Citizens for Justice and Peace
Adityanath wants a population control policy
01-Oct-2015
Nistula Hebbar NEW DELHI, September 30, 2015 The BJP MP from Gorakhpur ran a poll on his website on whether or not the Modi govt should come out with a policy to control the population of Muslims. A day before the NDA government is set to release a commemorative stamp on Mahant Avaidyanath of 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…
Dadri lynching: Nobody from Bisara helped us that day…How can we trust anyone now
01-Oct-2015
For at least two generations, the village has been home to the family of Akhlaq, the 50-year-old agricultural labourer who was beaten to death over rumours of cow slaughter and beef consumption on Monday night. Written by Aditi Vatsa | Bisara | Updated: October 1, 2015 8:24 am It has been two days since her…
How Samadhan Sena kept the communal pot boiling
01-Oct-2015
Written by Apurva | Dadri | Updated: October 1, 2015 6:23 am The death of Mohammad Akhlaq in Dadri’s Bisara village may have been shocking, but in villages within a 10-kilometre radius of the crime scene, it is hardly surprising. For four months now, a little-known organisation called the Samadhan Sena has kept the communal…
Cow medicine spat in Valley
01-Oct-2015
Our Special Correspondent Srinagar, Sept. 30: Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani has accused the Jammu and Kashmir regime of distributing medicines made from cow urine in government hospitals in the Valley, the allegation coming amid simmering tension over the beef ban in the state. A statement issued by the Geelani-led Hurriyat claimed the People’s…
Catholic church seeks ban on ‘Agnes of God’
01-Oct-2015
NEW DELHI: Oct 1, 2015, DHNS Demands for ban seem to be increasing in India with the Catholic church now wanting the Centre to ban the play ‘Agnes of God’ across the country, saying it mocks their beliefs. The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) shot off a letter to Home Minister Rajnath Singh and…
Attempt to create communal strife; idols vandalised in Gujarat temple
01-Oct-2015
Thursday, 01 October 2015 | NAYAN DAVE | GANDHINAGAR Three shocking incidences believed to be aimed at hurting religious sentiments of majority Hindu community created tension in South Gujarat as miscreants vandalised idols at a temple and in the same region the head of a cow was found near a river bank. According to police,…