Citizens for Justice and Peace
Rajasthan: Religious leaders refuse to accept 2 women qazis
10-Feb-2016
Feb 10, 2016 – Sanjay Bohra | Jaipur Muslim religious leaders and women rights groups are at loggerheads in Rajasthan over equal rights for women. The bone of contention is whether a woman qazi can conduct marriages or not. The matter is being debated after two women from Jaipur claimed to have become qazis. Jahan…
Death sentence for killing students
10-Feb-2016
PTI BIHARSHARIF, February 10, 2016 A district court on Tuesday awarded death sentence to a man and life imprisonment to another for killing two students of Purnea district when they came there to write an examination two years ago. Additional District Judge Rajesh Kumar Pandey awarded death sentence to Lala Chaurasia and life imprisonment to…
Allow women in Haji Ali: Maha to HC
10-Feb-2016
Rosy Sequeira Feb 10 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Mumbai: The state government on Tuesday batted for allowing women inside the inner sanctum of Haji Ali Dargah, saying they cannot be banned unless the practice of prohibiting women is integral to Islam. Advocate general Shreehari Aney told a bench of Justice V M…
STATE FAVOURS LIFTING BAN ON WOMEN INSIDE HAJI ALI SHRINE
10-Feb-2016
• 10 Feb 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Ayesha Arvind ayesha.arvind@hindustantimes.com MUMBAI: Women have an “unfettered” right to worship and no trust or organisation must attempt to infringe upon such a right, the Maharashtra government announced on Tuesday. The statement was made by Maharashtra advocate general Shrihari Aney before the Bombay high court (HC)…
Rajasthan: Religious leaders refuse to accept 2 women qazis
10-Feb-2016
Feb 10, 2016 – Sanjay Bohra | Jaipur Muslim religious leaders and women rights groups are at loggerheads in Rajasthan over equal rights for women. The bone of contention is whether a woman qazi can conduct marriages or not. The matter is being debated after two women from Jaipur claimed to have become qazis. Jahan…
HC denies custody of rape victim to her father
09-Feb-2016
Feb 09 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Life continues to be cruel to this 13-year-old survivor of rape, as to prevent her from being influenced while trial is going on, the high court, on Monday , was compelled to deny her father the minor girl’s custody . The court…
Tanzanian incident, racism involved
09-Feb-2016
D V Guruprasad, Feb 9, 2016: The recent incident involving African students in Bengaluru has evoked international attention and being treated as a racial attack. As per media reports, a Sudanese student Mohammed Aahad drove his car rashly resulting in the death of a woman on the night of January 31, 2016. Soon a crowd…
HC denies custody of rape victim to her father
09-Feb-2016
Feb 09 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Life continues to be cruel to this 13-year-old survivor of rape, as to prevent her from being influenced while trial is going on, the high court, on Monday , was compelled to deny her father the minor girl’s custody . The court…
Bengaluru: Chancellor of Alliance University arrested on charges of rape
09-Feb-2016
The complainant has alleged that her daughter was sexually abused between 2011 to 2014 while she was employed at the university. By: Express News Service | Bengaluru | Published:February 9, 2016 9:36 pm A 60-year-old chancellor of the private Alliance University in Bengaluru has been arrested by the police in South Bengaluru for allegedly raping…
Tanzanian incident, racism involved
09-Feb-2016
D V Guruprasad, Feb 9, 2016: The recent incident involving African students in Bengaluru has evoked international attention and being treated as a racial attack. As per media reports, a Sudanese student Mohammed Aahad drove his car rashly resulting in the death of a woman on the night of January 31, 2016. Soon a crowd…