Citizens for Justice and Peace
Another farmer commits suicide
12-Oct-2015
Staff Reporter BHUBANESWAR, October 12, 2015 Even as the State is yet to recover from the shock of alleged suicide by three farmers in western Odisha, another farmer has reportedly ended his life in Khurda district. Abhimanyu Baliyarsingh, a farmer of Brajasundarpur village in Bolagarh block in Khurda district, was found dead in his field…
Missionaries confirm adoption pullout
12-Oct-2015
Our Special Correspondent New Delhi, Oct. 10: The Missionaries of Charity today issued a formal statement confirming it had decided to stop putting children up for adoption, ending what sources said was a five-decade involvement in the process. The decision was prompted by new government guidelines that have stripped adoption centres of the right to…
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…
Udhampur truck attack part of larger plan to engineer communal tension: Police
12-Oct-2015
Kushwaha has denied the allegations and said he would file a defamation suit against those who conducted the sting operation. Written by Arun Sharma Jammu Published:Oct 12, 2015, 3:45 Taking the lid off a conspiracy to engineer communal tension in Jammu and Kashmir, four youth — arrested in connection with a petrol bomb attack on…
How these Dalit and tribal women from rural Madhya Pradesh are making themselves heard
12-Oct-2015
Monday, 12 October 2015 – 4:00pm IST | Agency: dna webdesk In 2008, a few Dalit women from a village in Dabhora block in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh were denied their basic right to fetch water by local goons. The prevailing apathy in the country’s system meant their pleas to the local police and administration went…
Dalit group offers prayers at Gabela temple, tension continues
12-Oct-2015
Kautilya Singh, TNN | Oct 12, 2015, 09.51PM IST GABELA (DEHRADUN) : It is a nearly four-hour drive from Dehradun to Gabela village. Nestled in the picturesque hills of Sahiya about 125 km from the state capital, Gabela has been in the eye of a storm since a group of Dalits were reportedly denied entry…
After Ghulam Ali concert, Sena threatens to disrupt Kasuri event
12-Oct-2015
MUMBAI: After ensuring Pakistani ghazal artist Ghulam Ali’s concert i s cancelled, the Shiv Sena has now threatened to disrupt former Pakistani external affairs minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s visit to Mumbai on Monday. The party, on Sunday, sent a letter to the Nehru Centre in Worli, which was supposed to host the launch of Kasuri’s…
‘Communal clashes may lead to riots ahead of 2019 polls’
12-Oct-2015
DOMBIVLI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday said the communal clashes that are being witnessed in different parts of the country could lead to riots ahead of the 2019 general elections. “It is quite possible there will be communal riots ahead of the next general elections. What is happening in India currently…
Beef ban unrest in Jammu
12-Oct-2015
PETROL BOMBS Three injured in attack allegedly carried out by right-wing activists; issue raised in Assembly SOURCES SAID THREE PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE DRIVER, WERE SLEEPING IN THE TRUCK WHEN IT WAS SET ON FIRE ON FRIDAY. WHILE THE DRIVER MANAGED TO ESCAPE UNHURT, 2 OTHERS WERE INJURED SRINAGAR: Ruling coalition and opposition members were locked…