School bus mows down child in Gurugram
Gurugram, July 5 : A school bus on Thursday mowed down a two-year-old boy here, police said. The driver and conductor of the bus have been arrested.
"The bus belonged to Vivek Model School in Vatika Kunj. We are verifying about the driving license and other documents of the accused," a police officer said.
The boy - Aryan - was accompanied by his mother when the accident took place near his house in Rithoj village, close to Bhondsi, here on Sohna road.
Police said both the driver Omprakash and conductor Jaiprakash, were aged below 20, and hailed from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh.
Aryan was with his mother, who had come to drop her elder son and daughter, studying in Class 2 and Class 3, respectively, in Vivek Model School. The child came under the front wheel of the bus and died on the spot.
"The driver and conductor of the bus fled after the accident living behind the vehicle. Angry people vandalised the bus. Both were later arrested," the police officer added.
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Muslim leaders submit memorandum to JPC member Imran Masood against Waqf Bill
Jaipur (PTI): A delegation of Muslim leaders associated with the Congress met party MP Imran Masood, who is a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, in Ajmer on Sunday and submitted a memorandum against the provisions of the bill.
The bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on August 8 and referred to a joint parliamentary panel after a heated debate. The 31-member panel will submit its report by the next session of Parliament.
While the government has asserted that the proposed law did not intend to interfere with the functioning of mosques, the opposition called it targeting of Muslims and an attack on the Constitution.
The delegation of Muslim leaders met Masood, who was on a visit to Ajmer, and said the members of the community are opposed to the amendments because Waqf is a religious matter of the Muslims.
"We will not allow the government to interfere in our religious matters. The Constitution allows us to function according to our religion. The truth is that the government's intentions are not right," stated the memorandum addressed to the JPC's head Jagdambika Pal.
"Waqf is a completely religious matter and interference in it will not be right," it said.
The delegation included Ghulam Mustafa Chishti, Muzaffar Bharti, Rab Nawaz Jafri, Manzoor Ali, Ashraf Buland Khan, Ajmat Khan and Wahid Mohammad.
