Citizens for Justice and Peace
Give complaint to district law officers, Punjab and Haryana HC tells rape victims
26-Feb-2016
On reports of alleged rape of nearly 10 women passengers in Murthal, the court asked Haryana’s Home Secretary and Director General of Police to submit separate detailed reports within three days. By: Express News Service Chandigarh Published:Feb 26, 2016, 2:41 Providing relief to victims of the Jat quota agitation, the Punjab and Haryana High Court…
Rohit Vemula death: Officials deny Minister’s charge
26-Feb-2016
YUNUS Y LASANIA HYDERABAD, February 26, 2016 The University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Thursday refuted HRD Minister Smriti Irani’s statement in Parliament that medical personnel were denied access to research scholar Rohith Vemula in the immediate aftermath of his suicide on January 17. University officials said that a doctor had reached his hostel within minutes…
Rohith mom does a Smriti fact-check Finger at myriad ‘lies’ in House
26-Feb-2016
Our Bureau New Delhi, Feb. 26: Rohith Vemula’s mother and friends today accused human resource development minister Smriti Irani of spreading falsehoods about the circumstances around the PhD scholar’s suicide and his troubles with his university. Rohith’s mother Radhika Vemula, brother Raja and friends Dontha Prasanth, Seshaiah and Vijay Kumar said they had counted multiple…
Police grills JNUSU prez Kanhaiya, Khalid and Anirban together
26-Feb-2016
New Delhi, Feb 26, 2016 (PTI) Delhi Police today interrogated JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya together for the first time at a south Delhi police station in connection with the sedition case. The questioning started in the wee hours today and lasted for around five hours, before it resumed around 10.30…
Dalit women paraded nude in Orissa
25-Feb-2016
Feb 25, 2016 | Age Correspondent| Bhubaneswar Arujnagoda village under Pipili block in Orissa’s Puri district, which was in news in 2012 for the alleged gangrape and murder of a dalit girl, has once again hit the headlines for wrong reasons. Two women belonging to the Scheduled Caste community were recently paraded naked and made…
Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya sent to 3-day remand
25-Feb-2016
The court hearing began at 7.15 pm and the proceedings continued for over an hour. The magistrate and the lawyers were escorted to the police station, where elaborate security arrangements had been made. Written by Alok Singh , Abhishek Angad New Delhi Updated: Feb 25, 2016, 10:17 A designated court, set up at R K…
28 dead, 200 injured during Jat agitation: Haryana DGP
25-Feb-2016
The government has decided that applicants can claim up to 25 per cent of their loss, judged on the basis of self-assessment, as interim relief. By: Express News Service | Chandigarh | Published:February 25, 2016 10:27 am The government has decided that applicants can claim up to 25 per cent of their loss, judged on…
I challenge you to tell my caste: Smriti
25-Feb-2016
HRD minister gets emotional in Lok Sabha debate with fiery speech | Oppn demand for discussion on Rohith and JNU issues stirs House Govt says that it has not branded JNU as an anti-national institution and urges all parties to keep aside differences dna correspondent @dna New Delhi: After a face-off with the BSP supremo…
Group demands ban on VD Savarkar book on Jesus Christ
25-Feb-2016
Feb 25, 2016 | AGE CORRESPONDENT With agency inputs| mumbai A Christian organisation has demanded a ban on a controversial book penned by the brother of Hindutva ideologue V.D. Savarkar, claiming Jesus Christ was a Tamil Hindu. The book, written by Ganesh ‘Babarao’ Savarkar in 1946, is being re-launched on February 26. “The present scenario…
20 days later, daughter says father murdered by mother and her lover
25-Feb-2016
Feb 25 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Nishikant Karlikar Thane: Duo Smothered Man, Said It Was Heart Attack: Cops A 37-year-old wife, who conspired with her young lover and killed her husband, a manager with an electronics retailer, was arrested by the Kapurbawdi police on Monday after the couple’s 19-year-old daughter exposed the…