Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…
Muslims construct house of lone Pandit family in Srinagar
07-Sep-2015
Srinagar: For those who spread hatred, this should serve as an eye opener. Forgetting their own pain and misery, Muslims came to the rescue of the only Kashmiri pandit family in Mandir Bagh locality and reconstructed his house that was devastated in the last year’s floods. Moti Lal Dhar, 68, a retired college lecturer, was…
Meerut cops blame RSS man for clashes
07-Sep-2015
Meerut: Police say they suspect Arun Jindal, an RSS pracharak hurt in Saturday’s clashes at Haathikhana area of Lalkurti, to be the man behind the violence that broke out as Janmashtami was celebrated. Policemen are now on alert and taking no chances as WhatsApp messages have been circulating, calling people to join a “mahaarti“ at…
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…