Citizens for Justice and Peace
Six convicted in Kamduni gangrape and murder case
28-Jan-2016
Kolkata, Jan 28, 2016 (PTI) Six persons were today convicted by a local court in the Kamduni gangrape and murder case in which a 21-year-old college girl was brutally assaulted and murdered in June 2013, triggering outrage. Two other accused in the case were acquitted. Additional City and Sessions Judge Sanchita Kar pronounced Saiful Ali,…
Now, women seek entry into Haji Ali dargah
28-Jan-2016
Several activists belonging to Muslim women groups held placards demanding entry for females into the sanctum sanctorum of the historic dargah, which receives hundreds of devotees everyday. By: PTI | Mumbai | Updated: January 28, 2016 10:17 pm Muslim women on Thursday staged a protest demanding entry into a restricted area of the Haji Ali…
After gangrape, police order closure of Fort Kochi homestay
26-Jan-2016
One of the minors arrested is the case is the son of a police constable from Fort Kochi Written by Shaju Philip | Thiruvananthapuram | Published:January 26, 2016 2:46 am Police has ordered the closure of a homestay in Fort Kochi where two women were allegedly gangraped over the last three months. Six youths and…
Two held for ‘suicide’ of Chennai students
26-Jan-2016
• 26 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • KV Lakshmana klakshmana@hindustantimes.com CHENNAI: The district administration and police in Villupuram stuck to the suicide theory on Monday and arrested the chairman’s son and the administrator of the private medical college where three girl students allegedly committed suicide, even as the parents of the girls maintained…
Muslim group backs Hindu women over Shani temple row
26-Jan-2016
New Delhi, Jan 26, 2016 (IANS) A Muslim women’s group on Tuesday came out in support of women’s entry into the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra,charging “male-dominated bodies” which run shrines with bias. The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan said it supports demands by Hindu women to be allowed to enter the chabutra or sanctum sanctorum…
Six youths arrested for 2 ‘rapes’ at Fort Kochi
25-Jan-2016
One accused allegedly recorded both assaults to blackmail victims Written by Shaju Philip | Thiruvananthapuram | Published:January 25, 2016 1:54 am Six youths and two minors were held over the weekend for alleged involvement in two different rape cases at a homestay in Fort Kochi. Six youths and two minors were held over the weekend…
3 girls commit suicide in Tamil Nadu, blaming college, high fees
25-Jan-2016
The bodies of the three were found in a well near the college. Written by Arun Janardhanan | Chennai | Updated: January 25, 2016 6:39 am THREE girl students of SVS Yoga Medical College at Kallakurichi near Villupuram in Tamil Nadu committed suicide on Saturday evening accusing the administration of charging excess fees and “torture”,…
TN college sealed after furore over suicide of three medical students
25-Jan-2016
• 25 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • KV Lakshmana klakshmana@hindustantimes.com THE PARENTS ALLEGED THAT IT IS A CASE OF MURDER, BUT THE STATE POLICE HAVE REGISTERED A CASE OF SUICIDE AND STARTED INVESTIGATION CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday sealed a private medical college in Villupuram after huge protests by parents of…
Tamil Nadu suicide: Post-mortem of one student underway, investigation team seal Medical college
24-Jan-2016
Three girl students of SVS Yoga Medical College at Kallakurichi near Villupuram in Tamil Nadu committed suicide on Saturday evening accusing the administration of charging excess fees and “torture”. By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: January 24, 2016 8:28 pm The post-mortem on the body of one of the three girl students…
Uber cab driver arrested for allegedly molesting woman journalist in Noida
22-Jan-2016
Jan 22, 2016 | PTI|Noida The woman journalist suspected that the cab driver was taking her through a wrong route. Noida: A woman journalist has accused an Uber cab driver of molesting her while she was on her way from Delhi to Noida on Wednesday night. The cab driver has been arrested. According to the…