Southasian PULSE Radio Headlines – September 4
In Brampton, on Sunday, two murders took place; Peel Police has arrested suspect in one case
The shooting took place in two different areas and Peel police held a man on suspicion
First incident took place at Vodden St. E. near Kennedy Rd. N. area in a taxi outside a home
Clifford Correia, 27, of Brampton died in it; friends call him a happy father living with his small boy
They say Correia was a family man and so mourn his death
His girlfriend sitting next to him got life threatening injuries but is out of danger now
Another shooting took place at 6:30am in which Derrick McKeown died
Patrick Doyle, 27, was arrested in relation to both murders
Police has charged him with two counts of First Degree Murder; Doyle lives in Brampton
In Toronto, over the weekend, a 30-year-old, man died in a firing incident on Sunday
Both kids of Michael Lewis were standing nearby along with his wife who was pregnant with 3rd child
Witnesses are sharing details and Toronto Police is getting more details
After shots rang, a barbecue was being held in honour of Kamal Hercules
He was killed in targeted shooting in 2009 so this incident took place the same way nine years later
Police is investigating the matter; shooters were said to run on foot
In Brampton, Peel Police reported a sexual assault case against a women this Sunday
A man entered her house and sexually assaulted her
A nearby surveillance camera shows the man belongs to black community
He is 30-year-old, has average height and medium build
Peel Police has urged community to contact them with any information or contact Crime Stoppers
Nafta talks to commence from tomorrow though deadline was Friday last week but negotiations stopped
President Trump has asked Congress not to interfere in the matter for now
New poll says John Tory is leading but Jennifer Keesmaat is gaining popularity as well
This means John Tory’s popularity has come down slightly
Brampton mayoral race gets hot with incumbent Linda Jeffrey contesting and making new strategy
All Y Media platforms will carry her opinion on the new strategy
Also in fray is former PC leader Patrick Brown who is very active and has been talking to the community
John Sprovieri is also running for the same post and recently opened his office
Former sports minister Bal Gosal is also contesting for Brampton mayor’s post
As children are back to school, Toronto has warned them to be save
Peel police has also stated its safety blitz in this regard
Relations between Pakistan and USA are at the lowest ebb
Raza Rabbani has urged PM Imran Khan not to meet US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo during his visit
Rabbani said under protocol Imran should not meet Pompeo
He said President Trump even refuses to meet Pak PMs so why should ours meet Pompeo
USA has already withdrawn a coalition support of $300m, it earlier dropped a $500m aid also
Rabbani said Trump’s first tweet was against Pakistan as he alleged Pak support for terrorists
Rabbani said thousands of Pakistani soldiers and people have been killed in war on terror
He said even IMF is creating problems for Pakistan under Trump’s directives
Thus Rabbani is forbidding Imran Khan to greet Pompeo
Recently Pak Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said talks with US will commence soon to get $300m aid
Arif Alvi has been elected 13th President of Pakistan according to unofficial results
Congratulatory messages not only his own party but opposition have started pouring in
Alvi defeated PML-N nominee Fazl-ur-Rehman and PPP’s Aitzaz Ahsan
Alvi not only thanked God but Prime Minister Imran Khan also after winning
Ehsan Mani has been elected unopposed as PCB chairman today
Imran Khan nominated his name to be elected PBC chairman for 3 years
Ehsan Mani has served as former ICC president and is a senior PCB official
He was elected after this seat became vacant last month when Najam Sethi resigned
In India, a video that has become viral is graphic in nature, some images can be disturbing for few
It shows a 70-year-old man being beaten up but those standing nearby are not helping him
The man was beaten up so brutally that he died but the video becoming viral or reason behind this act is unknown
It is a road-side video in Allahabad where retired policeman Abdul Samad Khan was critically beaten up
The action was caught on camera that shows him going somewhere on his cycle
First a man in pink shirt came to beat him, later 2 more joined him
