COLOMBO, 6 February 2020, TON: On the occasion of Sri Lanka’s Independence Day on 4^th February, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced general amnesty to absconders and deserters from the tri-services.

Accordingly, Sri Lankan military command on Wednesday declared a week-long general amnesty for the Army, Air Force and Navy personnel who had deserted their official duties and allowed them to either rejoin the forces or apply for discharge.

The amnesty would come into effect from February 5 and extended up to 12 February 2020, and will allow absent without leave and other uniformed personnel rejoin their services. The amnesty has also been newly recruited personnel who were under training at various Regimental Centers or Recruit Training Centers.

UNDER 19 WORLD CUP, 5 February 2020, TON: India Under-19 opening pair of Yashasvi  Jaiswal and Davyaansh Sexena , who shared an unbeaten stand of 176 to lead the defending champions to a thumping ten-wicket win in the first semi-final of the Under-19 World Cup in Potchefstroom. India's victory took them to their third straight final and closer to a fifth Under-19 World Cup title; they will play the winner of New Zealand and Bangladesh in the final on 9 February.

GUWAHATI, 5 February 2020, TON:  United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) leader Pranamoy Rajguru, who is in contact with Government of India appeared before NIA court on Tuesday, 4 February. It is pertinent to mention here same cadre is main accused in the blast carried out by ULFA elements in Guwahati in May 2019. Pranamoy Rajguru informed the court that ULFA cadre’s leader Paresh Baruah, who is currently in exile, is ready for peace talks with the Government. However, the development could not be independently confirmed by TON sources. 

Sources at Guwahati reported that the Indian Army Eastern Command has planned a three phased operation this years to eliminate ULFA reaming leadership.  

It is important to mention here that Assam was to form part of Pakistan as founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in his statement of May 1947 clarified, “We want national home and national state in our homelands which are predominantly Muslims and are compromised of six units of the Punjab, the N.W.F.P, the Sind, the Baluchistan,  Bengal and Assam.”   

NEW DELHI, 5 February 2020, TON: The Indian government told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that no proposal is under consideration to set up de-radicalization camps in Jammu & Kashmir.

There were reports that after the setting up of de-radicalization camps by the Israeli commandos in Jammu and Leh area, the Indo-US strategic partnership provided setting of at least five additional camps to de-radicalize the Muslim Kashmiris. Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy refuted the reports and told the Rajya Sabha that there is no proposal on that account.

Last month, with regard to setting up of de-radicalization centres in Jammu & Kashmir Indian Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat talked about some existing camps and establishment of five new centers.

If we recall, Jammu & Kashmir Director General (Police) Dilbagh Singh Singh had said that Pakistan and its terror proxies have been trying to spread radicalization in Kashmir which has affected many youth. He also announced setting up of de-radicalization centres to help those youth who have gone astray to words Islamic extremism.

NEW DELHI: 5 February 2020, TON” The Indian Union cabinet voted in favour of a trust for the construction of “Ram Mandir” at Ayodhya. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday informed in the Lok Sabha that a “Ramjanmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra” has been formed which will have powers to decide on the construction of temple. The Trust has been give land along with the Ramjanmabhoomi which includes 67.77 Acres in Ayodhya.

As per the announcement of the Prime Minister, the Muslims, “Sunni Waqf Board” has been allocated only 5 Acres land as per Supreme Court order of November last year. Uttar Pradesh government will provide the land to the Muslims.

On 9 November 2019, the India Supreme Court in its judgment rejected the claims of the Muslims and gave the Ramjanmabhoomi to Hindus for the construction of “Ram Mandir”.

MUZAFFARABAD, 5 February 2020, TON: Indian Army troops carried out unprovoked firing in the Lepa Valley from across the Line of Control (LoC) on Tuesday midnight, deliberately targeting civilian population, In use of small arms and 81 mm mortar four unarmed Kashmiris, including two women and a child were injured.

Meanwhile, the Foreign Office summoned a senior diplomat from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to register Pakistan's strong protest at the ceasefire violations by Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control.

According Foreign Office’s statement, due to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by the Indian forces in Danna Sector of LoC, 22 year old Shamim Bibi, 10 year old Farhaz, 35 year old Ansar, all three residents of village Chatargam and 17 year old Moniza Bibi, resident of Bagh Ali, sustained serious injuries.

