Citizens for Justice and Peace
‘Saffronisation’ in education: Catholic leader meets Oppn MPs
25-Jul-2015
Among the leaders present were Congress’s Oscar Fernandes, TMC’s Derek O’Brien and AIADMK’s Ravi Bernard. By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Published:July 25, 2015 2:07 am Christian religious leader Cardinal Baselios Cleemis met leaders of several political parties at the Delhi office of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India on Thursday and conveyed his…
These Baroda bhaijaans are bhakts of Bajrangi
25-Jul-2015
After offering namaz at the mosque, Sohail Patel religiously turns up at the Hanuman temple in Tarsali and begins chanting the Hanuman Chalisa on Saturday evenings. Sohail is soon joined by a dozen more Muslims, who hail Hanuman with bhajans. The crowd swells and a large number of Hindus joins the chorus. For an outsider,…
Assistant professor Reem Shamsudeen alleged that she was denied a rented house in Delhi for being a Muslim.
24-Jul-2015
Visually-impaired Muslim woman appeals to Kejriwal after being denied accommodation A visually-impaired Muslim woman from Kerala, who is an assistant professor in a college affiliated to Delhi University, has alleged that she was denied a rented house in Delhi for being a Muslim. In a short video addressed to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Reem…
Curfew imposed: ‘Rumours’ spark communal clashes in Jamshedpur
24-Jul-2015
A police officer said curfew and prohibitory orders were imposed and it helped in preventing the loss of lives. Almost 35 years after it witnessed a communal riot in 1979, Jamshedpur is reliving the horror of a communal flare up, yet again. For the past four days several areas in the heart of the town…
Am not a BJP leader, I belong to RSS, but it does not affect my functioning: Ram Naik
23-Jul-2015
Naik, who completed one year as UP Governor, was talking to reporters after releasing a book, ‘Raj Bhavan mein Ram Naik 2014-15’. Lucknow Published:Jul 23, 2015, 1:26 Amid allegations from a senior minister in Akhilesh Yadav government that he has converted Raj Bhavan into a BJP office, Governor Ram Naik said on Wednesday that he…
Jamshedpur tense after communal flare-up Special Correspondent
23-Jul-2015
Kolkata, July 23, 2015 Communal violence has been reported from Jamshedpur over the last 72 hours following an incident of “teasing of girls.” Members of the two communities attacked each other with sticks and pelted stones at each other in the north, west and eastern parts of Jameshedpur, famously known as Steel City. Senior Superintendent…
Minority panel slaps notice on Agra DM, SSP; seeks action against Bajrang Dal
23-Jul-2015
Says campaign targeting a particular community, spreading communal hatred The Uttar Pradesh Minorities Commission on Wednesday issued a notice to District Magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police of Agra seeking report and recommending action against RSS-wing Bajrang Dal for allegedly running its ‘beti bachao, bahu lao’ campaign in Agra, which, the Commission said, is “targeting…
Riots judge accuses Gujarat govt of ignoring her security
23-Jul-2015
Former judge Jyotsna Yagnik, who pronounced the verdict in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case, convicting 31 people for killing 97 people from the minority community, has accused the Gujarat government of ignoring her request for enhanced security. “They [state government] have turned a deaf ear to my request. As it is said in court…
Curfew imposed in Jamshedpur after clashes
22-Jul-2015
Ranchi, July 22, 2015, IANS: A curfew has been imposed in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur city, the home town of Chief Minister Raghubar Das, after two communities clashed over the alleged harassment of a girl, police said on Wednesday. The curfew was imposed on Tuesday night. Trouble started on Monday evening when a girl of one community…
RSS to sensitise people on Ram temple dispute
22-Jul-2015
Dalip Singh, NEW DELHI, July 21, 2015, DHNS: Mounting pressure on the Modi government to expedite the Ram temple issue, the Akhil Bhartiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana (ABISY), an RSS affiliate, has decide to raise public awareness on what it calls “reality of the Ayodhya dispute”. The ABISY will organise a conference on the topic here…