Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…
Meat pieces found in village near Bishada, security stepped up
06-Oct-2015
Greater Noida, Oct 5, 2015, (PTI) Tension today spread to nearby areas of Bishada after meat pieces were found in an adjoining village even as the District Magistrate decided to further restrict entry of visitors to the troubled spot and examine statements made by controversial BJP MLA Sangeet Som during his visit to the area.…
Family gets 10 years rigorous imprisonment for acid attack
06-Oct-2015
Oct 06, 2015 | A sessions court in Mumbai on Monday convicted and sentenced a woman along with her husband and son to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for throwing acid on her three sisters and a year-old child. According to public prosecutor Jyoti Sawant, all the victims and the accused women were sisters. The…
BJP, VHP, RSS nexus against ‘love jihad’
06-Oct-2015
NEW DELHI, Oct 06, 2015, DHNS A sting operation made public on Monday by investigative portals — Cobrapost and Gulail — said that Hindutva groups use “violence, intimidation and emotional blackmail” to break up Hindu-Muslim married couples. The claim came after secret camera shootings conducted by these portals in Delhi, Muzaffarnagar and Meerut (Uttar Pradesh),…
More youths take to militancy as violence flares in Kashmir
06-Oct-2015
Josy Joseph NEW DELHI, October 6, 2015 A dozen locals turned militants in August-September At least a dozen more local youths have joined militancy in Kashmir in the last couple of months, as violence continues to flare up in the Valley. Four soldiers and three militants have been killed in the Valley in three different…
SP leader calls for killing of Sadhvi Prachi
06-Oct-2015
Lucknow, Oct 06, 2015, DHNS: A Samajwadi Party (SP) leader, who was chairman of a municipality, triggered a controversy after he virtually called for killing of firebrand saffron leader Sadhvi Prachi over latter’s statement on Dadri lynching. Chairman of Deoband municipality in Saharanpur district, about 500 km from here, Mavia Ali on Sunday told reporters…
B’luru imams to preach against ISIS, jehad
06-Oct-2015
Tuesday, 06 October 2015 | Kestur Vasuki | Bengaluru In a bid to avert Islamic State’s (ISIS) influence on Muslim youth, all Bengaluru mosques have started sermons against ISIS and terrorism in their weekly prayers. According to Imam of Jamia Masjid of Bengaluru, around 150 mosques across the city will give sermons against ISIS and…
Dadri tension spills over to neighbouring areas
06-Oct-2015
Bishara, October 6, 2015 The head of a slaughtered calf, pieces of meat and an animal carcass caused tension in two adjoining villages. A week after the violence in Bishahra village in Dadri that resulted in the public lynching of Mohammmad Akhlaq, communal tension has spilled over to adjacent areas of Noida. The ruse of…
Rapists still not caught in Nirmal Nagar gang-rape case
06-Oct-2015
Tuesday, October 06, 2015 By Zuber Ansari More than a month has passed since the gang rape of the 20-year old girl in Nalasopara, but the Nirmal Nagar police who are investigating the case are yet to get hold of the trio accused of gang rape. Shockingly, these three individuals are not only wanted in…