Citizens for Justice and Peace
UP riot victims say panel right in indicting politicians
26-Sep-2015
Sep 26 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Uday Rana Meerut While the BJP has slammed the Vishnu Sahai Commission, which has reportedly blamed the 2013 Muzaffarnagar on politicians and the local administration, riot victims have hailed the findings and said the panel was right in indicting politicians. While the findings of the report…
Dinanath Batra’s moral science and verse will enter Haryana textbooks
26-Sep-2015
It was Dinanath Batra’s civil suit in 2014 that led to the pulping of American scholar Wendy Doniger’s book on Hinduism. Written by Ritika Chopra | New Delhi | Published:September 25, 2015 4:18 am After Gujarat, the Haryana government is set to introduce school textbooks on ‘moral education’ authored by Dinanath Batra, convenor of the…
Whitefly attack compensation: Cotton farmers paid ‘peanuts’ by cheque
26-Sep-2015
Many complain that they received cheques worth only Rs 80, Rs 149, Rs 760 and so on instead of the promised Rs 8,000 per acre By: Express News Service | Ludhiana | Published:September 26, 2015 8:11 am Cotton farmers, who have lost their entire crop to whitefly attack, are being compensated by the government but…
Violence shuts down Ranchi
26-Sep-2015
Ban orders clamped, CM visits strife zones to appeal for calm VIJAY DEO JHA Ranchi, Sept. 26: Capital Ranchi was shut down for most part of the day today after sporadic clashes over an alleged attempt to defile a temple last night spread to other parts of the city, prompting the district administration to clamp…
Curfew in Assam border town over ‘objectionable object’ near temple
26-Sep-2015
“Tension began after some people assaulted a youth following alleged discovery of some objectionable object near a Kali temple in village Kaaldoba on Friday evening,” said Dhubri SP. Written by Samudra Gupta Kashyap | Guwahati | Published:September 26, 2015 9:57 pm Curfew was imposed in the Agomoni police station area in Assam’s Dhubri district on…
No issue with ‘saffronisation’ of education
26-Sep-2015
The first ray of the sun is saffron. The top band of the Tricolour is saffron. Now even the cure for dengue is saffron… There is nothing wrong with saffronisation. RAM BILAS SHARMA, Haryana education minister CHANDIGARH: According to Haryana education minister Ram Bilas Sharma, there is nothing wrong with the saffronisation of education. “The…
Eid, Ganpati come together at Kopar Khairane pandal
26-Sep-2015
htmetro@hindustantimes.com NAVI MUMBAI: Setting an example of communal harmony, a Kopar Khairane Ganpati mandal made room for the Muslims residents of the area got space to offer namaaz on Eid. This year, the Muslim community decided not to offer namaaz on the road, following the curbs on the dahi handi mandals and Ganeshotsav celebrations on…
Sadhvi Prachi surrenders before court, gets bail
25-Sep-2015
Arrest warrant issued against her for participating in an agitation against slaughter. Baghpat: Firebrand saffron leader Sadhvi Prachi surrendered before a court here and got bail in connection with a warrant issued against her for participating in an agitation against slaughter houses four years ago. Prachi surrendered before the chief judicial magistrate on Thursday after…
Medha Patkar arrested along with associates in Allahabad
25-Sep-2015
Allahabad, Sept 26, 2015, (PTI) Social activist Medha Patkar and some of her associates were arrested here today while they were going to Kachri village of the district, where farmers had held protests and clashed with police against acquisition of their land by the UP government for a power plant. Additional SP (trans-Yamuna) Ashutosh Mishra…
Centre clears controversial anti-terror bill of Gujarat
25-Sep-2015
National Bureau New Delhi, September 25, 2015 Home Ministry has sent the Bill to President for his assent The Home Ministry has sent the controversial Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC) Bill, 2015 to the President for his assent. The anti-terror Bill, passed by the Gujarat Assembly and twice rejected by the previous…