Citizens for Justice and Peace
Morbi on the boil, 32 buses charred
27-Aug-2015
Rajkot TIMES NEWS NETWORK Even as violence spread to Patel-dominated Saurashtra, the ceramic town of Morbi was one of the worst-hit by the unrest since Tuesday night. Patidar members coming out on streets and damaged public properties and attacking police personnel. State transport buses, police and government vehicles were prime targets of the mobs. At…
Guj against compensation for damaged religious sites
26-Aug-2015
Thursday, 27 August 2015 | pns | New Delhi Paying compensation for damaged religious structures post-Gujarat riots will offend the secular fabric of the Constitution, said the Gujarat Government in Supreme Court on Wednesday. Finding itself in a spot after the Gujarat High Court directed compensation for all religious structures damaged during the 2002 riots,…
Curfew in Gujarat towns after arrest of leader sparks violence
26-Aug-2015
Ahmedabad, August 26, 2015 Lotus will not bloom again, BJP warned After a mammoth rally organised by Gujarat’s economically and politically powerful Patel community demanding reservation in government jobs and education, the police cracked down on the organisers, briefly detaining 22-year-old Hardik Patel, the spearhead of the agitation, while severely beating up his supporters and…
Religious demographic revealed, timing questioned
26-Aug-2015
Aug 26 2015 : Mirror (Mumbai) Sobhana Nair in New Delhi mirrorfeedback TWEET @MumbaiMirror Ahead of Bihar elections, the government on Tuesday released the data on Population by Religious Communities of Census 2011. The population growth rate in the decade 2001-2011 was found to be 17.7 percent At 96.63 crore (79.8%), Hinduism remains the choice…
Three killed in late night violence; Gujarat bandh today
26-Aug-2015
Ahmedabad, August 26, 2015 Three people were killed in Ahmedabad, in the late night violence that erupted in many parts of Gujarat, following the arrest of Hardik Patel, who was spearheading a campaign demanding OBC status to Patel community. He was released later. A few areas in Ahmedabad, Surat, Mehsana, Visnagar, and Unjha were placed…
Muslim students of school refuse to wear Saraswati logo on uniform
26-Aug-2015
Aug 27 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Muslim Students of Rashtriya Shiksha Sadan Inter College at Jhinjhana town of Shamli district refused to affix the college logo on their uniform as it has a picture of goddess of learning, Saraswati. Interestingly, the logo has been used by the school since 1948 when the…
Muslim man assaulted for speaking to Hindu woman; 13 held
25-Aug-2015
MANGALURU, August 25, 2015 The man, who was dragged out of his car and thrashed in full public view in Mangaluru, is undergoing treatment in a city hospital. The Mangaluru City Police have so far arrested 13 persons in connection with the assault on a 28-year-old Muslim youth for talking to a Hindu girl in…
Who can return our homes now: Bhagalpur riot survivors
25-Aug-2015
Bhagalpur survivors unimpressed by recommendation that govt return land sold by Muslims in distress Written by Santosh Singh | Bhagalpur | Updated: August 25, 2015 3:22 am Mohammed Javed, 48, guides The Indian Express team through Parbatti mohalla of Bhagalpur town, his return drawing looks of suspicion from his former neighbours. The frail motor mechanic…
Screening of Muzaffarnagar film cancelled
24-Aug-2015
Aug 24 2015 : Mirror (Mumbai) Documentary on 2013 riots will not be shown in Khar; reason cited varies between cop trouble, technicality The Mumbai screening of a docu mentary on the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013, which recently ran into trouble in two education institutions in New Delhi, has been can celled. Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai……
CB issues notice to former Addl DGP
22-Aug-2015
Ahmedabad Crime Branch (ACB) has issued a notice to former Additional DGP of Gujarat Police RB Sreekumar after it received a complaint from Yasmeen Banu Shiekh — an eyewitness of Best Bakery Case and directed him to respond within seven days. According to the notice Yasmeen Banu claimed that Shreekumar filed three affidavits in the…