Citizens for Justice and Peace
Bengaluru school girl commits suicide after harassment by family rivals
06-Oct-2015
The police did not register a case but sent the families away after advising them to settle the issue. Written by Johnson TA | Bengaluru | Published:October 5, 2015 9:26 pm A 15- year-old school girl committed suicide at her residence in Subhashnagar, Chikkajala in North-East Bengaluru on Monday after she was stripped and photographed…
BJP leader’s death sparks violence in MP; curfew imposed
06-Oct-2015
As the situation turned ugly on Monday morning with supporters of Thakre indulging in stone-pelting and arson, district administration imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 in the town. By: PTI | Seoni (mp) | Published:October 5, 2015 8:01 pm Indefinite curfew was imposed in Barghat town on Monday after violence erupted over the death of…
Kerala: 6 college students suspended for conducting ‘beef fest’ protesting against Dadri lynching
06-Oct-2015
According to the management of Sree Kerala Varma College, the action was taken against the students, all activists of Students Federation of India, for serving beef inside the campus violating disciplinary rules of the institution. By: PTI | Thrissur | Updated: October 5, 2015 6:34 pm Six students of a leading government-aided college here have…
Dadri lynching communal: Home Ministry
06-Oct-2015
NEW DELHI, Oct 06, 2015, DHNS Horror aftermath: Politicisation of killing, mudslinging complicate situation in UP village The Union Home Ministry on Monday expressed concern over “various incidents with communal overtones” across the country and bracketed the “unfortunate” murder of a man over beef eating rumours under communal incidents. However, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma and…
Over 5,000 kids forced to attend crumbling schools
06-Oct-2015
Oct 06 2015 : Mirror (Mumbai) Ankita Bhatkhande TWEETS @ankitab_MIRROR BMC has stalled redevelopment of its 16 schools as they do not meet DCR norms More than 5,000 children have been forced to study in crumbling class rooms after the BMC stayed redevelopment proposals for 16 municipal schools that do not fulfil Development Control Regulation…
Violence in Varanasi, vehicles set ablaze
06-Oct-2015
Varanasi (UP), Oct 5, 2015, (PTI) Violence erupted here today, with mobs indulging in stone-pelting on police and setting ablaze a police picket and number of vehicles. The violence broke out during a march by seers and some other locals, when some people in the crowd resorted to stone-pelting, police sources said. The mob also…
Bengaluru: BPO employee abducted, raped for over three hours
06-Oct-2015
Oct 06, 2015 | Age Correspondent| Bengaluru Van driver, cleaner sexually assaulted the girl for 3 hours Bengaluru: In an incident strikingly similar to the Delhi gangrape case, a 22-year-old BPO employee was raped for over three hours by a driver and a cleaner of a Tempo Traveller on Saturday night. The survivor who boarded…
Hindu radicalisation not new for Bisara
05-Oct-2015
Anil Sinha, NEW DELHI, Oct 05, 2015, DHNS: Evidence suggests that Bisara village in UP’s Gautam Buddh Nagar district where a Muslim man was killed for allegedly consuming beef has been radicalised by Hindu fringe elements for some time. Local residents, however, are silent about it. Bisara and some other villages that are surrounded by…
Enter Bisara village at your own risk, cops tell journalists
05-Oct-2015
Mob accuses media of one-sided reporting, roughs up reporters and video journalists, stones vehicles Azaan Javaid @AzaanJavaid Dadri (Gautam Budh Nagar, UP): A day after Union minister Mahesh Sharma launched a scathing attack on the media for allegedly giving a communal colour to the lynching of Mohamad Akhlaq, reporters, photo and video journalists were chased…
Police bias contributes to flare-ups in Haryana
05-Oct-2015
Posted at: Oct 5 2015 12:35AM Dalit anger erupts The killing of a Dalit youth led a mob to torch two Haryana Roadways buses in a Hisar village on Friday. The incident of arson and rioting is blamed on police inaction against wanted criminals and is an indication of the simmering Dalit resentment, which easily…