Citizens for Justice and Peace
‘Dalits deprived of govt benefits’
30-Sep-2015
Balasore, | 30 September, 2015 Dalit people of Khaira block are deprived of the benefits provided by the government, alleged leaders of the community here on Tuesday. A delegation of SC and ST community members of Khaira met the district collector here and complained of the neglect that they are being subjected to. The members…
Junagadh farmer commits suicide due to ‘crop failure’
30-Sep-2015
By: Express News Service | Rajkot | Updated: September 29, 2015 7:59 pm After his groundnut crop reportedly failed due to deficient rainfall, a farmer in Mendapara village of Bhesan taluka in Junagadh district allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison on Tuesday. Police said Manoj Patel (30) was found unconscious on his farm by his…
‘Baba’ rapes teenage girl, gropes her mum
30-Sep-2015
Arvind Walmiki @airwind05 A 15-year-old girl was raped and her mother molested by a carpenter, who goes under the name ‘Carpenter Baba’. The incident took place at Ovala, Ghodbunder Road, in Kasarwadavli area at Thane on the day of ‘Ananth Chaturdashi’. The accused ‘Carpenter Baba’ was called from Dharavi to cure the mother, who was…
Kashmiris help Pandit neighbour rest in peace with a smile
30-Sep-2015
Ishfaq-ul-Hassan @ishfaq72 Srinangar: When the entire Kashmir was drenched in Eid fervour, a south Kashmir Muslim village was mourning the death of 80-year-old Kashmiri Pandit, who stuck to his roots despite his community migrating to Jammu at the onset of militancy. Trademark Kashmiryat (pluralistic culture) was in full flow when the local Muslim youth left…
Yet another communal clash in Belagavi
30-Sep-2015
BELAGAVI, September 30, 2015 Tension gripped Belagavi city following eruption of violence in communally-sensitive areas of the city late on Monday night. In what appeared to be a planned attack, a car was damaged and an autorickshaw set ablaze near the Traffic Police Station in Kacheri galli. Window panes of several houses were shattered in…
Sikh youth removes turban, saves four from drowning
30-Sep-2015
Sangrur (Punjab), Sep 29, 2015 (PTI) A 24-year-old Sikh set aside religious code by removing his turban to save four youth from drowning in a canal here. Four youths, aged between 18-25 years, of Sarafa Bazaar Market had gone to a canal to immerse Ganesha idol on Friday last when a gush of water made…
On Eid, a Village in Kashmir Mourns the Death of a Pandit
30-Sep-2015
All India | Written by Nazir Masoodi | Updated: September 30, 2015 08:38 IST Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir: Eid was a day of mourning, not celebration, at a village in Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Muslims were mourning the death of a Hindu neighbour, Ramchand Koul, a Kashmiri Pandit who had refused to leave the Valley during…
In Dadri, mob kills man, injures son over ‘rumours’ they ate beef
30-Sep-2015
Man beaten to death in Dadri: The attack on Akhlaq and his family took place around 10 pm after an announcement about the family consuming beef was allegedly made at a local temple, police said. A 50-year-old man, Mohammad Akhlaq, was beaten to death and his 22-year-old son severely injured on Monday night in UP’s…
In Dadri, a daughter asks: ‘if it’s not beef, will they bring back my dead father?’
30-Sep-2015
In Dadri, a daughter asks: ‘if it’s not beef, will they bring back my dead father?’ I have lost my father. I cannot lose my brother. Please do everything possible to keep him alive. – See more at:
Man mistaken for Pakistani terrorist lynched by mob in Kanpur
30-Sep-2015
New Delhi: A Muslim man suspected to be a Pakistani terrorist was lynched to death in Kanpur’s Jana Village by a frenzied mob. Few days ago, a man wearing a jeans a shirt was initially questioned by a group of men who presumed who was a criminal. They started beating him up because he didn’t…