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People Against SIR Calls For Oct 23 Nationwide Marches
People Against SIR platform demands parliament impeach CEC Gyanesh Kumar
People Against SIR calls for Oct 23 marches, demands Parliament impeach CEC Gyanesh Kumar
People Against SIR will conduct nationwide protests on October 23 to seek electoral reforms and restoration of voting rights. The platform accuses Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of violating constitutional obligations and changing electoral processes without parliamentary approval. Protesters aim to draw attention to the alleged disenfranchisement of 13.41 crore citizens through the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
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Digital Desk | Paris, Oct 18 (IANS) French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Sunday that 1,800 people have been taken into custody during violent protests that caused widespread damage and looting, and investigations were being conducted to identify the perpetrators behind these acts. Nunez said that there can be no justification for attacking enforcement forces, targeting institutions, degrading public buildings, breaking into prefectures or town halls, or looting businesses in France. He hailed the police officers, gendarmes, and firefighters who intervened during the protests. Manifesting is a fundamental right. Sowing disorder with violence and in a concerted manner is not. Attacking our law enforcement forces, targeting our institutions, degrading public buildings, breaking into prefectures or town halls, looting businesses: nothing can justify it. In the wake of this October 17 day, which in some cities continued very late, I warmly thank and offer my full support to the police officers, gendarmes, and firefighters who, across France, intervened under extreme conditions, Nunez posted on X. From midday onward - in Marseille from the morning - outrages were committed by several thousand far-left individuals determined to target our public buildings and confront our law enforcement forces. Later, they were joined by delinquents who looted and ransacked numerous businesses in several cities in France: Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Rennes, Strasbourg, Grenoble, Nice, Limoges, and many others, he added. The French minister said that over 500 police personnel, gendarmes and firefighters have been injured and several hundred merchants have faced material damage in the scenes of violence. For now, 1,800 people have been taken into custody, and as of today, investigations are underway to identify the perpetrators of these acts so that they may face justice, he posted on X. At this stage, more than 500 police officers, gendarmes, and firefighters have been injured in these scenes of violence. This health toll is unfortunately only provisional. The material damage is considerable, notably for several hundred merchants. The Republic will yield nothing to those who seek to impose disorder and violence, he added. The police prefect of the Haute-Vienne department said that the fire that devastated the town hall in Limoges during protests on Saturday had been brought under control. Maurice Barate said that a wild horde had deliberately set fire to the 143-year-old building, whose roof largely collapsed during protests, France 24 reported. Violent clashes erupted between police and protesters in Paris and other parts of France on Saturday on the sidelines of the nationwide marches against rising inflation, with protesters setting fire to many places and looters breaking into dozens of shops to strip them bare. The unrest comes after weeks of student protests. Tens of thousands marched across the east and north of Paris in one major march on Saturday. Protesters shouted slogans like Everyone hates the police and Macron, resign. Protesters set fire to a tourist office in the city centre in Lyon and broke into town halls in the cities of Marseille and Lille, where they vandalised the premises before leaving, France 24 reported. Dozens of shops were looted, including many in Marseille. Over 300 protesters tried to move up towards Paris's Champs-Elysees, which has several flagship luxury stores. Protesters shouted all cops are bastards as police fired tear gas, blocking the way of protesters.
