Citizens for Justice and Peace
Central solicitors prevented Maha counsel from arguing terror case:Rohini Salian
01-Jul-2015
June 30, 2015, Agencies Rohini Salian, who has quit as Special Public Prosecutor in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, has alleged that in two incidents the Central Government prosecutors prevented a Maharashtra counsel from arguing the case. Speaking to NDTV, she alleged that in January this year, Central Government Prosecutor Anil Singh prevented Maharashtra’s senior…
HC notice to govt, CIC over pending RTI pleas
01-Jul-2015
9,794 complaints & appeals under RTI Act pending for over four years; HC wants reply by July 31 dna correspondent @dnaahmedabad Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Tuesday issued a notice to the state government and the chief information commissioner while hearing a petition that pointed out inordinate delays in deciding appeals and complaints by…
Muzaffarnagar tense again as one shot dead
01-Jul-2015
Jul 01 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Muzaffarnagar district was once again gripped by communal tension after the murder of 25-year-old Satveer, who was sitting outside his house near a mosque in Bhuma village when he was attacked by four gun-wielding assailants. Since the area is communally sensitive and large crowds gather during…
U.P. on edge as communal tensions rise
01-Jul-2015
Rattled by intelligence warning, Chief Secretary asks police to get cracking Minor incidents leading to clashes have raised the spectre of rising communal tension in Uttar Pradesh and recent incidents in Saharanpur, Kasganj, Faizabad and Muzaffaragar have sent alarm bells ringing in the capital Lucknow. Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan has directed the police to act…
Bajrang Dal workers in Shamli beat up Muslim man for ‘stealing calf’
30-Jun-2015
A case has been registered against six Bajrang Dal men, including its district convener, Vivek Premi. Bajrang Dal activists publicly beating up a Muslim man for allegedly stealing a calf from a cowshed on June 25 has led to tension in Shamli district. While the Muslim man — Riaz (42), a resident of Banat locality…
Panchayat orders rape victim to marry accused
30-Jun-2015
A panchayat of an Agra village forced a rape victim to marry her alleged rapist last Friday. The girl’s parents were allegedly forced to agree to the match because of the implicit threats by the panchyat for social boycott. The development followed a panchayat, which was allegedly organised by the accused to neutralise the issue…
Hindu board calls for rejig of medical curricula
30-Jun-2015
Wants to blend best of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani Hindu Education Board, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-backed outfit, has proposed an overhaul of the medical education curricula, asking the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry to take steps for incorporating an integrated module taking best elements from Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani systems of medicine. The right-wing organisation…
One killed in communal clash in UP
30-Jun-2015
Lucknow, June 28, 2015, DHNS: One person was killed and several others, including police personnel, injured as members of two communities clashed in Saharanpur district, about 500 km from here, on Saturday night. A police inspector was hit by a bullet while four cops sustained injuries in trying to control the situation, sources said. One youth…
UP cow `protectors’ thrash Muslim man
30-Jun-2015
In a three-part video that has gone viral on the web, a group of men who claim to belong to the Bajrang Dal chase, beat up and parade a Muslim man in riot-scarred Shamli, announcing that this fate awaits all “cow slaughterers“. The third part of the video is no less disturbing -police arrive at…
Vigilante mob storms police post, gives ‘death’ to rape accused
30-Jun-2015
Ishita Mishra, TNN | Jul 30, 2015, 10.26PM IST AGRA: Police in Mathura have lodged FIRs against 100 men under section 302 (murder) after self-styled vigilantes stormed a police post in Farah block and dragged away a Dalit youth accused of raping and killing a minor girl. The police report on Wednesday claimed that the…