Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
Not enough money for communal harmony!
08-Oct-2015
Manan Kumar @Manankmr New Delhi: The National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH), an autonomous body under the union home ministry, neither has the money nor the manpower. This at a time, when the country needs it the most amongst a spiralling increase in cases of communal violence, the latest being the Dadri incident. Constituted on…
Uttar Pradesh on boil: 330 communal incidents since July 2014 over ‘cow slaughter’
08-Oct-2015
Of the 330 incidents recorded by the state police, 216 were reported from western UP, which includes Gautam Budh Nagar and Muzaffarnagar. Written by Appu Esthose Suresh New Delhi Updated: Oct 8, 2015, 7:40 At least 330 incidents of communal violence over alleged cow slaughter have been reported in Uttar Pradesh since June 2014, according…
MLA thrashed over beef party: Omar says ‘done in Dadri way’
08-Oct-2015
Peerzada Ashiq Srinagar, October 8, 2015 At least seven BJP MLAs on Thursday thrashed independent legislator Engineer Rashid inside the Assembly for organising a beef party on Wednesday evening. The incident took place immediately after the Assembly met around 10 a.m. to discuss bills, with bills on beef ban listed for the day, though down…
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.…
UP riots: Sahai panel indicts BJP MLA, suggests no action
08-Oct-2015
Lucknow: Justice Vishnu Sahai Commission’s report on Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013 has put the BJP’s Sangeet Singh Som on top of the list of those it has found responsible for the flare-up, but has not recommended any action against the Sardhana MLA. While elaborating that police officials informed him that Som uploaded a video that…
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…