state.
This was an extremely
rare case of Supreme
court overturning
WAQF decision.
A question to be
asked: The State
Government had
enough power and
resources to approach
SC and use influence.
But what about the
common man? The
same TS state
government is
empowering the
WAQF board. Infact,
KCR promised to give
judicial powers to
WAQF.
In other words: You
will give them judicial
powers and set a
Bhasmasur upon
Hindus. But you will
run to Supreme Court
to save yourself from
the same Bhasmasur.
You had the power to
escape and contest.
But you left common
man at their mercy.
Such crooks are our
politicians.
Originally, WAQF had
around 52,000
properties throughout
Bharat. By 2009, there
were 300,000
registered WAQF
properties making up 4
lakh acres. As on 2022,
there are 8,65,646
registered WAQF
properties spread over
8 lakh acres of land.
WAQF land has
doubled in just 13
years!
Does land expand?
Does land grow? How
did the WAQF lands
double? The answer is
that the WAQF board
has been rapaciously
staking claim to
Private Hindu and
Public State properties
and various revenue
departments and
Secular State
governments have
been approving the
WAQF claims.
Today, the value of
WAQF properties in
Bharat is estimated at
₹12 Lakh crores. This
makes the WAQF
board richest Non
Governmental land
holding body of
Bharat. And this is just
the tip of iceberg. They
have only started
flexing.