Southasian PULSE Radio Headlines – September 4

Posted: 1:42 pm, September 4, 2018 by admin

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?

Southasian PULSE Radio Headlines – September 4

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