Citizens for Justice and Peace
Dalit deaths trigger concern
01-Jun-2015
Mumbai, May 31: A fortnight after a Dalit youth was murdered by eight dominant caste youths in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar for having a pro-Dalit slogan as his ringtone, another youth from the community has died under controversial circumstances in police custody in the same district. Nitin Balu Sathye (22) died in police custody on May 29…
`Cattle in gaushalas, men in jail!’
01-Jun-2015
Beef Ban Paralyzes Trade In Livestock He sits despondently with his array of unsold cow-bells and cattle ornaments at the Ghatanji cattle bazaar.Arun Nandeshwar’s livelihood is now collateral damage in the fallout of Maharashtra’s beef ban. With trade paralysed by the ban, Nandeshwar has barely any customers.
Ballabhgarh Communal Violence: Won’t return till rioters held, say Muslims
01-Jun-2015
Third day of talks fail as no arrests are made and no pact looks likely for disputed mosque in Atali village. Written by Aniruddha Ghosal | New Delhi | Published on:June 1, 2015 1:04 am Tension continues to simmer between Muslims and Hindus at Ballabhgarh after meetings between the two communities on Sunday once again…
Juhapura relief houses no more liveable: 2002 Godhra riot victims
31-May-2015
Muslim families, which were provided relief houses by Islamic Relief Committee after the riots, complain that their homes are falling apart As many as 25 Muslim families which were rendered homeless in the 2002 Godhra riots that had ended up claiming the lives of 790 people from their community, were rehabilitated by Islamic Relief Committee…
Hyderabad a terror centre: Sakshi
31-May-2015
Rahul Devulapalli HYDERABAD, May 31, 2015 The MP called secularism a sickness, and said he would push for Bhagavad Gita in schools. The fact is the Gita is more about nationalistic spirit. Sakshi Maharaj, BJP MP from Unnao, described Hyderabad as a terror centre sheltering many “traitors” and asked why there should be a row…
Tension in Nagaur after cow slaughter rumours, 30 held
31-May-2015
Officials said that pictures of cow carcasses were circulated in the area via WhatsApp and Facebook, with an aim to incite tension. Written by Mahim Pratap Singh | Jaipur | Published on:May 31, 2015 1:06 am More than 30 persons were detained and police force was deployed in a village in Nagaur following rumours that…
Rajnath Singh endorses RSS’ ethos, says Ram temple ‘important’
30-May-2015
May 30, 2015 | Age Correspondent| New Delhi Backing “RSS ideology” and declaring that the “Ram temple” issue remained important for the Narendra Modi government, home minister Rajnath Singh broke his silence Friday on concerted attacks by the Congress and other Opposition critics who claimed that the RSS was meddling in the education system and…
ABVP demands Hindi, Sanskrit be made compulsory
30-May-2015
Kanchan Srivastava @kanchanDNA Smriti Irani, minister for human resources and development has her work cut out for her in order to finalise the new education policy, which her ministry has been drafting for over a year now with nation-wide inputs. Several right-wing organisations have been working on generating a list of suggestions about the new…
Hiran River: Kids swimming to school this monsoon too
29-May-2015
The Vadodara R&B department had floated the tender for the elevated 215 metre river bridge in April-end, placing a deadline of May 25 for the bids. Written by Aditi Raja | Vadodara | Published on:May 29, 2015 4:22 am Like each year, about 125 students from 16 villages of Sankheda taluka in Chhota Udepur district…
IIT-Madras bans a students’ body that criticised Narendra Modi, his policies and saffronization
29-May-2015
APSC was created as an independent student body in April 2014 by a group of students to promote Ambedkar–Periyar thoughts and to initiate debates on socio-economic-political issues and culture within academic fraternity. Written by Arun Janardhanan | Chennai | Updated: May 29, 2015 12:37 pm The Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle (APSC), a student association in…