Citizens for Justice and Peace
SC seeks reply of Centre, cops on plea against lawyers seen boasting about Kanhaiya assault
26-Feb-2016
New Delhi, Feb. 26 (PTI): The Supreme Court Friday asked the the Centre and Delhi Police for their response to a petition seeking a special investigation and contempt action against three lawyers who had assaulted JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a court complex on February 17. A bench of Justices J.…
Sardhana tense after rally by Dalits, Muslims
26-Feb-2016
The sloganeering reportedly took place after a condolence meet for a Dalit youth Kuldip, who was killed in Sonipat on February 21 during the Jats’ protests in demand of caste-based reservation. Written by AMIT SHARMA Meerut Published:Feb 26, 2016, 1:03 Sardhana town in Meerut is in the grip of tension after members of the Balmiki…
Women sexually abused during Jat stir can file complaints with judges: HC
26-Feb-2016
Feb 26 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Joel Joseph & Shubhra Pant ChandigarhSonipat TNN A day after it took suo motu cognizance of a newspaper report that said 10 women were allegedly raped by rioters in Sonipat, the Punjab and Haryana HC on Thursday said instead of going to police, victims of the…
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…
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…
Over 3000 Muslim students spread anti-terrorism message
25-Feb-2016
Thursday, February 25, 2016 By Nitesh Poojari Within 3 days Anti-Terrorism Week has witnessed the participation of more than 1 lakh youth who united with police to help them in averting any terror On the third day of the Anti-Terrorism Week (ATW), the Nerul police organised a rally, wherein around 5,000 Muslim students from nine…
47-yr-old gets life term for raping minor daughter
25-Feb-2016
Feb 25 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Rebecca Samervel Mumbai `Accused Sexually Assaulted Girl When He Was In Inebriated State’ A special Protec tion of Children from Sexual Offences Act on Wednesday convicted a 47-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping his minor daughter in 2013 The child, who was 11 years old…
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…
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…
Study: 50% of girls sexually harassed on way to school
25-Feb-2016
Feb 25 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Himanshi Dhawan New Delhi:Half of girls are subject to various forms of sexual harassment like leering, pinching and groping while travelling to and from school, while nearly 32% were followed on their way to school or college. A 2014 study by NGO Breakthrough on 900 young…