Citizens for Justice and Peace
Dead calf stirs tension in MP
18-Oct-2015
JabalpurBhopal: Tension gripped Jabalpur district of MP after a calf’s body was found near a bus stand in Sihora town of the district on Saturday. Mobs pelted stones at a police station and attempted to set half a dozen shops on fire while demanding action against those involved.Police had to use force to disperse the…
Meerut: Carcass of ‘large animal’ found in tehsil office
18-Oct-2015
The tehsildar, who is in charge of the compound, was alerted after employees discovered blood on the floor and walls of a bathroom and the remains of a “large animal”. Written by AMIT SHARMA Meerut Published:Oct 18, 2015, 3:49 Remains of an animal were found inside a tehsil compound in Meerut on Friday, soon after…
Four held in connection with Bajrang Dal activist murder
18-Oct-2015
MANGALURU, October 19, 2015 The police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of 29-year-old flower vendor and Bajrang Dal activist in Moodbidri, 35 km away from here, early this month. A group of six persons allegedly assaulted 29-year-old Prashant Poojary in the Moodbidri market on October 9 that resulted in his death.…
J&K trucker set ablaze over ‘cow killing’ dies; 3rd victim in 3 weeks
18-Oct-2015
Srinagar: Strife-torn Kashmir is on the edge after a trucker, who was set ablaze by a mob over the rumours of cow killing in Udhampur, succumbed to injuries in Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital on Sunday. Zahid Ahmad Bhat had received 70 per cent burns after a petrol bomb was hurled on the Kashmir-bound truck near Shiv…
Mob lynches truck driver in Himachal Pradesh for alleged ‘cattle smuggling’
17-Oct-2015
Oct 16, 2015 | PTI| Nahan (HP) Truck carrying five cows and ten oxen, was spotted by local people who chased the… Nahan (HP): An alleged cow smuggler was lynched by a mob while his four accomplices were apprehended by police with the help of local people after nearly four hours of chase in the…
20-year-old from Saharanpur killed in Himachal village for ‘smuggling cattle’
17-Oct-2015
Noman, a youth from Saharanpur who was allegedly involved in inter-state cattle smuggling was lynched by irate villagers at Sarahan in Himachal Pradesh Written by Ashwani Sharma Shimla Updated: Oct 17, 2015, 7:43 A 20-year-old from Saharanpur was allegedly killed in Sarahan by villagers who believed he was involved in smuggling of cattle, police said.…
More desecrations of holy book: Conspiracy to disrupt peace, says Punjab CM Badal
17-Oct-2015
By: Express News Service Chandigarh Published:Oct 17, 2015, 10:01 CM exhorted the people of Punjab to prevent incidents of sacrilege of religious places across the cities and towns by remaining vigilant to ensure that the conspiracy did not succeed. AS REPORTS of a wave of alleged desecrations of the Guru Granth Sahib gripped Punjab on…
Faridkot: Protesters with swords stop vehicles, cops look on
17-Oct-2015
On the Ludhiana-Ferozepur National Highway, protesters sat on roads preventing vehicles from passing through. Written by Divya Goyal 2 Moga/baghapurana/faridkot Published:Oct 16, 2015, 2:56 A day after two Sikhs were killed in police firing at Behbal Kalan village in Faridkot during protests against the desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib, members of the community, mostly…
Punjab clashes: Badals battle crisis as police firing kills two over holy book desecration
15-Oct-2015
Badal appealed for calm and called the desecration “a deep-rooted conspiracy aimed at inciting communal tension and destabilising the peace in Punjab”. Written by Navjeevan Gopal Chandigarh Updated: Oct 15, 2015, 10:50 Two people were killed in police firing Wednesday as protests over the alleged desecration of a Guru Granth Sahib spread to several villages…
Communal violence leads to migration, ghettos: Panel
15-Oct-2015
Oct 15, 2015 | Age Correspondent| mumbai Communal violence is one of the major reasons behind migration, leading to increase in ghettoism. This was emphasised by panelists who had gathered at the Phirozeshah Mehta Bhavan of University of Mumbai during the launch of the book Communal Violence, Forced Migration and the State: Gujarat since 2002…