Citizens for Justice and Peace
Muslim man performs last rites of Hindu friend
22-Sep-2015
Bhopal, Sep 22, 2015, (IANS): Rising above religious boundaries, a Mulsim man has performed last rites of his Hindu friend Santosh Singh Thakur in Madhya Pradesh’s Baitul district. After arranging all the necessary items required for the last rites, Abdul Razzak cremated Santosh’s body in accordance with the Hindu rituals. Santosh collapsed in a hospital…
Re-christen all roads, monuments named after Mughal emperors: VHP
22-Sep-2015
New Delhi, Sep 21, 2015 (PTI) VHP today demanded that all roads and monuments named after Mughal emperors be re-christened, claiming that the country should not drag on with “signs of slavery”. VHP’s international secretary general Champat Rai backed the demand made by a Delhi BJP leader for renaming Shahjahan Road, while asking Muslims to…
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…
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…
Violence in Anantnag after prayers
19-Sep-2015
Srinagar, September 19, 2015 Protesters and security forces clashed in Anantnag, 60 km from here, on Friday over the beef ban in the State. After Friday prayers, hundreds of the faithful took to the streets and hurled stones at security forces. The stone-throwing continued till late in the afternoon in the south Kashmir town. The…
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…