Citizens for Justice and Peace
Dalits protest construction of fence blocking path to their locality
26-Jun-2015
PUDUKOTTAI: About 70 dalit families of a village at S Usilampatti panchayat in Pudukottai district are forced to take a detour of 3.5km as a vacant land on the path to their locality has been fenced by the owner of the land belonging to thevar community. The dalits in Ponamaravathi village have been facing the…
100 dalit Christians re-convert to Hinduism in Gorakhpur
26-Jun-2015
Lucknow, June 26, 2015, DHNS: After several months, Uttar Pradesh had the first instance of “ghar vapsi” when saffron outfits in Gorakhpur re-converted nearly 100 Dalits from Christianity to Hinduism. Reports said members of Hindu Yuva Vahini, the outfit belonging to Gorakhpur BJP MP Mahant Adityanath, held a special ceremony at the Dalit hamlet of…
MP: Dalit girl denied admission, moves court for justice
26-Jun-2015
After being denied admission in Class 11 by a private school, a dalit girl and her parents approached the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday. They have alleged gross injustice done to them by the school administration and are requesting the court to intervene to restore the girl’s fundamental right to equality and education. According…
Ode massacre case: 3 accused get benefit of doubt, acquitted
26-Jun-2015
Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau amfeedback@timesgroup in TWEETS @ahmedabadmirror The three had been absconding since the 2001 riots; but they surrendered before the court in January this year following which the trial began A special designated court on Thursday acquitted three accused, giving them benefit of doubt in the 2001 Ode mas sacre case. The accused had…
Murdered for Talking to Upper Caste Friend? Engineer Found Dead on Railway Track
26-Jun-2015
Gokulraj, an engineer, was found dead on railway tracks in Tamil Nadu Namakkal, Tamil Nadu: A young engineer in Tamil Nadu, who was found dead on railway tracks on Wednesday afternoon, was killed for speaking to an upper caste girl, his family alleges. Hours before his body was found, 21-year-old Gokulraj, who belongs to a…
NIA did not allow me to drop Muslims from 2006 Malegaon case
26-Jun-2015
Public Prosecutor Rohini Salian says `Hindu’ officers were pulling strings even when UPA was in power It wasn’t just the NDA government that wanted National Investigation Agency’s special public prosecutor, Rohini Salian, to go soft in the Malegaon blasts case. She told Mirror on Thursday that certain `higher up’ Hindu officers in NIA during the…
VHP leader wants Muslims to give up claim over Ayodhya
25-Jun-2015
Ayodhya: There can be no communal harmony unless Muslims forgo their claim on Ayodhya, Mathura and Kashi, where there are temple-mosque disputes, VHP leader Ashok Singhal said on Wednesday and asked Sunni Central Board and All India Muslim Personal Law Board to take initiative. “They (Muslims) should also think how far this struggle will go,”…
Since this new govt came, I have been told to go soft on accused (Hindu extremists): Special Public Prosecutor
25-Jun-2015
Rohini Salian said she wants the NIA to officially denotify her from the case to which she was appointed in 2008, ‘so that I am free to take up other cases, against the NIA, if need be’. Written by Sunanda Mehta | Mumbai/pune | Updated: June 25, 2015 10:26 am Rohini Salian, Special Public Prosecutor…
A village which lived in harmony is now flared with communal tension
25-Jun-2015
VIRUDHNAGAR: Saalai Maraikulam village in Kariapatti taluk in Virudhunagar district has been an example of the dominant community and dalits living in harmony for several decades. But, recently the village witnessed several unpleasant incidents, due to which communal tension has become rife, and police deployed to prevent untoward incidents. The village has around 600 families…
Tension prevails in Lucknow over Imambara locks
25-Jun-2015
Jun 25, 2015 | Age Correspondent| Lucknow Tension simmers in Lucknow after the Allahabad high court directed the Lucknow district magistrate to reopen the locks on the Imambaras and maintain law and order around the monuments. The gates of the two monuments were locked by the protesters — majority of them supporters of Shia cleric…