Citizens for Justice and Peace
‘Custody torture’: Youth dies in Kerala
12-Jul-2015
Sunday, 12 July 2015 | VR Jayaraj | Kochi | in Sunday Pioneer A 39-year-old man from Marangattupally near Pala in Kerala’s Kottayam district on Saturday succumbed to the injuries he allegedly suffered in torture in police custody. The Marangattupally police had taken him into custody 12 days ago. The Kerala Police Sub-Inspector said to…
Muslim cleric asks community to donate for secular education
12-Jul-2015
MUMBAI: At a time when the Muslim community is debating whether it is right to consider children studying only in madrassas as ‘out-of-school’, a senior cleric in the city has appealed to Muslims to offer their customary ‘zakat’ towards secular education. Maulana Syed Moinuddin Ashraf, popularly known as Moin Mian, who heads the Jamia Qadriya…
Violence erupts in Bhavnagar: Four policemen hurt, 31 people arrested
12-Jul-2015
Mob of over 3,000 people pelt stones at policemen; situation in control now dna correspondent @dnaahmedabad Bhavnagar: Violence broke out on the streets of Sandhiyavad area in Bhavnagar city on Friday night when a mob of 3,000 people attacked patrolling policemen and pelted stones at them. Seven policemen were injured in the attack and 31…
Perpetrators of Indapur Dalit assault still at large
12-Jul-2015
Crime motivated by caste considerations and political patronage protecting accused, say victims Nitin Patankar & Shailendra Paranjpe @dna Eleven days after an attack on the Bhingardive and Kamble families from Lakhewadi near Indapur in Pune district, the main suspects remain at large. The victims said the crime was motivated by caste considerations, which the state…
Hindu Mahasabha to oppose ‘communal harmony’ meet
10-Jul-2015
Muslim Rashtriya Manch’s August 8 meet in Lucknow only a drama; prepared for a clash too, says national chief. Written by Lalmani Verma | Lucknow | Updated: July 10, 2015 12:50 am Hindu organisation Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) has announced that it will oppose the All India Ulema meet being organised by Rashtriya Swayamsevak…
Change norm for minority tag: RSS arm
09-Jul-2015
New Delhi, July 8: An organisation affiliated to the RSS today floated suggestions that seek to replace English with Indian languages in the education system and change the way institutions are granted minority status. The Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal (BSM) released a “draft education policy” that would allow students to become doctors or engineers without learning…
RSS affiliate bats for Sanskrit, mother tongue in schools
09-Jul-2015
New Delhi, July 8, 2015, DHNS: Students should be taught Sanskrit or a classical language like Latin or Persian with the choice to study without learning English or Hindi after class 8, RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Sikshan Mandal (BSM) has said. In the “integrated and holistic education policy” it released here on Wednesday, BSM also wanted compulsory…
‘Discrimination in compensation to Hashimpura victims’
09-Jul-2015
ALLAHABAD, July 9, 2015 The Allahabad High Court has asked Uttar Pradesh government to file its reply on a petition alleging discrimination in grant of compensation to victims of police firing in Hashimpura locality of Meerut which was rocked by communal clashes in 1987. A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice…
Communal clash in kannauj: Suspected of inciting Hindus, BJP Subrat Pathak leader who inherited RSS ideology from father
09-Jul-2015
Party’s sitting Kannauj president Narendra Rajpoot says that Subrat Pathak is ‘a dedicated worker of the BJP and remains active in all the events organised by the party’. Written by Lalmani Verma | Lucknow | Updated: July 9, 2015 5:39 am Subrat Pathak, who allegedly incited a mob of Hindu men that clashed with Muslims…
Congress, Muslims join chorus against Jaipur temple demolitions
09-Jul-2015
Several Muslim residents of the Walled City too joined the Congress workers, protesting against the “inappropriate” demolition of age-old temples. Written by Mahim Pratap Singh | Jaipur | Updated: July 9, 2015 8:15 am The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, in a standoff with “its own” BJP government over demolition of temples in the Pink City, found…