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Srinagar, Oct 17: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah Saturday said in democracy there is no place for intimidation, coercion, harassment, fear, injustice, or the suppression of people's voices adding that the Constitution of India does not permit such actions either. As per a party statement issued, he said that respecting the human rights is a fundamental responsibility of a democratic society and no region or citizen should be subjected to discrimination on the basis of religion or faith. He said Jammu and Kashmir has been subjected to step-motherly treatment by the BJP government. First our special status was revoked without seeking the people's consent and the historic state was demoted into two Union Territories, while J&K's statehood continues to remain in suspended animation. The people of J&K were assured in Parliament and before the Supreme Court that statehood would be restored soon after the elections. However, even two years after the elections, no progress has been made in this direction. He said, to make matters worse, the elected government of Jammu and Kashmir has been denied even the powers ordinarily available to a Union Territory government. The Lieutenant Governor's administration leaves no opportunity to interfere in the functioning of the democratically elected government and create obstacles in its work, he said. Expressing concern over the growing communalism and religious discrimination in the country, Dr Farooq said that issuing arbitrary decisions by disregarding democratic and constitutional principles and using official authority for personal or political interests runs contrary to the interests of the nation and its people. Such actions not only undermine social harmony but also weaken the country's unity and integrity. He said that India's secular character and Constitution have always been a source of national identity and pride across the world, but today these fundamental values are facing serious challenges. He added that the policies and conduct of the ruling party are increasing the sense of insecurity among Muslims and other minority communities, which is a matter of grave concern for the country's secular and democratic character. Dr Farooq Abdullah also expressed concern over the desecration of religious places and bulldozer actions targeting Muslim places of worship. He said that the sanctity of religious places must be upheld under all circumstances.
KaniFest 2026 begins in Srinagar, brings artists, craftspeople together
Srinagar, Oct 17: KaniFest 2026, a two-week creative festival celebrating Kashmirs cultural heritage, craftsmanship and contemporary artistic expression, began on Saturday at KaniHome in Zakura, Srinagar. Running from October 17 to 30, the festival brings together artists, craftspeople, designers, musicians, researchers, educators, filmmakers and other creative practitioners to explore new ideas, exchange knowledge and collaborate across disciplines. Rooted in Kashmirs traditions of craftsmanship and cultural heritage, KaniFest provides a platform for creative experimentation, learning and dialogue, bringing traditional practices into conversation with contemporary forms of expression. The programme combines discussions, live performances, workshops and hands-on creative activities, encouraging participants to explore the intersections of culture, nature, technology and the arts. The festival also offers opportunities for students, makers, entrepreneurs, curators, writers and community builders to engage with practitioners from diverse fields and learn about different creative approaches. A key attraction of this years edition will be sunset music gatherings featuring Gaekhir Republik, Moze and Ali Saifuddin. The programme will also include projection mapping by creative technologists based at KaniHome, adding a technological dimension to the festivals artistic offerings. Through its multidisciplinary format, KaniFest seeks to create an environment where traditional knowledge and contemporary creative practices can inform one another, opening avenues for collaboration and new ways of making and working together. The festival aims to foster interaction among practitioners from different backgrounds while creating space for experimentation and the exchange of skills and ideas. Scheduled to continue until October 30, KaniFest 2026 positions KaniHome as a meeting point for creative communities, with a programme centred on Kashmirs cultural identity and evolving artistic landscape.
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ON OCTOBER 16 AROUND two thousand people succeeded in gathering in Delhis Connaught Circus holding national flag to participate in the Lehra Do Tiranga (wave the tricolour) march in spite of the Modi regime unleashing coercive power of Delhi police in an unabashed manner to prevent them and Cockroach Janata Party leader Abhijit Dipke and feisty Neha Vora of All India Students Organisation (AISA) for leading the march. Such blatant use of force and intimidation for crushing dissent did not deter them to hit the streets and exercise their right to wave tricolour and interrogate the political regime at the centre which has emerged as spokesperson of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to defend his acts of commission and omission in implementing SIR in a flawed manner and causing disenfranchisement of millions of voters across India. Such struggles of people in defence of right to vote and universal adult franchise by waving tricolour in face of massive police crackdown and threat of attack is unprecedented in the annals of independent India. Both Abhijit and Neha were detained by police and their lawyers had to struggle through the night of 16 th October to trace them. It is now reported that Neha was released in the morning of October 17 and Dipke is set to be produced before the magistrate. Firing at People in 1938 for Hoisting National Flag Such severe repressive police measures against those waving tricolour agonisingly remind the sinister and brutal police firing in Mysore princely State's Vidurashwatha village, close to the now Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border, on 25 th April 1938 against people