Citizens for Justice and Peace
No scope of change in triple talaq system, says All India Muslim Personal Law Board
03-Sep-2015
Sep 03, 2015 | PTI| Lucknow ‘Saying talaq thrice in one go was not considered good in Islam’ Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday said there was no scope of change in the triple talaq system and rejected the suggestion by some community outfits for building a consensus on making…
Hindus face extinction like river Saraswati, says Togadia
03-Sep-2015
MUMBAI, September 3, 2015 If Muslims give birth to more than two children, it should be made a “punishable criminal offence and ration, jobs and educational facilities should be then stopped for them,” suggests Vishwa Hindu Parishad working president Pravin Togadia. He said Hindus were in danger of “extinction” and soon might “vanish” just like…
Fair probe assured into Dalit youth’s death
03-Sep-2015
BARABANKI, September 3, 2015 The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Chairman P. L. Punia on Wednesday assured that it would conduct an inquiry into the death of a Dalit youth in police custody in Dewa Kotwali area. “The commission is in the know of the incident. It will conduct an impartial inquiry, fix charges…
VHP, BJP fume over Ansari’s remarks on Muslim development
02-Sep-2015
NEW DELHI: Vice-president Hamid Ansari’s call for “affirmative action” for backward Muslims as a “pre-requisite” for equality has re-ignited a prickly debate, with the BJP and right-wing Vishwa Hindu Parishad slamming Ansari for making a case for reservation. In a speech on Monday, Ansari had hailed PM Modi’s “sab ka saath sab ka vikas” (progress…
5 killed in Manipur violence, indefinite curfew in some areas
02-Sep-2015
September 2, 2015 The fear of losing ancestral land due to migration of “outsiders” from neighbouring countries and north and east Indian States has prompted fresh agitation in the southern district of Manipur. The recent flare-up is triggered by the passage of the Protection of Manipur Peoples Bill, 2015, and two amendments — one on…
Sena Wants Aurangabad Renamed Next
02-Sep-2015
The move to change the name of Delhi’s Aurangzeb Road to Abdul Kalam Road has prompted the Shiv Sena to renew its demand to rename Aurangabad to Sambhaji Nagar, after the son of Maratha warrior Shivaji. Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray has said that the party will rename not just the city but also call…
Home secretary is shifted due to rift with government?
01-Sep-2015
Rajiv Mehrishi replaces LC Goyal at North Block In a sudden and surprise move, the Narendra Modi government on Monday gave marching orders to L.C. Goyal as Union home secretary, and named senior IAS officer Rajiv Mehrishi for the top job at MHA. A 1979-batch IAS officer, Mr Goyal had barely completed six months in…
Bajrang Dal activist arrested after tweets
01-Sep-2015
Special Correspondent MANGALURU, September 1, 2015 Bantwal police on Monday arrested Bhuvith Shetty, a resident of Bantwal, on charges of threatening writer K.S. Bhagwan through tweets after scholar M.M. Kalburgi’s death on Sunday. According to Sharanappa S.D., Superintendent of Police, Dakshina Kannada, Mr. Shetty, said to be a Bajrang Dal activist, has been booked under…
RSS to push for renaming roads named after Mughals
01-Sep-2015
Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, September 1, 2015 Efforts are afoot from within the Sangh Parivar to push for amending the 1975-vintage guideline barring such rechristening. Now that the decision to rename the Capital’s Aurangzeb Road after the former President, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, has been red-flagged for violating a central law, efforts are afoot…
Violence in Manipur: Three dead, houses of minister, two MLAs torched
01-Sep-2015
Sep 01, 2015 | Age Correspondent with PTI inputs| Churachandpur Three tribal student organisations were suspected to be behind the violence Churachandpur: Three people were killed and eight others injured following violent protest in Manipur’s Churachandpur town, by three tribal student organisations, who called a 12-hour bandh in the hill districts to protest against the…