Citizens for Justice and Peace
OUTRAGEOUS COMMENTS BY BJP MINISTERS & RIGHT-WING GROUPS KEEP POT BOILING IN UTTAR PRADESH AFTER LYNCHING OF A MAN OVER MEAT
02-Oct-2015
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, minister of state for agriculture and Muzaffarnagar MP , has said the murder of Mohammad Akhlaq in Dadri allegedly for consuming beef is “wrong“ but alleged the ruling Samajwadi Party is encouraging cow slaughter to appease a “particular community“, causing tension between communities. “The murder (of Akhlaq) is wrong. But I would…
Some Contract Diarrhoea if They Don’t Abuse Hindus’
02-Oct-2015
Amid mounting criticism of right-wing outfits over the lynching incident, VHP said it has become “fashion“ for “some people“ to abuse Hindus or else they contract “diarrhoea“. “Several people have levelled allegations against Hindus and those working for awakening of Hindus. My view is clear, some people contract diarrhoea if they don’t abuse Hindus,“ VHP…
90-year-old Dalit man axed, burnt alive for entering temple in Uttar Pradesh village
02-Oct-2015
• By Mugdha Variyar Updated: October 2, 2015 13:02 IST A Dalit man who tried to enter a temple with his family in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district was axed and burnt alive on Wednesday. The man, said to be 90 years of age, was stopped at the entrance of the Maidani Baba temple by a…
UNEASY CALM IN BISADA VILLAGE OF GAUTAMBUDH NAGAR DISTRICT – Many Muslims Contemplating Leaving Area; Such Things Happen: BJP Leader
02-Oct-2015
Oct 02 2015 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) ManMohan Rai Lucknow: An uneasy calm prevailed in Bisada village of Gautam Budh Nagar district on Thursday , three days after a resident Mohammed Ikhlaq was killed and his son grievously injured on the suspicion of cow slaughter, and the possibility of similar communal friction elsewhere in…
Dadri temple priest detained; Centre seeks report from U.P.
02-Oct-2015
NEW DELHI, October 2, 2015 The Union Home Ministry has sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh government on the lynching of a man at Dadri in Greater Noida over rumours that he had consumed beef. The Centre has also sent an advisory to the State to keep a check on incidents of communal violence.…
Rijiju fires warning at `anti-govt’ NGOs
02-Oct-2015
Oct 02 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) New Delhi AGENCIES Tells Them To Drop Agenda Or Face Action Junior home minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday accused Greenpeace of inciting protests against industrial projects and warned global activists and aid outfits not to work against the government. Rijiju’s warning follows a crackdown by the…
Sanskrit is voice of India’s soul: Smriti
01-Oct-2015
Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, October 1, 2015 The Union HRD Minister calls for popularising the language and improving the standard of teaching it. Describing Sanskrit as the “voice of India’s soul and wisdom,” Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday called for popularising the language and improving the standard of teaching it. “Contemporary…
‘Won’t ban Sanstha on demand’
01-Oct-2015
Finance minister says action would be taken as per constitutional provisions, not based on public perception dna correspondent @dna Stating that government would not ban Sanatan Sanstha or any other organization just because there is a demand for the same, state finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Wednesday said if the organization in question is found…
Separatists smear walls, each other in Srinagar
01-Oct-2015
Peerzada Ashiq Srinagar, October 1, 2015 With separatists racing against each other in writing on the walls, IS and Taliban graffiti are smudged A new wave of pro-separatism graffiti on the city walls is directed more inwards rather than at the state as a subtle turf war plays out among the separatists. In a departure…
VHP rakes up demand for Ram temple construction in Ayodhya
01-Oct-2015
National Bureau New Delhi, September 30, 2015 Muslims can be offered another site to build a mosque, perhaps across the Saryu river, says VHP. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday made a renewed pitch for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya and announced a seminar, to be…