Citizens for Justice and Peace
No religion says block roads & break law for festivals: HC
13-Oct-2015
Oct 13 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Shibu Thomas Mumbai:Govt Told To Pull Up Its Socks For Navratri, Diwali The Bombay high court on Monday rapped the state government and the municipal corporation for failing o crack down on noisy celebrations and illegal pandals during the recently concluded Ganeshotsav . A division bench…
4 die of hunger in Assam tea garden
13-Oct-2015
Oct 13 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Silchar: TIMES NEWS NETWORK The INTUC-affiliated Barak Cha Shramik Union (BCSU) has alleged that four persons have died of starvation over the past week in Bhuvan Valley Tea Estate in Assam’s Cachar district. The garden is owned by Kolkata-based Bhuvan Valley Tea Company Limited. The dead…
Harassed Muslim fodder seller sets himself ablaze in Punjab
13-Oct-2015
Oct 13 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Bathinda TIMES NEWS NETWORK A Muslim man, who had been selling fodder outside a cow shelter, set himself on fire on Monday afternoon after being harassed by an employee of the gaushala. Having suffered nearly 40% burns, Eid Mohammad (35) recorded his statement before a magistrate…
I sat with oil paint on my face as I wanted the world to know what Sena has done: Sudheendra Kulkarni
13-Oct-2015
The Sainiks who stopped my car started abusing and threatening me while my daughter sat inside the car watching everything, said Sudheendra Kulkarni. Mumbai Updated: Oct 13, 2015, 11:27 Sudheendra Kulkarni, who heads the Observer Research Foundation, was on Monday attacked by Shiv Sena party members, ahead of a book launch of former Pakistan foreign…
Three Dalit brothers allege assault, 2 arrested
13-Oct-2015
Three Dalit brothers were allegedly thrashed by a mob on Monday after they objected to derogatory remarks against Dr Ambedkar in Virar’s M B Estate area. By: Express News Service Mumbai Updated: Oct 13, 2015, 2:31 Following a complaint by three brothers belonging to the Dalit community that they were “brutally” assaulted in Virar for…
Now, Shiv Sena forces cancellation of Indo-Pak rock band show
13-Oct-2015
Ahmedabad, Oct 12, 2015, (PTI): After forcing cancellation of Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali’s concerts in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena compelled organisers to abandon a show by an Indo-Pak sufi rock band here last night. Eleven Shiv Sena activists, who staged a protest outside the venue, were arrested for defying police orders and later released on…
BJP MP Satyapal Singh terms Dadri lynching a ‘small incident’, kicks up row
13-Oct-2015
New Delhi: BJP MP Satyapal Singh on Tuesday kicked up a row with his remarks calling Dadri lynching a ‘small incident’, evoking strong reactions from Opposition parties, which said it was a reflection of the party’s ‘polarisation’ strategy. “As far as a small incident like Dadri is concerned, our country’s democratic atmosphere is fully competent…
‘Missing Ghatkopar infant was raped and murdered’
13-Oct-2015
dna correspondent @dna Ghatkopar police on Monday registered a case of rape and murder against unknown person after the post-mortem report confirmed vaginal injuries on the body of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl whose body was recovered on October 9 near Sangarsh Nagar in Sakinaka. The victim — a resident of Ramji Nagar in Ghatkopar (West) —…
Becharaji tense after 2 die in group clash
12-Oct-2015
Oct 12 2015 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Palanpur: TIMES NEWS NETWORK 15 Injured; Several Bikes, Restaurant Set Ablaze Tension was simmering in temple town Becharaji in Mehsana district on Sunday when clashes between two communities left two persons dead and at least 15 others injured. The violence was the fallout of a verbal…
9 writers return Sahitya awards, 1 quits Akademi
12-Oct-2015
The latest string of protests took to 15 the number of writers who have returned their awards to the Akademi since Hindi writer Uday Prakash first did so last month over the killing of Kalburgi. Written by Ashutosh Bhardwaj New Delhi Published:Oct 12, 2015, 1:43 Those who returned their awards on Sunday included Hindi poets…