Citizens for Justice and Peace
‘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…
Teesta’s NGO slams licence suspension
08-Oct-2015
NEW DELHI, Oct 08, 2015, DHNS Says ‘mala fide’ action aimed to nail it Teesta Setalvad-led Sabrang Trust has challenged the grounds on which the Union Home Ministry has suspended its licence to collect foreign funds, saying the “mala fide” action was the continuation of the measures taken by the Gujarat Police to nail them.…
Valley’s top counter-insurgency cop killed in LeT attack
08-Oct-2015
Peerzada Ashiq Srinagar, October 8, 2015 Altaf Ahmad or ‘Altaf Laptop’ was the brain behind several online surveillance operations against militants since 2006. He earned the sobriquet ‘Altaf Laptop’ within the police for his unmatched success in online surveillance of militant activities since 2006. On Wednesday, sub-inspector Altaf Ahmad fell to bullets, while chasing Kashmir’s…
Ghulam Ali Concert Called Off After Shiv Sena Threat
08-Oct-2015
Oct 08 2015 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) Mumbai: Our Political Bureau THE SENA WAY BJP ally cites border skirmishes, soldier killings for anti-Pak rhetoric Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali’s concert in Mumbai to pay tribute to late singer Jagjit Singh was cancelled on Wednesday night after Shiv Sena raised objections to the show, citing…
Govt. can’t punish us for lack of education: Women on Haryana new poll law
08-Oct-2015
Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI, October 8, 2015 Women candidates affected by Haryana’s new poll law imposing minimum educational qualifications to contest panchayat elections told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that “people do not choose to be illiterate.” “In fact, it is the State’s failure to have not provided us with education. We should not be…
Hindus And Sikhs Help Repair And Rebuild An Old Mosque In Punjab
08-Oct-2015
Hindus And Sikhs Help Repair And Rebuild An Old Mosque In Punjab October 8, 2015 Inspirational, News When we can see the sharp lines drawn between Hindus and Muslims after the case of Dadri lynching. There are many people who have reached their boiling point because of that case. But that incident has not stopped…
Why is govt hiding contracts with social media giants: HC
08-Oct-2015
Days after PM Narendra Modi’s return from the Facebook headquarters in the US, a contract between the Indian government and the social media giant has come under the scanner of the Delhi high court. Abench of Justices B D Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva on Wednesday pulled up the Centre for “hiding the contracts“ from the…