Citizens for Justice and Peace
Hashimpura massacre: Eyewitnesses seek protection, Delhi High Court issues notice
21-Oct-2015
The bench is in the process of hearing appeals against the acquittal of the PAC personnel, who were allegedly responsible for the murder of 42 Muslim men during communal tensions in Meerut in 1987. By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Published:October 21, 2015 2:34 am The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice…
Mangalore: Bajrang Dal activist who forced closure of abattoir hacked to death, 8 held
21-Oct-2015
Police said 29-year-old Prashant Poojary, a flower-seller, was hacked to death outside his shop, some 40 km from Mangalore. By: Express News Service | Bengaluru | Updated: October 21, 2015 7:08 am A Bajrang Dal activist who actively participated in a campaign that led to the closure of a slaughter house in the Moodabidri region…
ET Newsmaker – Communal Remarks Small Part of Long List of Crime
21-Oct-2015
SAKSHI MAHARAJ MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, BJP RakeshMohan Chaturvedi New Delhi The saffron-clad swami has faced serious charges including that of murdering BD Dwivedi, a cabinet minister in Kalyan govt Offensive communal remarks are perhaps the mildest of offences that BJP’s Unnao MP Sakshi Maharaj has indulged in as a look at his past reveals that…
Book sacrilege: Two brothers arrested, Punjab police claims foreign hand involved
21-Oct-2015
Oct 21, 2015 | The brothers committed the offence in connection with ‘someone in Australia’ Punjab: Punjab police on Tuesday claimed to have cracked one of the seven cases of sacrilege of holy books in the state with the arrest of two brothers, who committed the offence in connection with “someone in Australia”. A Special…
Tension in Vadodara amid Navratri festivities and Muharram tazias
20-Oct-2015
The incident occurred shortly before midnight Saturday when a tazia procession crossed Mandvi to head towards Fatehpura. Written by Aditi Raja | Vadodara | Published:October 19, 2015 3:13 am The old city area of Vadodara witnessed minor communal tension Saturday night as the Muslim community’s tazia processions began, ahead of Muharram, coinciding with the Navratri…
Muslim youths in UP beaten for carrying ‘ox hide’, sent to jail
20-Oct-2015
Police reached the spot and arrested the two youths, booking them under the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act. Written by RAMENDRA SINGH | Lucknow | Published:October 20, 2015 2:03 am A mob led by Shiv Sena activists assaulted two Muslim youths and tied them to a tree after they were allegedly found carrying…
Clash in Jalandhar as Sikhs continue protests
20-Oct-2015
Tuesday, 20 October 2015 | PNS | Chandigarh In no mood to relent, Sikh protesters continue to stage dharnas all over Punjab against series of incidents of sacrilege of their holy scriptures. The multiple road blocks continued on Monday in Muktsar, Moga, Ferozepur and Jalandhar. A clash was reported between Sikh protesters and shopkeepers in…
3 held for desecration of holy book in Punjab
20-Oct-2015
Oct 20, 2015 | Two granthis and a woman were arrested in connection with cases of desecration of the holy book of the Sikhs in Punjab where activists of various outfits blocked roads and highways at several places to protest the sacrilege. While a granthi in a gurudwara in Nijjapura village of Amritsar district was…
J&K: Despite curfew, fresh protests in Valley following funeral of Zahid Ahmad Bhat
19-Oct-2015
As a precautionary measure, the police have stopped the movement of trucks, especially those from outside the Valley. Written by Basharaat Masood Srinagar Published:Oct 19, 2015, 11:48 Defying the imposed curfew, fresh protests erupted in south Kashmir’s Botengo village after the funeral of Zahid Ahmad Bhat, a truck driver who was killed in Udhampur. J-K…
Sixth incident: Holy book found ‘torn’ in village near Ludhiana
19-Oct-2015
Soon, villagers from Ghawaddi and nearby areas gathered at Dehlon-Sahnewal road and blocked the highway protesting against the incident. Written by Divya Goyal 2 Ludhianamoga Updated: Oct 19, 2015, 4:31 In the sixth incident of sacrilege reported over the past one week, 20 pages of the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, were found…