Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
How a tech error by NIA led to acquittal of Goa blast accused
05-Oct-2015
NEW DELHI: A technical error committed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its charge sheet against six members of Sanatan Sanstha in the Goa blast case considerably weakened their trial, HT has learnt. “In order to file charges under the Explosive Substance Act of 1908, a sanction is required from the district magistrate. Rather…
Muslims lagged behind because they kept women enslaved: AMU V-C
05-Oct-2015
AMU Vice-Chancellor Zameer Uddin Shah also lashed out Muslims for not working during the month of Ramazan. Written by Mohd Faisal Fareed | Lucknow | Updated: October 5, 2015 9:04 am Lt Gen (retd) Zameer Uddin Shah, Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, said Muslims lagged behind in the development race because they kept their women…
Teacher held for ‘thrashing’ Dalit boy
05-Oct-2015
“After investigation, he was found to be guilty and was arrested on Saturday night,” said Narendra Choudhary, Circle Officer of Osian. By: Express News Service | Jaipur | Published:October 5, 2015 2:54 am A teacher, who allegedly beat up a 12-year-old Dalit student for taking a plate from a stack reserved for non-Dalits at a…
In Jammu, BJP leader, teacher booked over WhatsApp message
04-Oct-2015
The messages were circulated on September 14. Others have been booked for attacks on Muslims found in possession of bovines. Written by Arun Sharma | Jammu | Published:October 4, 2015 1:54 am A BJP general secretary and the PRO of a senior BJP leader are among nearly one dozen people booked by police for allegedly…
Fiery speech in Akhlaque village
04-Oct-2015
IMRANAHMED SIDDIQUI Oct. 4: Riot- accused BJP lawmaker Sangeet Som today visited lynching victim Mohammed Akhlaque’s village, accused the administration of ” appeasing cow killers” and threatened retaliation if police did not stop ” framing innocent youths”, drawing accusations of inciting communal passions further. The MLA had been arrested in 2013 over the riots in…
Won’t allow Muslims at Garba, says right-wing group in Gujarat
04-Oct-2015
Ahmedabad, Oct 4, 2015 (PTI) A right-wing group today said it had issued a “diktat” barring entry of Muslims at Garba events during the upcoming Navratri festival at Mandvi town in Gujarat’s Kutch district to prevent “love jihad” incidents. “We have issued a diktat barring the entry of Muslims at Garba events in Mandvi,” said…
Muslim youth rescues cow
04-Oct-2015
Sanjay Pandey Lucknow, Oct 04, 2015, DHNS Amid the politicking over the murder of a man at Dadri following rumours that his family was eating beef, a Muslim youth in the state capital rescued a cow from a deep well. According to an eyewitness account, the cow accidentally slipped into the well, situated in Aishbagh…
Temple razing sparks violence
04-Oct-2015
Vadodara TIMES NEWS NETWORK Protesters Damage Buses, Block Roads in Vadodara A city bus was damaged and tyres were burnt to stage a roadblock in the Manjalpur area of the city after a small temple was razed there by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC). The civic body had decided to raze the structure as it…