Citizens for Justice and Peace
Bootlegger ‘abducts’ woman in Nadiad; VHP terms it love jihad, calls for bandh
17-Jun-2015
The VHP activists also submitted a memorandum to the District Superintendent of Police and district collector. By: Express News Service | Vadodara | Published on:June 17, 2015 12:58 am After a 42-year-old “bootlegger” in Nadiad town of Kheda district in Gujarat allegedly abducted a 21-year-old woman, the VHP, terming it as a case of “love…
Trust meet on Ram Janmabhoomi temple today
16-Jun-2015
The Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas Trust will hold a crucial meeting here on Tuesday in which important decisions regarding the construction of Ram temple will be taken, a top official said on Monday. The meeting will be held at the Mani Ram Das Chawni temple, adjacent to the Babri Masjid premises, former BJP MP and senior…
VHP’s bandh call shuts down Nadiad on Monday
16-Jun-2015
The call was given to oppose marriage of Muslim man with Hindu girl dna correspondent @dnaahmedabad Nadiad: The ‘Nadiad Bandh’ call given by the city unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to protest against the alleged relationship of city-based minority community bootlegger, Masoom Mahida, with a Hindu girl, invoked sizeable response on Monday. The bandh…
Now, Pratapgarh: Dalits and Muslims clash over bathing in river, ‘spoiling’ of graveyard
16-Jun-2015
Three persons from Jamtali village were referred to Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital in Allahabad, police said, adding the condition of all the injured was stable. By: Express News Service | Allahabad | Updated: June 16, 2015 1:47 am Two incidents of clashes between the Dalits and Muslims- the first over taking bath in a river,…
Study shows NCR homeowners turn away Dalits and Muslims
16-Jun-2015
In both the methodologies, the home-seekers had the same credentials but for their names that indicated their caste and religion. Written by Seema Chishti | New Delhi | Updated: June 16, 2015 9:17 am A study on discrimination in urban housing rental preferences, to be published in a forthcoming issue of Economic and Political Weekly,…
Families Shunned for Employing Dalits defying Kangaroo court
16-Jun-2015
By Express News Service Published: 16th June 2015 06:00 AM THANJAVUR:Defying the diktat of a Kangaroo court not to employ Dalit labourers has led to the ostracisation of five caste Hindu families, including that of the village panchayat president of Kakkarai under Orathanadu taluk in the district. The discriminatory order of the Kangaroo court came…
Now, Pratapgarh: Dalits and Muslims clash over bathing in river, ‘spoiling’ of graveyard
16-Jun-2015
Three persons from Jamtali village were referred to Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital in Allahabad, police said, adding the condition of all the injured was stable. By: Express News Service | Allahabad | Updated: June 16, 2015 1:47 am Two incidents of clashes between the Dalits and Muslims- the first over taking bath in a river,…
Study shows NCR homeowners turn away Dalits and Muslims
16-Jun-2015
In both the methodologies, the home-seekers had the same credentials but for their names that indicated their caste and religion. A study on discrimination in urban housing rental preferences, to be published in a forthcoming issue of Economic and Political Weekly, shows high levels of exclusion of Dalits and Muslims in the five metropolitan areas…
20 Mths On, No Action Against Tormentor Cop
16-Jun-2015
By R Prince Jebakumar Published: 15th June 2015 06:00 AM CHENNAI: Twenty months have gone by since four Dalits from Thoothukudi were detained, tortured and lodged behind bars for 90 days over a double-murder they were falsely accused of committing. They were let go after real culprits were later caught, and an internal inquiry has…
Ex dalit sarpanch in Morena continues protest in hospital
15-Jun-2015
TNN | Jun 15, 2015, 12.44PM IST BHOPAL: Former woman dalit sarpanch of Purawas Kalan, a small village in Morena district, continued her agitation in government hospital at district headquarter on Sunday despite her arrest and forced feeding on June 12 following her three-day fast unto death. She has been demanding construction of a school…