Citizens for Justice and Peace
Row over remarks on Muslims by minister
22-Sep-2015
Sep 22, 2015 – MANOJ ANAND | GUWAHATI Union minister of state Sarbananda Sonowal claimed that Assam faces a threat from illegal “Muslim” immigrants, and not from Hindu or other minorities facing religious persecution in other countries. His statement triggered a major controversy in Assam. The Union minister. who was at the forefront of the…
Secularism ‘irrelevant’ in Indian context, says Vaidya
22-Sep-2015
Perversion of the concept of secularism in India has resulted in the terming of nationalists as communal and people with communal thinking being hailed as secular. MANMOHAN VAIDYA, RSS’s publicity chief NEW DELHI: In what could trigger a fresh round of political controversy, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, ruling BJP’s ideological mentor, suggested the concept of…
Senior journalist Nikhil Wagle gets threat from Sanatan, rejects security cover
22-Sep-2015
By: Express News Service | Mumbai | Updated: September 22, 2015 1:35 am The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Govind Pansare murder case has revealed that senior journalist Nikhil Wagle was on the radar of Sameer Gaikwad, the Sanatan Sanstha member arrested in the Pansare murder case on September 16. The police have offered…
Stop funding to AMU, former MP tells govt.
22-Sep-2015
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI, September 22, 2015 The little-known Hindu Yuva Vahini is not the only outfit terming Aligarh Muslim University a “nursery of terrorism.” Prafull Goradia, former BJP member and MP, wants the Human Resource Development Ministry to stop funds to the university because it was here that the plans for the creation…
Sanatan threatens filmmaker Patwardhan
19-Sep-2015
Sep 19, 2015 | Age Correspondent| mumbai In a press conference organised to defend their member Samir Gaikwad who has been arrested in connection with the murder of rationalist Govind Pansare, Sanatan Sanstha, a Hindu extremist outfit, issued a thinly-veiled threat to filmmaker Anand Patwardhan. Advocate Sanjiv Punalekar, representing the Sanstha, had a heated exchange…
Clerics in Valley urge people to defy beef ban on Eid
19-Sep-2015
SRINAGAR: Religious scholars and clerics in the Kashmir valley on Friday urged people to defy beef ban on the occasion of Eid ul Azha on September 25. In sermons after the Friday prayers, cleric condemned the Jammu and Kashmir high court order, earlier this month, banning bovine slaughter and beef sale in the state and…
Jammu and Kashmir: VHP threatens stir if House allows discussion on anti-beef ban bill
19-Sep-2015
VHP said it would enforce an economic blockade in J&K if the assembly allowed a discussion to revoke provisions criminalizing bovine slaughter and sale of beef in the state. VHP on Friday threatened to launch a massive agitation and enforce an economic blockade in Jammu and Kashmir if the assembly allowed a discussion to revoke…
Dahod: Muslim delegation requests governor to prevent road construction through graveyard
19-Sep-2015
The graveyard is registered with the state wakf board. By: Express News Service Ahmedabad Published:Sep 18, 2015, 22:09 A Muslim delegation led by Congress MLA Gayasuddin Sheikh on Friday called on governor O P Kohli and submitted a memorandum demanding appropriate action against Dahod district officials involved in illegal demolition of the Chhab Dargah Kabrastan…
Supreme Court effectively shelves Gujarati film, says homosexuality akin to social evil for some
19-Sep-2015
In February 2014, the Gujarat High Court snubbed the government, saying its decision deprived Devmani of his fundamental right to freedom of expression, and held that a movie cannot be stalled only because it is based on a controversial subject. Written by Utkarsh Anand New Delhi Updated: Sep 19, 2015, 4:39 Observing that a section…
Shiv Sena defends Marathi mandatory clause for auto drivers
19-Sep-2015
The Shiv Sena has defended senior party leader and Transport Minister Diwakar Raote’s recent announcement that new autorickshaw permits will be issued only to drivers who speak Marathi, saying it was an old law which he had sought just to apply. The party also tried to link the issue with the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls…