Citizens for Justice and Peace
Students take mass oath against untouchability
07-Jul-2015
Kolar, July 7, 2015 Vishwa Kundapura Students took oath against untouchability in Kolar on Tuesday. The Government Pre-University College grounds in Kolar witnessed the gathering of thousands of students on Tuesday to take mass oath to end the social scourge of untouchability. The Dalitara Grihapravesha Rajya Samiti, which has been conducting awareness programmes against eradicating…
Students take mass oath against untouchability
07-Jul-2015
Kolar, July 7, 2015 Vishwa Kundapura Students took oath against untouchability in Kolar on Tuesday. The Government Pre-University College grounds in Kolar witnessed the gathering of thousands of students on Tuesday to take mass oath to end the social scourge of untouchability. The Dalitara Grihapravesha Rajya Samiti, which has been conducting awareness programmes against eradicating…
14 arrested day after violence in Pratapgarh
07-Jul-2015
At least 14 people have been arrested in connection with the arson in which nearly half-a-dozen shanties of Muslims were gutted in Gabi Mahuaban village under Lalganj police station area of Pratapgarh district on Sunday. The arson had occurred in the wake of a firing incident in the village Saturday evening, following a fight between…
Caste slur poster row: Valmiki Mahasabha meets the DM
07-Jul-2015
MEERUT: A delegation of sanitary workers on Monday protested at the collectorate, seeking strict action against those who pasted posters with casteist slurs on Tilak Road. The Bhartiya Valmiki Mahasabha asked district magistrate Pankaj Yadav to pull up the Resident Welfare Association (RWA) of Tilak Road for allegedly pasting the posters. Mukul Kumar Gahlot, general…
In Meerut, minor tiff turns into communal clash
07-Jul-2015
Written by AMIT SHARMA | Meerut | Published on:July 7, 2015 3:21 am A minor argument over a tractor entering a field snowballed into a communal clash in the Pawlikhas village, which falls under Meerut’s Kankadkheda police station on Sunday evening. A dozen persons were injured as both sides indulged in brick-batting and, according to…
He Has Four Degrees, But Works as a Garbage Collector in Mumbai
07-Jul-2015
Mumbai | Written by Nikita Niraj Arora | Updated: July 07, 2015 09:00 IST Between 2005 and 2014, Sunil Yadav completed four degrees Mumbai: 36-year-old Sunil Yadav works with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in Mumbai as a garbage collector. That’s despite him having earned four degrees in the last nine years. “We were born…
Radical Hindutva leader chased, attacked
07-Jul-2015
A complaint was later registered at the Cantonment police station, after which police detained a few suspects and questioned them. By: Express News Service | Pune | Published on:July 7, 2015 1:55 am Unidentified persons armed with hockey sticks and sharp weapons allegedly chased and attacked Shiv Sena leader Milind Ekbote, who heads the radical…
Atrocities Against SC/ST Highest in Capital
07-Jul-2015
Published: 07th July 2015 03:49 AM Last Updated: 07th July 2015 03:49 AM THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: State capital Thiruvananthapuram tops the list for crimes committed against members of the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities. The capital has been maintaining the position for the past four years. As many as 536 cases have been registered in the…
‘Case weakens’: One more Ajmer blast case witness now hostile
07-Jul-2015
Soon after the change of government at the Centre last year, it was decided that the hearings in the case would be fast-tracked and at least five hearings would be held every month. Written by Sweta Dutta | Jaipur | Updated: July 7, 2015 9:06 am Another key witness in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah bomb…
Muslim bizman to roll out peace carpet
07-Jul-2015
Will Skip Eid To Welcome Rath Yatra When the Jagan nath Rath Yatra rolls out on July 18, Lalabhai Shyamwala won’t be at home prepar ing for Eid fes tivities. Instead, he will be standing on the yatra route to not just welcome the rath but also ensure that it passes from a communally sensitive…