Citizens for Justice and Peace
BJP demands closure of abattoirs for 8 days during Jain Paryushan
08-Sep-2015
However, BMC chief has agreed to a closure of 4 days during the festival The BJP party along with a Jain trust, namely, Vishwa Mitra Trust Ahimsa Sangh has requested the BMC commissioner to ban Mumbai’s abattoirs from operating for eight days from September 10 to 17 due to their Paryushan festival. A letter to…
BJP for 8-day meat ban; BMC agrees to 4 days
08-Sep-2015
MUMBAI: Taking a cue from the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday demanded a ban on sale of meat and functioning of slaughterhouses during the eight-day fasting period for Jain community, Paryushan. The civic body, however, said that like last year, the sale of meat will be banned only for four…
Minimum qualification set as Haryana passes Panchayati Raj Bill
08-Sep-2015
The State Assembly on Monday passed a Bill, fixing the minimum educational qualification for elections to the Panchayati Raj institutions besides laying down other conditions including making it mandatory for the candidates to have functional toilets. The Assembly on the concluding day of its monsoon session passed the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2015 after…
Govts to Check Dropout of Girls, Dalits in Schools
08-Sep-2015
Sep 08 2015 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) Guided by Sangh fountainhead RSS, BJP-ruled states are set to borrow ideas from each other on how to spread their ideology and deal with challenges in the field of education and culture, including reducing the dropout rate of girls, Dalits and adivasis; creating greater gender sensitivity through…
Mumbai: No employment for farmer, wife commits suicide
08-Sep-2015
Written by Shubhangi Khapre | Bhoom (osmanabad) | Published:September 8, 2015 4:02 am For the last eight days, the family members of Manisha Laxman Gadkar (40) at Ambi village in Bhoom taluka have not stepped into their house. They are with relatives next door. It’s been eight days since Manisha set herself on fire inside…
Gujarat government board claims Quran says beef bad for health
08-Sep-2015
Written by Syed Khalique Ahmed | Ahmedabad | Updated: September 8, 2015 10:20 am Posters have CM picture and quote a verse which clerics say is a misquote. Javed Raja Billboards with pictures of Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and the Islamic symbol of the crescent moon and star have come up in an Ahmedabad locality…
Ban film on Prophet with A R Rahman music: Sunni group to govt
07-Sep-2015
Majidi film is first of a three-part biopic. The film by the renowned director is the first of a trilogy on the life of Muhammad, and shows his childhood and adolescence till he becomes a prophet. Written by Sankhayan Ghosh Mumbai Updated: Sep 7, 2015, 2:36 A Mumbai-based Sunni Muslim organisation has approached the Union…
Dahod tense after authorities raze wall of Muslim cemetery
07-Sep-2015
The clash began when officials of the Dahod municipality, accompanied by those from the district administration and police, arrived at the Godhra road to bulldoze a green boundary wall leading to the cemetery. Dahod remained tense on Sunday after locals clashed with authorities and pelted stones at them over demolition of a boundary wall of…
Muslims Constitute 14% of India, But Just 3% of India Inc
07-Sep-2015
Only 2.67% of senior execs in BSE 500 cos are Muslims Last Monday , Vice President Hamid Ansari referred to the appalling state of Muslims and goaded the state and other societal actors towards affirmative action. But how does India Inc fare on this count? An ET Intelligence Group analysis indicate Muslims constitute a mere…
Dalits fume over fine on their women for entering temple in Karnataka
07-Sep-2015
Sathish G. T. Sigaranahalli (Hassan), September 7, 2015 The Scheduled Castes community at Sigaranahalli in Holenarsipur taluk is furious after the ‘upper caste’ people of the village imposed a penalty on four Dalit women for entering a temple. The women have refused to pay the penalty arguing that they too have rights to enter the…