B'DESH MEDIA TYCOON BURIED AFTER HANGING FOR WAR CRIMES

Bangladesh's fundamentalist Jamaat-e- Islami leader and media tycoon Mir Quasem Ali was buried in the wee hours on Sunday (Sept 4) in his ancestral village in Manikganj after a funeral prayer following his execution on Satruday (Sept 3).

Mir Quasem, 63, widely considered as the top financier of the Jamaat, was hanged at the high-security Kashimpur Central Jail on the outskirts of the capital at 10:30 pm on Saturday (Sept 3). Three ambulances, one of which carried his body left Kashimpur prison after 12:30 am. A Fire Service car, six vehicles of RAB and police and three other cars were escorting them when they left the jail premises, Bdnews24 reported.

Mir Quasem's relatives had already reached Manikganj'sChala village to prepare for the burial. Police did not allow outsiders to enter the village.  Mir Quasem was the sixth Islamist to be executed for war crimes committed during the country's 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan. His execution came after he refused to seek presidential clemency.

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KASHMIR UNREST: MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN CLASHES BETWEEN STONE PELTERS AND SECURITY FORCES

More than 200 people were injured in clashes between stone pelters and security forces in Kashmir on Sunday (Sept4), on a day an all-party parliamentary delegation was arriving to assess the ground situation in the valley where normal life remained paralyses for 58th consecutive day.

There was no curfew in the valley except some areas of Srinagar a police spokesman said. 10 incidents of stone pelting were reported from Srinagar, Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian, Awantipora and Sopore, he said. In Shopian district of south Kashmir, clashes broke out in the morning and continued for most part of the day with protestors setting ablaze the mini-secretariat building which houses the Deputy Commissioner's office, a police official said.

"In Shopian, a mob attacked and set ablaze mini secretariat Shopian. The fire was brought under control. However, the structure suffered partial damage," he said. The clashes erupted after police stopped people in Penjoora village of the district from taking out a rally, the official said, adding over 100 people were injured. He said the security forces used baton charge and tear- gas shelling to disperse the protestors.

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UK PLANS A 100-MEMBER DELEGATION FOR VIBRANT GUJARAT-2017

Having a long time association with the Vibrant Gujarat, and to continue with it this year too, UK has decided to become a partner country for the next edition of the biennial summit scheduled for January 2017. The delegation will focus on the life sciences and chemicals sectors.

‘Gujarat is an important state for the UK and a large business delegation will participate in the next Vibrant summit. The delegation will comprise of 100 members,’ said British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith. Earlier on Wednesday (August 31) he also met Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani. This is his maiden visit to Gujarat.

Apart from life sciences and chemicals, other focus areas in Gujarat are pharmaceuticals and energy. ‘The purpose of the visit was not only to meet  political leaders and government officials but also to meet with businesses here,’ he said, adding that Gujarat is a very important state for the UK.

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POPE FRANCIS HAILS MOTHER TERESA: NOW A SAINT, ALWAYS A MOTHER

A tapestry depicting Mother Teresa of Calcutta is seen in the facade of Saint Peter's Basilica during a mass, celebrated by Pope Francis, for her canonization in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican

Pope Francis on Sunday (Sept 4) proclaimed Mother Teresa of Kolkata a saint, hailing her as the personification of maternal love and a powerful advocate for the poor.

"We may have some difficulty in calling her 'Saint' Teresa," the pontiff said. "Her holiness is so near to us, so tender and so fruitful that we continue to spontaneously call her Mother." 

He added: "She made her voice heard before the powers of this world, so that they might recognize their guilt for the crime - the crimes! - of poverty they created." 

The unscripted comments came at a canonisation mass attended by 100,000 pilgrims, including 13 heads of state or government and hundreds of sari-clad nuns from Teresa's order, the Missionaries of Charity.

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PAKISTAN'S MILITARY ADMITS ISIS PRESENCE IN TERRITORY

Pakistan on Thursday (Sept 1) for the first time admitted that the ISIS had a presence in the country but plans by the dreaded group to target important personalities by and attempts to organise itself have been thwarted.

‘Daesh tried to make an ingress into Pakistan, but the core of its group have now been apprehended," army spokesperson Lt. Gen. Asim Bajwa told a press conference, using an alternate acronym for the ISIS.

In this connection, 309 arrests have been made including 25 foreigners of Afghan, Syrian and Iraqi nationalities, he said. They were involved in attacks on media and security personnel, and were planning attacks on government, diplomatic and civilian targets, he added.

This is the first acknowledgement by Pakistan, which has consistently denied any ISIS presence on its territory and rejected claims by the outfit of carrying out last month's suicide blast on a hospital that killed 75 people.

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MAN CREATING NUISANCE, HELD AT HOTEL WHERE KERRY WAS PUT UP

A ‘mentally unstable’ man carrying a blade was detained by the police after he tried to create nuisance at the hotel where US Secretary of State John Kerry is staying, police said on Thursday (Sept 1).

Uday Ratra, 53, a resident of northern state of Haryana, was booked after he engaged into a scuffle with the police and the hotel security staff who objected to his loitering in the lobby of the hotel last evening, police  said. 

‘He is mentally unstable. He was roaming around in the lobby of the hotel. The hotel security staff knew him as in the past too he had tried to enter the premises when foreign dignitaries were visiting,’ a senior police official said. 

When Ratra was asked to leave the hotel premises, he started quarreling with the hotel security staff, the official added. 'The police rushed to the spot and apprehended him before he could create further trouble after being informed by hotel staff.

'He was not aware of Kerry's presence. It is a co-incidence that he came to the hotel on the day. When he was searched, a blade was found on him,’ added the official.

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INDIAN RAILWAYS OFFERS RS 10 LAKH INSURANCE COVER FOR TRAIN TRAVEL

The Indian railways on Thursday (Sept 1) launched a scheme allowing a person to get an insurance cover of upto Rs 10 lakh on booking a train ticket online by paying less than one rupee.

A person booking a train ticket through the IRCTC website will be able to opt for travel insurance cover for a premium of 92 paise only. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had in his budget speech, announced that the railways will provide optional travel insurance for train journey at the time of booking.

The new facility will be available to all passengers, excluding those travelling by suburban trains while booking online irrespective of the class. The cover will not be applicable for children upto 5 years of age and foreign citizens. It will be for passengers holding tickets such as confirmed, RAC and wait-listed ones.

The scheme offers travellers/nominees/legal heirs a compensation of Rs 10 lakh in the event of death or total disabilty, Rs 7.5 lakh for partial disability, upto Rs 2 lakh for hospitalisation expenses and Rs 10,000 for transportation of mortal remains from the place of a train accident or where an untoward incident, including terrorist attack, dacoity, rioting, shootout or arson, occurs.

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