Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…