Citizens for Justice and Peace
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,…
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…