Citizens for Justice and Peace
50 Dalits in Haryana convert to Islam
09-Aug-2015
Sunday, 9 August 2015 – 7:20am IST | Azaan Javaid Nearly 50 members of the Dalit community of Haryana’s Bhagana village on Saturday converted to Islam during protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar in the National Capital. The demonstration, organised by Bhagana Kand Sangarsh Samiti (BKSS) was against the alleged persecution faced by the Dalit community…
Sainiks thrash family of four for thumbs-up on FB they didn’t like
08-Aug-2015
Aug 08 2015 : Mirror (Mumbai) Divyesh Singh TWEETS @divyeshas Repeat of Palghar facebook shame in Ambernath Post alleged local Sena leader Raju Walekar’s involvement in illegal construction A family of four, one of whom is a police consta ble, were allegedly threat ened, assaulted and illegal ly detained for “liking“ a Facebook post that…
There are terrorists in Parliament: Sadhvi Prachi
07-Aug-2015
Roorkee, Aug 07, 2015, PTI: Firebrand VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi triggered another controversy on Thursday by alleging there are “one or two terrorists” in Parliament in remarks that appeared to be targeting MPs who were against hanging of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon. Prachi’s controversial outburst that sparked an outrage also saw her asking…
Fatwa bars barbers from shaving others
07-Aug-2015
Aug 07 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Lucknow: TNN Muslim seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has issued a fatwa calling shaving “un-Islamic“, with a panel of muftis citing their version of the Sharia. The muftis who issued the fatwa said barbers were not to cut the beard of even a person of another religion.…
Ambedkar kin targets pariah diktat
07-Aug-2015
| Friday , August 7 , 2015 | Our Special Correspondent Anand Teltumbde at the protest rally Hyderabad, Aug. 6: Babasaheb Ambedkar’s grandson and IIT Kharagpur professor Anand Teltumbde today led a march to a Telangana village from where 45 Dalit families had been thrown out by the dominant Boya tribesmen, rattling the administration enough…
Neighbour rapes Dalit minor girl in Bhilwara
07-Aug-2015
A 16-year-old Dalit girl in Rajasthan has complained to police that she was abducted and raped by a neighbour whose family then tried to buy her silence. The incident took place on Thursday night when the victim had gone out to buy grocery in Bhilwara’s Ramesh Chandra Vyas colony, Subhash Nagar police station chief Nemi…
‘Saffronisation’ of education on the rise: activists
06-Aug-2015
Staff Reporter NEW DELHI, August 6, 2015 Many academics and student activists claimed that there was an alarming increase in the “commercialisation,”and, “saffronisation,”of education which was going to significantly affect the quality of education – at the, “Education Parliament,” held at Jantar Mantar here on Wednesday. Several liberal academics and student activists from all over…
Former Gujarat Judge says he quit over Government’s Anti-Muslim bias
06-Aug-2015
August 5, 2015 Activist Teesta Setalvad may have had a bumpy ride from the start in her attempts to fight for justice for the victims of the 2002 Gujarat riots but recent cases foisted on her by the Gujarat police and Central Bureau of Investigation are being widely seen as a last ditch attempt by…
2002 Gujarat Riots: State’s job to repair masjids, Centre tells Supreme Court
05-Aug-2015
The case will be heard next on August 19. Written by Utkarsh Anand New Delhi Updated: Aug 5, 2015, 8:15 When Narendra Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat, the state government had appealed against a high court order, directing it to repair and restore mosques, dargahs and other religious sites damaged in the 2002…
Dalit couple’s head tonsured, paraded in village
04-Aug-2015
TNN | Aug 4, 2015, 11.36AM IST VARANASI: Eloping with a minor girl proved costly to a Dalit youth of Koirajpur village in Baragaon police station area as his own family got their head tonsured and paraded them in the village when they returned home after four days of elopement on Sunday. The police have…