Those watching saw Khan left by those goons injured badly
One accused, Mohd Yusuf, required in a number of criminal cases arrested
Khan’s brother, Abdul Wahid, said accused is land-grabber and wanted to occupy a piece of land Sarmad owned
Wahid said Sarmad has been going to court to settle issue but nothing happened
Khan, who was beaten up and killed retired from Uttar Pradesh police in 2006
After the release of video footage and media outrage, Allahabad High Court has told police to give report within 24 hours
One suspect has been arrested by 2 are still at large
In India, debate on demonitisation does not seem to be stopping
Yaswant Sinha, former BJP leader, was finance minister between 1998-2002 and Minister of External Affairs 2002-2004
In an article, Sinha hit at Narendra Modi’s and called his demonitisation policy a bad idea and so must be punished
Sinha said Modi asked for return of IRs500, IRs1000 to be returned in Nov 2016
Sinha alleged that Modi stopped processes and damaged economy due to ever changing targets
He said it took Reserve Bank of India 22 months to count all notes
But 99% return of the returning notes were not fake and did not stop terrorism or black money
Sinha said time has come to punish Narendra Modi
Yaswant Sinha said in a democracy, best way to punish Modi is to defeat him in next Lok Sabha elections
Just 8 months are left in the next Lok Sabha elections
Polls show BJP will face stiff competition from opposition
Sinhas has urged all political parties to unite to punish Narendra Modi
But not only international media, economists in India also look divided on demonitisation
Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman has defended demonitisation
He has called the allegations of P Chidambram and others as utter non sense
He said only India’s GDP growth is over 8% and has not come down due to demonitisation
He said the growth was already down prior to demonitisation implementation
He said today people are paying more taxes, several shady companies have been shut down
Raids in 7 cities, 5 activists arrested; more could be raided in coming days for alleged links with Maoists
They will be produced in court on Sept 6 after 5 were arrested in simultaneous raids
Raids were held in Hyderabad, Delhi, Faridabad, Mumbai, Thane and Ranchi
P Varavara Rao was arrested from Hyderababd followed by Gautam Navlakha and Arun Pereira from Thane
Vernon Gonsalves and lawyer Sudha Bhardwaj from Faridabad
Police says they have proofs of their links with Maoists and wrong activities
Police says related documents will be produced in court
Their supporters say the 5 activists have been arrested wrongly
They say all those speaking against govt policies are punished
Lalu Yadav is complaining in jail due to falling health
He was moved to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences
Lalu is asking for ward change as dogs bark nearby and he cannot sleep at night
Lalu was elected Bihar CM thrice but was imprisoned on corruption charges
Lalu said he has diabetes and cannot walk, also his heart is getting weak
He said the jail has less facilities and he fears dogs and mosquitoes
He urged to take care of his health for being Bihar CM thrice
UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Mohan Bhagwat to be greeted with protests during their visit to US
The two are visiting Chicago, US between Sept 7-9 but will face protests by some groups
Current Punjab CM and former CM are at loggerheads
the fight is between Capt Amarinder and Parkash Singh Badal
In a latest interview Capt Amarinder said Pakistan’s ISI is involved in sacrilege cases
He informed some people have been arrested in this case
Capt said no Sikh can show disrespect to guru granth sahib
He alleged ISI is trying to create communal conspiracy in Punjab
Capt also hit at Parkash Singh Badal for the mess in the province and 1984 riots
Parkash Singh Badal rubbished all these allegations
He also commented on the report presented by Ranjit Singh Commission
Badal in an interview to News 18 said he did not give shooting orders
Presenting his views, Badal gave his opinion on the situation
Badal also said he was ready to swear anywhere, even Darbar Sahib
Badal again reiterated that he did not give shoot order
But Capt is not buying it; he said Badal is lying
Capt alleged ISI hand once again in sacrilege case and that of Badal also
Capt asked where was Badal, Tohra and Longowal during Operation Blue Star?
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