who joined Dhwaja Satyagraha, (Flag Satyagraha) for hoisting national flag. Sadly 32 of them succumbed to police bullets, laying down their lives. Massacre of people who gathered in that village defying prohibitory orders to hoist national flag prompted historians to draw parallel with the cold-blooded killing at Jallianwala Bagh in 1919 on account of firing ordered by General Dyer. Therefore, Vidurashwatha village where people were killed by police firing in 1938 for the cause of national flag has been described as Jallianwala Bagh of south. It is significant to recall that tragic episode concerning bravery of people in facing police bullets for proudly holding national flag and their intent to hoist it . Gandhis on Linking Struggle for National Flag With Representative Government Four days after that massacre, on 29 th April 1938, Mahatma Gandhi in a press statement poignantly stated that, 'There has been firing upon an unarmed crowd, resulting in several deaths and many more being injured. The demonstration that is going on in Mysore about the national flag he proceeded to assert is a symptom of the time. Those words of Gandhi that The demonstration that is going on in Mysore about the national flag is a symptom of the time resonate in the attempts of youth of India, led by Abhijit Dipke and Neha Vora, for waving national flag to hold the Modi regime and Chief Election Commissioner to account for dealing a fatal blow to the Constitution and parliamentary democracy through the operation of SIR in transgression of Article 325. It mandates, among others, that ..no person shall be ineligible for inclusion in any such roll (general electoral roll) or claim to be included in any special electoral roll for any such constituency(for every territorial constituency) on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex or any of them. The flawed electoral roll generated by SIR process has removed names of millions of voters on grounds of so called logical discrepancies and other curated algorithms targeting Muslims, women and underprivileged sections for erasing their constitutional right to vote. When vast masses of Muslims and women are removed from electoral roll then the mandate of Article 325 that ..no person shall be ineligible for inclusion in any such roll (general electoral roll) or claim to be included in any special electoral roll for any such constituency(for every territorial constituency) on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex or any of them stand violated. Such a provision in the Constitution was enshrined to establish representative Government in India so that peoples will and authority is reflected emphatically and in full measure. Kudos to youth of India that they by their actions to wave national flag are engaged in an arduous struggle in defence of an authentic representative Government which during Modi regime is persuasively accused of vote chori (vote theft) against which there is now country wide outrage and protests. It is heartening to note that there is an echo of what Mahatma Gandhi stated about representative Government after the massacre of people for the cause of national flag in Mysore. He said in the aforementioned Statement to the Press in 1938 that the Maharaj of Mysore in response to the tragic killing of people for waving national flag was to divest the Government of its autocracy and to make popular representatives responsible for the administration of Mysore. Those words of Mahatma resonate in the Lehra Do Tiranga (waving of national flag) march in defence of a representative Government based on purity of electoral roll legitimately reflecting mandate of the people. Gandhi went on to say that people sacrificing their lives for national flag in Mysore constituted, in his words, ..small price paid for the liberty of the people. I would, he remarked forcefully, use these sacrifices for gaining the liberty for which they had been made voluntarily or involuntarily. I have been told that the people have been behaving with exemplary non-violence and that the crowd bravely suffered the firing. If that is proved to be the case, I for one will rejoice over the loss of life. It is the necessary price paid for gaining liberty, he very boldly remarked. The sacrifices of people in Mysore did not go in vain. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sent to bring about a settlement with Mysore Maharaja who assured to initiate constitutional reforms, release political prisoners and withdraw prohibitory orders. In his article, Resolution on Mysore Settlement published in the Harijan on May 21, 1938, Gandhi reiterated that .Mysore ruler should establish responsible government in his State so that the responsibility for law and order including firing, whenever it is deemed necessary, will be shouldered by a government answerable to the people. In that context he thoughtfully remarked, It should further be borne in mind that the national flag is the symbol of non-violence and national unity to be brought about by means strictly truthful and non-violent. Exemplary Nono-Violence of Defenders of Flag People of Mysore in 1938 displayed, in the words of Gandhi, exemplary non-violence in upholding national flag, while laying down their lives facing police bullets. Eighty eight years later in 2026 youth are remaining totally non-violent and peaceful for waving national flag and yet Modi regime, tragically, is deploying massive police force to quell the peaceful youth intending to take forward their Lehra Do Tiranga march. Gandhi had warned Maharaja of Mysore in his aforementioned article published in the Harijan that he should .recognise the signs of the times and establish responsible government within their borders and otherwise extend and guard the liberty of the people under their jurisdiction. Gandhis Warnings Resonate Those warnings for autocratic Maharaja of Mysore are more relevant for Modi regime which has been described as elected autocracy. The signs of our time in India are that people specially the youth are in forefront of non-violent struggle to save the Constitution and defend their right to vote. This struggle cannot be suppressed by police repression contrary to the constitutionally enshrined fundamental right to protest and express dissent.
