Citizens for Justice and Peace
In Jodhpur, Dalit family lives in fear after boy touches non-Dalit’s plate
09-Oct-2015
The teacher at the Rajkiya Ucch Madhyamik Vidyalaya here was arrested two days after the beating and is out on bail but now, Class 4 student Dinesh’s elder brother Narpat, 17, has allegedly received a death threat from local Jat youths. Written by Mohammad Hamza Khan Jodhpur Published:Oct 9, 2015, 3:22 One week after a…
‘Muslims, please leave my rally, for we don’t want your votes’: Meet this challenger to the BJP
09-Oct-2015
“It’s good that Modiji has come to this battlefield. The ground for this Mahabharata is ready. People will tell him about me,” he said. Written by Muzamil Jaleel | Dehri-on-sone (rohtas) | Updated: Oct 9, 2015, 7:55 When Narendra Modi touches down at the Suara airstrip in Rohtas Friday, Pradeep Joshi will be listening carefully.…
J&K: MLA Engineer Rashid’s supporters detained during march to Assembly
09-Oct-2015
Srinagar Updated: Oct 9, 2015, 12:06 Supporters of independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid were today detained as he led a march towards Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly to protest against the alleged “sabotaging” of the bill against beef ban. Rashid along with his supporters assembled near Exhibition Crossing, near the civil secretariat here, and shouted…
`Bans taking toll on Mumbai’s cultural life’
09-Oct-2015
Artistes, Filmmakers Decry Rise In Attempts At Censorship Goino Banks re members wat ching in a daze as Shiv Sainiks went on a rampage at the Mumbai Press Club less than a year ago. Banks was there to talk about his upcoming collaboration with Pakistani band Mekaal Hasan, and Sena was predictably outraged by yet…
Orphanages run by Mother Teresa foundation to close down?
09-Oct-2015
Oct 09, 2015 | • PTI • New Delhi Missionaries of Charity was not complying with the adoption guidelines, says Maneka Gandhi New Delhi: Government will soon conduct a comprehensive survey to create a database of all registered child homes in the country, aiming to trace such institutions not complying with the law. The survey…
Karnataka Home Minister shocker: Rape by two men is not gang-rape, says KJ George
09-Oct-2015
Oct 09, 2015 | • Age Correspondent • Bengaluru Shouldn’t there be at least three or four people for it to be called gang rape, the. Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister KJ George on Friday raked controversy by making a bizarre comment that two men raping a woman is not gangrape. “How is it a gang-rape…
Muslim panel seeks probe into sting operation disclosures
09-Oct-2015
Raghava M. MANGALURU, October 9, 2015 The Central Muslim Committee, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, has sought an inquiry into the alleged disclosures by local Bajrang Dal leaders and a BJP MLC on “Love Jihad” in a sting operation by the Delhi-based Cobrapost and Gulail. Talking to reporters here on Thursday, committee’s president and the former…
Video of Dalit family allegedly stripped by police creates storm on social media
09-Oct-2015
Dadri, October 9, 2015 A video of a Dalit man and his wife allegedly stripped by the police in Greater Noida in Gautam Buddh Nagar has created a storm on social media. The authorities are yet to act on it. Sunil Gautam and his wife were reportedly stripped naked publicly by the local police after…
Cow carcasses found in J&K’s Udhampur; situation tense
09-Oct-2015
Friday, 09 October 2015 | PTI | Udhampur Protests broke out on Thursday in Udhampur district of Jammu & Kashmir, after “carcasses of three cows” were found behind the office of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, police said. Irate protesters blocked the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway near Chenani tehsil, they said. On the assurance of Deputy Commissioner Udhampur,…
Katju in trouble over cow remark
09-Oct-2015
Chandigarh, Oct 09, 2015, DHNS: The Jalandhar police in Punjab is looking into the veracity of charges leveled by a local resident who has accused the former Supreme Court Judge and ex-chairman of the Press Council of India Justice Markendey Katju of “hurting religious sentiments.” The complaint against Katju relates to his recent comment on…