Citizens for Justice and Peace
Khap diktat: SP summoned for failure to protect Dalits
16-Sep-2015
Wednesday, 16 September 2015 | PNS | New Delhi The Supreme Court on Tuesday summoned two officials of the Uttar Pradesh Police, including the Superintendent of Police, Baghpat for their failure to protect a Dalit family facing an unholy diktat by a local khap Panchayat pronouncing rape on their two daughters. The order was passed…
Dalits seek separate school in Tirunelveli village
15-Sep-2015
TIRUNELVELI, September 15, 2015 Updated: September 15, 2015 07:27 IST They said Dalit students could not attend classes in Pannai Venkatramaiyar High School in North Gopalasamudram after a murder with caste overtones. A group of women from South Gopalasamudram, a sleepy hamlet in the district that witnessed a murder with caste overtones in 2013, staged…
Brahmins threaten to convert to Islam
15-Sep-2015
Baghpat (UP), Sep 15, 2015, (PTI): Over 150 members of Brahmin community in Singhawali Ahir village here have threatened to convert to Islam if a missing teenage girl of their community was not recovered by the police. While the family is alleging that the girl was kidnapped by a Dalit youth on September 8 from…
RSS mouthpiece slams Hamid Ansari for affirmative action remark
15-Sep-2015
In the Panchjanya piece, an RSS-affiliated journalist stated that Muslims receive several benefits from the government, such as the right to run minority educational institutions and Haj subsidy. Written by Ashutosh Bhardwaj New Delhi Published:Sep 15, 2015, 2:47 Days after Vice-President Hamid Ansari endorsed affirmative action for Muslims, an article in the latest issue of…
34 Marathwada farmer suicides in 7 days
15-Sep-2015
Sep 15 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Aurangabad:No Financial Aid Even As Toll Rises To 694, State Plans To Provide Psychiatric Help The handful of measures undertaken by the Maharashtra government to check farmer suicides in Marathwada seem to not have worked with 34 deaths reported in the region last week. The suicides…
Muslims oppose Ganesh pandal near masjid, Hindus refuse to shift idol
15-Sep-2015
Ganesh Chathurthi festivities are likely to coincide with Bakrid that may fall between September 22 and 24. Written by Aditi Raja Vadodara Published:Sep 15, 2015, 2:51 Three years ago Muslims had invited Hindus to install a Ganesh idol outside Idgah Masjid compound in Pratapnagar here during Ganesh Chaturthi, but this year it has turned into…
One arrested in CPI leader Govind Pansare murder case; accused member of Sanatan Sanstha
15-Sep-2015
According to sources, the accused has been identified as Samir Gaikwad. Gaikwad hails from Sangali and was arrested from his home town on Tuesday. Written by Rashmi Rajput The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of veteran CPI leader Govind Pansare has arrested an ‘active member’ of Sanatan Sanstha in connection with the case.…
I am facing an organised attack, says John Dayal
15-Sep-2015
Omar Rashid MUMBAI, September 16, 2015 Well-known human rights activist John Dayal, who is being trolled by suspected right-wing activists for his comments on the social media, says he is facing an “organised” attack and suspects it is an attempt to silence the entire Christian community. Dr. Dayal, secretary-general of the All-India Christian Council, came…
Adivasis and dalits make up the bulk of child labour in state
14-Sep-2015
A recent study states more girls are employed in farms than boys dna correspondent Ahmedabad: Most of the children working in hybrid cottonseed farms in Gujarat are from economically and socially backward communities like Dalits, Adivasis and Other Backward Classes according to a recent study conducted on child labour in hybrid cottonseed production in India.…
J&K BJP man readies beef feast defying HC order & own party
14-Sep-2015
Sep 14 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Srinagar: AGENCIES Even as the BJP ,a coalition partner in J&K government, has welcomed the high court ruling asking police to strictly implement beef ban in the state, a party leader from south Kashmir will organize a beef party to send across a message of religious…