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To prevent smaller incidents from escalating, the Indian Army and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army are in regular contact through the hotlines along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), and the practice of ‘body pushing’ has been stopped, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi said on Friday. He also said that India has developed strategic patience as it is negotiating from a position of assertiveness to resolve the two-year standoff in eastern Ladakh.

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of North Tech Symposium Seminar at the headquarters of the Northern Command, Lt Gen Dwivedi also said that during the negotiations, India wants forces to step back, to de-escalate, but there is a difference of perception on how that should be done.

“The law has now been settled that use of a loudspeaker from a mosque is not a fundamental right,” the Allahabad high court observed while rejecting a plea seeking use of a loudspeaker/mike in a mosque.

A division bench comprising Justices Vivek Kumar Birla and Vikas Budhwar dismissed a writ petition filed by one Irfan of Badaun district, holding it as “patently misconceived”.

The petitioner had moved the HC after feeling aggrieved by an order passed by the SDM of Bisauli tehsil, in UP’s Budaun district. Rejecting Irfan’s application seeking permission to use a loudspeaker/mike in a village mosque at the time of azaan. In the writ petition, the petitioner requested the HC to direct the UP government to grant him permission to do so in Noori Masjid.

Union home minister Amit Shah ruled out at a Bengal BJP meeting on Friday the possibility of President’s Rule in the state as it would be improper to dismiss an elected government backed by a huge mandate. He asked the party’s Bengal unit not to get disheartened, but fight it out politically instead. His remarks followed a BJP lawyers’ team recently meeting the President and requesting central rule in the state, alleging collapsing law and order. They cited political killings, gang rapes and other forms of violence to substantiate the demand.

Shah also asked the state BJP not to bank on CBI investigation to corner Trinamool Congress of Mamata Banerjee. He said CBI was doing its job, but Bengal BJP functionaries and elected representatives should fight Trinamool at the political level.

Reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah`s remark about implementing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asserted that the BJP will not return to power in 2024 and no CAA will be implemented.

The Bengal's Chief Minister's remark came soon after Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed the Trinamool Congress for spreading rumours about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and said that the Central government will implement it once the COVID-19 pandemic ends.

The Chief Minister also alleged that Amit Shah visited the state to unnecessarily drag the Border Security Force (BSF) into dirty politics. While addressing the media persons, West Bengal CM said she respects the BSF but it should not fall under Amit Shah`s trap.

Inaugurating six floating outposts and medical ambulances of Border Security Force (BSF), Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that state's co-operation is needed by BSF in order to keep the country and borders safe. “BSF works day and night to secure the borders. The cooperation of the state police is needed to ensure good work,” said Shah.

It can be noted that Shah, on his first day of two days visit to this state had visited BSF’s Hingalganj camp. The number of floating border outposts (BOPs) has been increased to enhance surveillance in the inaccessible areas of Sunderbans.