Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
Bajrang Dal attacks K’taka cattle trader
09-Oct-2015
POLICE ARRIVED IN THE NICK OF TIME TO RESCUE IBRAHIM PADUBIDRI FROM A DADRI-STYLE LYNCHING BENGALURU: A cattle trader in Karnataka had a narrow escape after Bajrang Dal activists attacked him with metal rods and chains on a rumour about a stolen cow even as protests erupt across the country against the lynching of a…
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. One week after a 12-year-old Dalit student was severely beaten by a teacher for…
Bisada’s Hindus, Muslims unite in prayer for peace
09-Oct-2015
Oct 09 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Dadri:In the aftermath of the Bisada lynching episode, people from the Hindu and Muslim communities in the village are praying in the temple and the mosque for restoration of peace and harmony in the area. The administration too held a peace meeting in Dadri.Villagers have demanded…
Meat in Akhlaq fridge was mutton, not beef
09-Oct-2015
Oct 09 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Purusharth Aradhak Dadri (UP): Mohammed Akhlaq’s family had insisted all along that there was no beef in the house. And now a forensic test has proved precisely that: the meat that the mob found in Akhlaq’s fridge, and which they claimed was the proof they needed…
VHP vows to fight Love Jihad with Ayudha Puja
09-Oct-2015
Outfit to also push Ayodhya cause, calls for nation-wide Ram nama japa on Nov 25 Dhaval Kulkarni @dhavalkulkarni Mumbai: While Hindu right-wing groups in Gujarat have sought to bar the entry of Muslims at garba events to prevent ‘Love Jihad’ incidents, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has turned aggressive and is planning a worship of…
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.…