Citizens for Justice and Peace
MLA thrashed over beef party: Omar says ‘done in Dadri way’
08-Oct-2015
Peerzada Ashiq Srinagar, October 8, 2015 At least seven BJP MLAs on Thursday thrashed independent legislator Engineer Rashid inside the Assembly for organising a beef party on Wednesday evening. The incident took place immediately after the Assembly met around 10 a.m. to discuss bills, with bills on beef ban listed for the day, though down…
UP riots: Sahai panel indicts BJP MLA, suggests no action
08-Oct-2015
Lucknow: Justice Vishnu Sahai Commission’s report on Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013 has put the BJP’s Sangeet Singh Som on top of the list of those it has found responsible for the flare-up, but has not recommended any action against the Sardhana MLA. While elaborating that police officials informed him that Som uploaded a video that…
Dadri lynching communal: Home Ministry
06-Oct-2015
NEW DELHI, Oct 06, 2015, DHNS Horror aftermath: Politicisation of killing, mudslinging complicate situation in UP village The Union Home Ministry on Monday expressed concern over “various incidents with communal overtones” across the country and bracketed the “unfortunate” murder of a man over beef eating rumours under communal incidents. However, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma and…
Violence in Varanasi, vehicles set ablaze
06-Oct-2015
Varanasi (UP), Oct 5, 2015, (PTI) Violence erupted here today, with mobs indulging in stone-pelting on police and setting ablaze a police picket and number of vehicles. The violence broke out during a march by seers and some other locals, when some people in the crowd resorted to stone-pelting, police sources said. The mob also…
Meat pieces found in village near Bishada, security stepped up
06-Oct-2015
Greater Noida, Oct 5, 2015, (PTI) Tension today spread to nearby areas of Bishada after meat pieces were found in an adjoining village even as the District Magistrate decided to further restrict entry of visitors to the troubled spot and examine statements made by controversial BJP MLA Sangeet Som during his visit to the area.…
Dadri tension spills over to neighbouring areas
06-Oct-2015
Bishara, October 6, 2015 The head of a slaughtered calf, pieces of meat and an animal carcass caused tension in two adjoining villages. A week after the violence in Bishahra village in Dadri that resulted in the public lynching of Mohammmad Akhlaq, communal tension has spilled over to adjacent areas of Noida. The ruse of…
BJP leader’s death sparks violence in MP; curfew imposed
06-Oct-2015
As the situation turned ugly on Monday morning with supporters of Thakre indulging in stone-pelting and arson, district administration imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 in the town. By: PTI | Seoni (mp) | Published:October 5, 2015 8:01 pm Indefinite curfew was imposed in Barghat town on Monday after violence erupted over the death of…
BJP, VHP leaders booked for ‘stoking’ tension
05-Oct-2015
Peerzada Ashiq SRINAGAR, October 5, 2015 At least three leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and one from the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) are on the run after being booked for allegedly stoking communal tension in Rajouri district in the last one month. State BJP leader Naiter Singh and VHP leader Karan Thakur are…
Dadri Lynching: UP Homeguard spread beef rumour to instigate attack on father and son, says police
05-Oct-2015
Police say he had dispute with victim, forced priest to make announcement on cow slaughter. Written by Aditi Vatsa , Manish Sahu | Lucknow | Updated: October 4, 2015 2:36 am Police have detained an Uttar Pradesh Homeguards constable who, they say, is a key conspirator behind the mob attack in Bisara village, Dadri, on…
Temple razing sparks violence
04-Oct-2015
Vadodara TIMES NEWS NETWORK Protesters Damage Buses, Block Roads in Vadodara A city bus was damaged and tyres were burnt to stage a roadblock in the Manjalpur area of the city after a small temple was razed there by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC). The civic body had decided to raze the structure as it…