Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…