Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
BJP nationalism like Brahmin who turns Muslim, eats more onions: Ghulam Azad
26-Feb-2016
Ghulam Azad demanded that a House Committee be set up, with a member of the Opposition as its leader, to probe the matter. Written by Sagnik Chowdhury New Delhi Published:Feb 26, 2016, 5:09 Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday accused the government of destroying educational institutions and creating rifts in…
Rohith mom does a Smriti fact-checkFinger 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…
Meerut tense after ‘anti-Hindu’ rally
26-Feb-2016
Walli-ur-Reheman, chief of the AIMIM’s city unit, admitted that he took part in the procession but said no slogans were raised during the rally. Written by AMIT SHARMA Meerut Published:Feb 26, 2016, 3:13 Sardhana town in Meerut was in the grip of tension Thursday after members of the Balmiki Samaj and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul…
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…
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…
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…
Man gets life term for raping daughter
25-Feb-2016
The crime took place on March 8, 2013 when the girl, 11 then, was alone at home. Written by ENS | Mumbai | Published:February 25, 2016 1:01 am A special court Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping his daughter in their home in Bandra East in 2013. The court relied on the…
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…