 Hello and welcome to NewsClick. I am Samedha and today we are bringing you the glimpses of some of the most important stories that we report about at NewsClick. On December 22, an anti-encroachment drive which was taking place in the Nikitavi region of Jammu turned violent. The mob and the stone pelting was targeted towards the officials of the Jammu Development Authority. Reports also suggest that 11 people were injured in the violence out of which 6 were police officials. The local population in the region is predominantly Muslim Gujarat. They have all unanimously condemned the anti-encroachment drive. The locals have alleged that the drive was selective in its nature and was predominantly oriented towards targeting the Muslim community. In February this year, the Jammu and Kashmir assembly was told that there were over 21 unauthorized colonies in the region. The colonies which have been termed as unauthorized were largely unnoticed, apart from the ones which had majority Muslim population. The Jammu Muslim Front has also condemned the drive, calling it selective. They have also approached the Jammu and Kashmir governor Satyapal Malik to intervene in the harassment of the Muslim community in the region. The newly formed Congress government in Madhya Pradesh in the recent move has decided to strike down the maintenance of internal security act pension scheme. The pension scheme, more commonly known as the Loknayak Jayaprakash Samman Nidhi was introduced by the BJP government in 2008. The scheme was meant to cater to the needs of the MISA detainees in the state. The scheme basically suggested that in case a MISA detainee had died during that term, 50% of the honorarium could be transferred to their spouse. As per the rule which was amended in 2016, those who had spent a month in jail could be given 25,000 rupees per month. The state government of Madhya Pradesh has been spending approximately between 70-75 crores every year on MISA detainees. Initially, those detainees who had spent more than 6 months in the jail were being given an amount of 6,000 per month and those who had spent 3 months to 6 months in the jail were being given 3,000 rupees per month. But in 2012, under the pressure from the pension recipients, the government decided to hike the amount to 15,000 for the former and 10,000 for the latter. However, on the other hand, freedom fighters received about 4,000 per month. The state government data of Madhya Pradesh suggests that over 4,000 people have benefited from the scheme. The Congress government of Madhya Pradesh has now suggested that only the senior leaders from the RSS are benefiting from the scheme and by discontinuing it, the state will be able to save rupees 70-75 crores per year. On the other hand, the chairman of the Loktantra Senani Sangatan and also the leader of the BJP, Tapan Bhomek has decided to challenge the move in the High Court and also to launch statewide protests. After Palestine's constitutional court issued a decree on December 22, the president of Palestine, Mohammad Abbas, has agreed to dissolve the country's parliament. Abbas spoke in front of the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah and also expressed the commitment to conduct elections in the country within the next six months. Coincidentally, Israel is also likely to go to elections in April in the upcoming year after the country's parliament was dissolved on December 24. The decision came amid disagreements within the parliament over a law which was to draw ultra-orthodox Jews into the military. The Palestinian parliament is currently dominated by Hamas, which rules over the Gaza Strip. Hamas had won in the parliamentary elections which were last held in the country in the year 2006. Reacting to the news, Hamas has said that this decision could lead to utter chaos. It also said that the decision did not have any constitutional or legal value and will not change any ground reality. In Gaza, the legislatures of the Hamas decided to meet the PLC. However, other independent members and members from other parliamentary blocs such as FATA decided to boycott these sessions. The boycott was symbolic of their protest against the disunity that exists in Palestine. That's all that we have for you today on this episode of The Daily Nound Up. Stay tuned and for more updates, log on to our website www.newsclick.in and also follow us on Facebook as well as YouTube.