JAMMU, 4 February 2020, TON: On 11 January 2020, the Indian Police officer, who was awarded the highest medal, “Sher-e-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry” in 2018 was arrested on the charges of fake operations and aiding terrorists to spread terrorism inside Jammu & Kashmir and Pakistan.

According to the Central Reserve Police Force sources, Indian Superintendent of Police, Davinder Singh was caught red handed along with self-classified Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terrorists, who otherwise had no link with any independent movement for Kashmir or Mujahideen organization. Those arrested included Naveed alias Baba, Altaf alias Rafi, and Irfan and another person who was a lawyer by profession. The mobile phone confiscated by the Police authorities from the possession of Davinder Singh contained personal numbers of senior Indian Army officers from 15 Corps and Commanding Officers of Infantry Battalions. Beside contact list reflecting ranks and names, certain numbers were stored with codes pertaining to Indian Military Intelligence.

Police authorities claimed on the condition of anonymity that the arms and ammunition recovered from the possession of Indian Superintendent of Police, Davinder Singh residence near Headquarters 15 Corps bore the signatures of Pakistan and these terrorists were to be flushed into Pakistan through Line of Control (LoC) to carryout terrorism and bring back these weapons back to India after the accomplishment of activities.

On the contrary, arrested Mujahideen member, Naveed alias Baba disclosed during interrogation that he was tasked by Davinder Singh and an Army officer of Major rank to carryout firing during the visits of foreign delegations including fro European Union and the Americans to give impression if Pakistan is sponsoring terrorism inside Jammu & Kashmir controlled by India. Afterwards he was tasked to travel to Pakistan from Jammu to develop authenticated links.

Interestingly, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) instead of questioning Indian Military personnel is visting Kashmiri politicians to develop links with terrorists. On 3 February 2020, NIA team visited Tihar Jail, to investigate former Jammu and Kashmir MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid for his links with Hizbul Mujahideen who is in the jail since 9 August in connection with funding of terror activities in Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir State.

In the past, on the orders of Supreme Court of India, a special court was constituted to exclusively hear the case of involvement of twelve persons in terrorism including Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, Dyanand Pandey alias Swami Amritanand Dev, Rakesh Dhawade, Major (Retired) Ramesh Upadhyay and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who are in judicial custody since October 2008. NIA dropped charges under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against all the accused, including Colonel Purohit. The RSS-BJP alliance was blamed for putting pressure on NIA for sparing the saffron terror. Earlier investigations also confirmed involvement of Major General (Retired) Premnath Hoon, Colonel Jayant Chitale and Major (Retired) Ramesh Upadhyaya and others, who also served in Indian Intelligence agencies on different appointments for carrying out explosions including  Malegaon, Nanded, Ajmer and Shamjhoata Express but they were spared.

REASI, 4 February 2020, TON: Indian Army Chetak helicopter crashed at Rudkhud area in Arnas belt of the district Reasi in India occupied Jammu & Kashmir State. The Army  authorities ruled out any terrorist activity or firing by the Pakistani forces and claimed it a technical failure. A court of inquiry for the incident has been ordered.

KENYA, 4 February 2020, TON:Former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi rose to power promising to end tribalism and corruption and to make his country a Cold War bulwark against communism. Despite condemnation by human rights organizations for brutally crushing political opposition, deepening of ethnic tensions, enriching himself at the public’s expense, and stealing millions of dollars in aid money, Mr. Moi’s was supported and backed by the United States as he was fulfilling Washington’s self-interests in Africa and elsewhere.

KHARTOUM, 3 February 2020, TON: The United States on Sunday invited General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan’s sovereign council, to visit Washington. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed that General al-Burhan will be visiting on his invitation. The development is part of bilateral ties since the army toppled President Omar al-Bashir last year. In December 2019, the two countries planned exchange of ambassadors after a gap of 23 year.

In 1993, the U.S. government added Sudan to its list of state sponsors of terrorism over allegations Bashir’s Islamist government was supporting terrorist groups, a designation that makes Sudan technically ineligible for debt relief and financing from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.