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At least 5 people believed dead in Oregon elementary school shooting, officials say
A police officer at the scene of a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School. REUTERS / REUTERS At least five people are believed to be dead after a gunman opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., on Thursday, according to multiple outlets . The shooter was also killed, authorities said. Police first received reports of an active shooter at 12:59 p.m. local time, when an unknown man had fired a gun into a car before entering the school, where they continued shooting, according to the Bend Police Department. Officers arrived on the scene within three minutes of the initial report. Moments later, the shooter was reported dead, potentially shot by a bystander, police said. People stand near the scene of a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., on Oct. 15, 2026. via REUTERS / REUTERS Authorities confirmed there had been multiple victims, including children, but did not disclose details. Two people were transported to a nearby hospital. Their status is unknown.Its unclear if the suspect was included among the five. FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency was on the scene assisting in the investigation. We are stunned and heartbroken by this senseless tragedy, Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook wrote in a statement. We extend our deepest sympathy to the families and to everyone affected by this violence. No words can adequately express the grief our community is experiencing. Our immediate priorities are caring for our students and staff and assisting law enforcement and emergency responders. Bend-La Pine Schools issued a statement saying it had set up a family reunification site nearby and that all of its schools would be closed on Friday, along with any activities or athletic events. In a separate statement, Gov. Tina Kotek said, As we learn more about the tragic event at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend today, we must come together and support each other, neighbor to neighbor, Oregonian to Oregonian. No community should have to live through this day. This is a developing story. Check back for updates. This article originally appeared on Yahoo News at https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/multiple-people-reportedly-killed-after-shooting-at-oregon-elementary-school-230432197.html
At least 2 people hospitalized and shooter dead in Oregon school attack
At least three people are dead after a shooting at an elementary school in Oregon on Thursday, including children, according to preliminary information from multiple sources The suspected shooter was shot and killed in the school -- Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend -- possibly by a bystander, authorities said earlier. Joe Kline/AP - PHOTO: Police tape is placed outside Silver Rail Elementary school, where a shooting took place, Oct. 15, 2026 in Bend, Ore. Police initially received a call right before 1 p.m. PT Thursday about a shot fired into a car outside the school, according to Bend Police Department spokesperson Sheila Miller. Within about a minute, we were receiving multiple 911 calls from within the school, Miller said at a press briefing. The 911 callers reported that a person had entered the school and started shooting, police said. KOHD - PHOTO: Law enforcement at the scene of a reported shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., Oct. 15, 2026. Officers arrived on the scene minutes later and within seconds the suspect was down, Miller said. It is unclear who shot the suspect, she said. There are multiple victims in the shooting, including children, Miller said. At least two victims were transported to an area hospital in unknown condition, she said. A reunification site for families has been set up at a nearby church. Rob Kerr/Reuters - PHOTO: Emergency personnel direct traffic at the Journey Church family reunification location following a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School, in Bend, Ore., Oct. 15, 2026. FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency is on the scene assisting in the investigation. Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are also en route to the school, according to a source. Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook said they are stunned and heartbroken by this senseless tragedy. No words can adequately express the grief our community is experiencing, he said in a statement. Our immediate priorities are caring for our students and staff and assisting law enforcement and emergency responders. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. This article originally appeared on ABC News at https://abcnews.com/US/multiple-people-injured-shooting-oregon-elementary-school-suspect/story?id=137303119
Multiple people, including children, injured in elementary school shooting in Oregon
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