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Varanasi: Police manhandles Teesta Setalvad, prevents workshop on ‘How to Stop Fake News’ TwoCircles.net

February 28, 2018 By Siddhant Mohan Varanasi police on Tuesday lined with the alleged “intimidation practices” and threatened Teesta Setalvad, a human rights activist, against conducting a workshop by Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth in Varanasi. The workshop titled “Mainstream journalism in the age of Social Media” was scheduled to take…

CJP meets Varanasi Police Chief over physically intimidating conduct by local cops Cops pushed around CJP team and roughed up Kashi Vidyapeeth students on Tuesday

CJP Secretary Teesta Setalvad and social activist Muniza Khan met Police Commissioner of Varanasi on Wednesday and submitted a letter expressing outrage at the physically intimidating conduct of male police officers unlawfully restraining their entry into the Kashi Vidyapeeth on Tuesday. The meeting took place with prior appointment at the Kacheri office of the Commissioner.…

तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ को काशी विद्यापीठ से बाहर किये जाने पर हंगामा Live Hindustan

सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ को महात्मा गांधी काशी विद्यापीठ परिसर से मंगलवार को बाहर कर दिये जाने पर जमकर हंगामा हुआ। तीस्ता कोछात्रसंघ की ओर से एक कार्यशाला में आमंत्रित किया गया था। विद्यापीठ के गेट नंबर तीन से परिसर में प्रवेश करते ही तीस्ता को रोक देने पर कार्यक्रम केआयोजक छात्रों और पुलिस के बीच नोकझोक व हाथापाई हो गई। इस रोक के खिलाफ छात्रों के एक गुट ने धरना भी दिया। वहीं, विद्यापीठ प्रशासन ने छात्रसंघउपाध्यक्ष रोशन कुमार और महामंत्री अनिल यादव समेत सात छात्रों को कारण बताओ नोटिस दी है। छात्रसंघ उपाध्यक्ष रोशन कुमार ने विद्यापीठ के समिति कक्ष में एक कार्यक्रम आयोजित करने की अनुमति मांगी थी। विश्वविद्यालय प्रशासन को यह जानकारी दीगई थी कि ‘सोशल मीडिया के दौर में मुख्य धारा की पत्रकारिता’ विषयक एक दिवसीय कार्यशाला आयोजित की गई है। वहीं मीडिया को भेजे आमंत्रण में यह भीबताया गया था कि ‘तीस्ता सीतलवाड़: संविधान की सिपाही एक संस्मरण’ नामक पुस्तक का विमोचन भी होगा। इस बात का उल्लेख नहीं था कि संगोष्ठी में कौन-कौन भाग ले रहा है। कार्यक्रम में शामिल होने वालों की जानकारी नहीं विद्यापीठ प्रशासन का कहना है कि आयोजकों ने कार्यक्रम में शामिल होने वालों के संबंध में जानकारी नहीं दी। इसी आधार पर कार्यक्रम पर रोक लगा दी गई।इसकी जानकारी आयोजकों को भी दी गई। वहीं, तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ के आने की भनक लगने पर विद्यार्थी परिषद के कार्यकर्ताओं ने कार्यक्रम के विरोध का ऐलान कर दिया।  इस पर विश्वविद्यालय प्रशासनसतर्क हो गया। पुलिस प्रशासन को भी सूचना दे दी गई। मंगलवार दोपहर एक बजे के आसपास तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ कुछ छात्रों और सहयोगियों के साथ मलदहियागेट से विश्वविद्यालय परिसर में प्रवेश कर गईं। सूचना मिलते ही सुरक्षाकर्मी और पुलिस वहां पहुंच गई। उनको आगे बढ़ने से रोक दिया। तीस्ता का कहना था किइस तरह से किसी को नहीं रोका जा सकता। पुलिस अधिकारियों और उनके बीच नोकझोक हुई। मगर महिला पुलिसकर्मियों की मदद से उन्हें परिसर से बाहरकर दिया गया।  The original report may be read here.

तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ के नाम पर काशी में जबरदस्त हंगामा, पुलिस ने समर्थकों को खदेड़ा अमर उजाला

सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ के नाम पर मंगलवार को वाराणसी के काशी विद्यापीठ में जबरदस्त हंगामा हुआ। वो एक कार्यक्रम में बतौर मुख्य अतिथि पहुंची थीं लेकिन पुलिस ने उन्हें विश्वविद्यालय में प्रवेश करने से रोक दिया। बताया गया कि कार्यक्रम के लिए अनुमति नहीं मिली है। इस बात पर तीस्ता सीतलवाड़ और और उनके…

CJP Targeted A Comprehensive Account of Every Time our team has been Harassed and Bullied

Recently two TV news channels labeled CJP Secretary Teesta Setalvad “anti-Hindu” due to her commitment to secularism and human rights related work with religious minorities. This prompted CJP to move NHRC, as such irresponsible and malicious reportage puts a virtual bull’s eve on Setalvad’ back and endangers her life. But this is not the first…

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तीस्ता सेतलवाड की सच्चाई गुड्डू अकेला की ज़ुबानी

क्या आप भी जानना चाहतें हैं की दरसल तीस्ता सेताल्वाड कौन है और क्या चाहती है? जानने के लिए देखिये हमारा यह विडियो जहां गुड्डू अकेला कर रहे हैं इस रहस्य का पर्दाफाश !

My Hindu Hriday Samrats: Teesta Setalvad 11 Hindus who inspire one and all

I am often accused by proponents of militarised and political faith, of being “anti-Hindu” or a “Hindu-hater”. This is then propagated by certain sections of the media. However, I have deep respect for all faiths including Hinduism. So here are 11 Hindus who inspire me.   Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Father of the Nation) I look…

CJP Targeted

CJP moves NHRC against Provocative and Malicious TV News channels Sections of Media label Teesta Setalvad as "Anti-Hindu"

Following an intervention petition in the Ayodhya dispute case in the Supreme Court by CJP and 32 prominent civil society voices, CJP Secretary Teesta Setalvad has come under fire by so called ‘nationalist’ television news channels. While Sudarshan News has alleged that Teesta Setalvad is a ‘venom spewing Hindu hater’, Times Now has gone a…

Activist Teesta Setalvad Detained in Varanasi, Released After Ten Hours The Wire

The civil rights activist was told by the police that she had been arrested without being told the charges, and kept in custody for more than ten hours. New Delhi: Renowned civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad was reportedly detained in Varanasi, hours after she was first held by the Uttar Pradesh police on Monday morning. Setalvad, who has…

Longtime Critic of Modi Is Now a Target New York Times

By DAVID BARSTOW AUG. 19, 2015 MUMBAI — One of India’s best-known human rights activists, Teesta Setalvad, was brewing her morning tea on July 14 when she got a telephone call from her security guard. “C.B.I. is at the gate, ma’am,” the guard said, referring to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the federal police. Before…

India – Continued harassment of human rights defender Teesta Setalvad Front Line Defenders

Teesta Setalvad. Photo: Jaffar Theekkathir On 26 June 2015, the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) decided to refer human rights defenders Ms Teesta Setalvad and her husband, Mr Javed Anand, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for investigation. This latest action increases the pressure on the human rights defender as she attempts to…

The state is doing its best to cripple us by freezing our accounts: Teesta Setalvad Catch News

Suhas Munshi@suhasmunshi |30 June 2015 The allegations The Home Ministry has slapped notices on Gujarat riots activist Teesta Setalvad. It has asked the CBI to freeze her bank accounts and probe fund transfers. Govt says Teesta’s company Sabrang Communications has committed Foreign Contribution Regulation Act violations. A case of cheating has also been filed in…

Bail to Guj Riots Accused, Tough Time for Teesta: Dave Slams SC Jun 18 2015 : The Economic Times (Mumbai)

New Delhi: Samanwaya.Rautray@timesgroup.com Supreme Court Bar Association president Dushyant Dave on Wednesday questioned the top court’s decision to grant bail to all accused in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, and also former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani, who was convicted for the murder of 70 people during the 2002 Gujarat riots. A bench comprising Justices JS…

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