Citizens for Justice and Peace
Kongu region, a hotbed of casteism?
09-Jul-2015
Writer Perumal Murugan, who was forced to leave his hometown after his novel Mathorubhagan evoked protests from some caste groups. Recent murder of Dalit youth and social boycott of writer Perumal Murugan provide ample evidence of the western belt in Tamil Nadu being more casteist than southern districts. Caste conflicts, it is generally believed, are…
Kannauj clash: BJP leaders booked for firing, inciting violence
08-Jul-2015
Sunday’s violence stemmed from a dispute between a landlord and a tenant. Imran Warsi’s shop was taken on rent by his neighbour Satish and had remained with the latter for over 50 years. Written by RAMENDRA SINGH | Kannauj | Updated: July 8, 2015 1:47 am Long before Hindus and Muslims clashed in Kannauj after…
Atali clashes may have sparked off Palwal violence, say police
08-Jul-2015
Written by Aniruddha Ghosal | New Delhi | Published on:July 8, 2015 2:52 am With the communal violence at Tikri Brahman village at Palwal in Haryana taking place close on the heels of rioting at Atali village less than 30 km away, police admit that the “charged atmosphere” in the Jat-dominated villages of the area…
NIA closes Modasa blast case in which Hindu extremists suspects
08-Jul-2015
The closure report comes at a time when reports have emerged of a slew of cases, allegedly involving Hindu extremists, falling apart. Written by Satish Jha | Modasa | Published on:July 8, 2015 3:40 am Gulam Mohammed Dholkawala, 51, remembers sitting on a scooter outside a mutton shop in Modasa’s Suka Bazaar when the locality…
Bangalore: Dalit boy killed for writing love letter to upper caste girl
08-Jul-2015
Anil and the girl were studying in the same school at the taluka level and were friends. Aravind Gowda | Mail Today | Bengaluru, July 8, 2015 | UPDATED 11:44 IST A Dalit boy was bludgeoned to death by three people after he was caught handing over a love letter to a girl belonging to…
Communal clash in UP, 1 dead, 20 hurt
07-Jul-2015
Kanpur: TIMES NEWS NETWORK A 42-year-old man died and over 20 persons were injured -one of them critically -in a clash between members of two communities in UP’s Kannauj district. The police booked 12 persons for inciting the mob on Sunday . The clash was the fallout of an incident where a mob attacked a…
RSS calls Raje ‘Aurangzeb’ for temple demolition
07-Jul-2015
Jaipur: July6, 2015, DHNS: The Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government in Rajasthan is on a collision course with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) over the demolition of 86 big and small temples by local administration and Metro authorities in Jaipur. The RSS and other Hindu outfits have called a two-hour “Chakka Jam” on Thursday to register…
After months of development talk, Uddhav revives hardline Hindutva
07-Jul-2015
Unchecked Muslim population could break India’s unity, reads editorial in Sena mouthpiece MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena seems to have revived its aggressive Hindutva posturing over the past few months, trying to goad alliance partner BJP into reacting while reappropriating the political stance that its founder, the late Bal Thackeray, had adopted for political gains in…
Both Muslims and Jats leave Atali — for different reasons
07-Jul-2015
Violence erupted in the village on May 25 as 2,000 armed men allegedly set fire to the only mosque in the village as well as Muslim homes and shops. Written by Aniruddha Ghosal | Atali | Updated: July 7, 2015 3:04 am On Monday evening, Atali village was a pale shadow of its former self.…
Haryana: After clashes, Palwal tense, 17 held
07-Jul-2015
Written by Aniruddha Ghosal | Tikri Communal clashes that broke out between Hindus and Muslims at Tikri Brahman village at Palwal in Haryana on Sunday left 39 people injured. Police have arrested 17 people.Tikri Brahman village is a little over 30 km from Atali village in Ballabhgarh, which saw rioting in May and has been…