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Anti-hijab protests: Iran abolishes morality police after almost 2-month long demonstration

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After more than two months of anti-hijab protest, Iran’s government on Sunday abolished its morality police. This comes after the time thousands of women from the country expressed their anger by coming to the streets, cutting their hair, and asking the justice for Mahsa Amini who was allegedly killed in the custody by the morality police for violating the strict female dress code in Tehran.

The protest that was almost led by the women swept the country and forced the government to take its law back after a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin died on September 16 by the morality police.

Reacting about the same, Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazer said that the parliament and the judiciary are working to solve the issue of whether such laws requiring the country’s women to cover their heads need some change or not.

Montazer further stated that the morality police have nothing to do with the judiciary. The judiciary continues to monitor behavioral actions in the country, Montazer added in his statement. However, it is still unclear if the government would set up the police again in a different context or not.

President Ebrahim Raisi also said that the constitution’s republican and Islamic foundations in Iran were firmly established, but there are ways under which the implementing the constitution can be more flexible in the country.

Meanwhile, the government of Iran established the morality police under hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It was formally known as the Gasht-e Ershad or Guidance Patrol. The team was introduced to enforce laws regarding the culture of modesty, and Islamic dress and ensure women in the country wear the mandatory hijab.

Apart from Iran, Saudi Arabia also took the same inspiration and employed morality police in order to enforce female dress codes and rules of behavior in the country. However, since 2016, the team which was set up has been sidelined by the Sunni Muslim kingdom to shake off staunch ideologies

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IT dept raids Meghana Foods eateries in Bengaluru

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The famous biryani restaurant Meghana Foods’ locations in Bengaluru, Karnataka, were searched by the Income Tax (IT) department on Tuesday morning. The reason the restaurant is being sued is currently unknown.

According to reports, I-T officials remained silent about the matter. Additionally, the restaurant’s owners were not immediately accessible for comment.

The restaurant, which specialises in Andhra-style food and is famous for its mouthwatering biryani, opened in 2006 in Bengaluru’s Koramangala area. Owned by a corporate company based in Hyderabad, it currently has nine branches throughout the tech hub, including locations in upscale areas like Indira Nagar and Koramangala.

The restaurant posted a statement on its website that read, Meghana is proud to be a favorite among all kinds of masses which range from corporate people and college going students in the afternoons to families and singletons at dinner time.

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Election Commission removes West Bengal DGP, home secretaries of Gujarat, Bihar, UP and 3 other states

Days after announcing the Lok Sabha 2024 schedule, the Election Commission ordered to remove home secretaries in six states, namely Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

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Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Election Commission issued orders for the removal of six Home Secretaries and the top bureaucrats from Gujarat, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh.

The top police official in a state where there have been multiple incidents of violence during elections in recent years, West Bengal’s Director-General of Police, was also transferred by the poll panel. The poll panel also mandated that by 5 p.m., a shortlist of three possible candidates for the position be prepared and submitted.

The transfer of the home secretaries of Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, as well as top officials affiliated with the offices of the chief ministers of Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh, is part of the reorganisation, which is a customary action by the Election Commission  ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

In addition, Iqbal Singh Chahal, the Commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, as well as other officials from Maharashtra’s municipalities, have been dismissed.

The 2024 Lok Sabha election is less than a month away; the ECI announced on Saturday that voting will take place in seven phases starting on April 19 and ending on June 1.

Actually, since the ECI issued polling dates, this is the first bureaucratic reshuffle.

Following a meeting with his two associates, the recently appointed Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar took action. In the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, as well as the by-polls for 26 seats across 13 states, the poll panel is committed to providing fair and equal opportunities for all political parties. This action is part of that commitment.

According to sources, the dismissed officials were found to be holding multiple positions in the chief ministers’ offices of each state. This could compromise needed impartiality, especially with regard to law-and-order before, during, and after voting.

The Congress asserted that the state had unleashed thugs on the populace, while the Trinamool charged the opposition with inciting violence and chastised central authorities for their inability to safeguard voters.

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Telangana: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hits back at Rahul Gandhi for his Shakti remarks, says every mother, daughter is a form of Shakti

PM Modi said that INDI alliance in their manifesto said that their fight is against Shakti. He said for him every mother, daughter and sister is a form of Shakti. He said he worships Bharat Mata. He said the INDI alliance manifesto says that they will finish Shakti. The prime minister said that he accepted this challenge.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his Shakti remarks and said every mother and daughter is a form of Shakti in the country. He was addressing a Lok Sabha election rally in Telangana’s Jagtial.

PM Modi said that INDI alliance in their manifesto said that their fight is against Shakti. He said for him every mother, daughter and sister is a form of Shakti. He said he worships Bharat Mata. He said the INDI alliance manifesto says that they will finish Shakti. The prime minister said that he accepted this challenge.

He talked about how the landing point of Chandrayaan 3 is also named Shiv-Shakti. He said the fight is between those who want to finish Shakti and those who worship Shakti. He said Muqabla 4 June ko ho jaega. Earlier on Sunday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spoke at the closing ceremony of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Mumbai. He compared the NDA regime to the Hindu symbol of Shakti which is often associated with Maa Durga.

He said in Hinduism, there is a term called Shakti. He said they are fighting against that Shakti. On being asked what is that Shakti? He responded by saying that the soul of the King is in EVM and every institution of the country in ED, CBI and Income Tax department.

Rahul Gandhi made a scathing attack on the prime minister and said Modi is a mask who works for the Shakti. He said PM Modi is a shallow man who doesn’t have a 56 inch chest. In response the BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya is a Hinduphobic and misogynist. He reminded the people how another prominent leader of the INDIA Bloc Udhayanidhi Stalin issued statements against Sanatan Dharma. He said after Udhayanidhi Stalin called for the annihilation of Sanatan Dharma, it is now Rahul Gandhi’s turn to denigrate Shakti.

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