Citizens for Justice and Peace
14 absolved of SIMI links: Verdict exposes shoddy probe by Khandwa police
02-Oct-2015
Written by Milind Ghatwai | Bhopal | Published:October 2, 2015 2:47 am As a Khandwa court absolved 14 people, including a Sikh and a Christian, of the charge of working for the banned Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), it found the investigators depending on a translator who admitted not knowing enough Urdu and the…
Prasad releases stamp on Avaidyanath, says Ram temple will be constructed
02-Oct-2015
Prasad said that he had been a lawyer in the Ram Janmabhoomi case and he was sure of victory in Supreme Court also after the Allahabad High Court judgment. By: Express News Service | Lucknow | Published:October 2, 2015 2:44 am The Centre Thursday released a commemorative postal stamp on leader of Ram Janmabhoomi movement…
‘Police officer was heavily drunk… He pulled our clothes and abused us’
02-Oct-2015
Priyanka and nine others landed in a hospital after a “brutal” cane charge by the station house officer of the local station, who they alleged was “intoxicated.” Written by Mohammad Hamza Khan | Tonk | Published:October 2, 2015 2:40 am After two months without three subject teachers and futile assurances from the principal, Priyanka Swami…
VHP again pushes for Ram temple
02-Oct-2015
National Bureau NEW DELHI, October 2, 2015 Supporters of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) once again pushed for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya in the presence of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday. “I would like to send a request to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, through…
ANOTHER BOMB HOAX – Six letters threaten blasts in temple towns, schools
02-Oct-2015
Oct 02 2015 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Vadodara: TIMES NEWS NETWORK There is no respite for city police and bomb disposal squad. The Raopura police on Thursday received an envelope containing six letters threatening of blasts at temple towns of Ambaji, Shyamlaji and Shirdi, besides three citybased schools. The letters that carried the…
Honour killing ‘ glare on parents
02-Oct-2015
RAKHEE ROYTALUKDAR Jaipur, Oct. 1: A young engineering graduate from Alwar claims his wife’s family murdered her because the couple were from different castes and had married against their parents’ wishes. Devasheesh Meena, 22, alleges that police are turning a blind eye because of the politically explosive nature of the Meena- Gujjar rivalry in Rajasthan.…
Hindu organisations demand arrest of rationalist writer, KS Bhagwan
01-Oct-2015
Oct 01, 2015 | PTI| Mangaluru Puranik accused the professor of making derogatory remarks against Hindu deities Mangaluru: Hindu outfits, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, today demanded that the government should arrest rationalist Kannada writer, KS Bhagwan for his “derogatory” remarks on Hindu Gods. Addressing a press meet, VHP leader, MB Puranik alleged…
J&K beef ban: SC to hear govt plea on Monday
01-Oct-2015
Oct 01 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) New Delhi: TIMES NEWS NETWORK The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the Jammu and Kashmir government that its appeal against the conflicting orders of high court benches in Jammu and Srinagar one banning cow slaughter and the other scrapping the provision banning slaughter would…
`Can’t live in fear, may leave village’
01-Oct-2015
Oct 01 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Purusharth Aradhak Greater Noida Fearing for their lives, many Muslims families on Wednesday planned to leave Bisada village in the Dadri area of Greater Noida. The family of 58-yearold Iqlakh, who was lynched late on Monday night following rumours that he had slaughtered a cow in…
Muslim woman bridges divide with delicacies
01-Oct-2015
Oct 01 2015 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ankur Tewari Ahmedabad: Amid a growing veg and non-veg divide in the country , a 27-year-old Muslim woman is connecting communities through her lip-smacking non-vegetarian delicacies in Ahmedabad. Tanzin Makwada comes from a conservative Muslim family where not many women get a chance to realize their…