Citizens for Justice and Peace
Ballabgarh Communal Tension: Their houses set on fire, Muslims flee village
27-May-2015
Evidence of the hasty exodus everywhere. Almost no house is locked and many still have fans running a day after the violence Written by Aniruddha Ghosal | Atali (ballabgarh) | Updated: May 27, 2015 8:30 am The violence may have lasted a little over an hour on Monday evening. But that was enough to make…
Government ready to help in construction of Ram temple, says Union Minister Shripad Naik
26-May-2015
Naik’s statement came a day after the RSS and VHP pushed for the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya By: Press Trust of India | Panaji | Published on:May 26, 2015 2:49 pm Union minister Shripad Naik today said the government is ready to aid the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. “The government is…
Hashimpura massacre: NHRC moves High Court for probe guidelines in custodial death cases
26-May-2015
Calling the 1987 massacre the “worst incident of targeted custodial killing by the police since Independence”, the NHRC application, sought the High Court’s permission to intervene in the appeal by the victims’ kin.
Bihar’s Muslims donate land for world’s largest Hindu temple
19-May-2015
IANS | May 19, 2015, 07.47 PM IST PATNA: Muslims in Bihar, in a stellar demonstration of communal harmony, have donated land to help build the world’s largest Hindu temple which will have the capacity to seat a staggering 20,000 people. “Muslims have not only donated land, they have also provided land at a nominal…
Minor girl, her Dalit lover lynched in Bihar
15-May-2015
Gaya: A minor girl and her Dalit married lover were lynched and their bodies set on fire allegedly by her family members at Ametha in this district, police said on Thursday. “The victims, identified as Parvati Devi (15) and Jairam Manjhi (25), were residents of the same village and were in love. Manjhi was already…
Road signs with Muslim names defaced, Hindu outfit says we did it
15-May-2015
Outfit president Rajinder Singh said around 17 members, in three teams, carried out the “operation” . Written by Sarah Hafeez | New Delhi | Published on:May 15, 2015 1:47 am Signages of roads named after Muslim personalities such as Emperor Akbar and Firozshah, among others, were found defaced late Wednesday. The names have been blackened…
Muslim families allege forced eviction
14-May-2015
BERHAMPUR, May 14, 2015 Staff Reporter Sixteen poor Muslim families in Berhampur have accused the authorities of forced displacement from the area where they have been living for 35 years without any rehabilitation measures. They have also approached the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), southern division, regarding this. Local unit of the Aam Aadmi Party has…
Dalit asks for wages, gets beaten up
14-May-2015
Special Correspondent Mumbai, May 14, 2015 A Dalit youth in Maharashtra’s Osmanabad district was beaten up in full public view by a dominant caste landowner after the former asked for wages due to his family. The incident took place on Monday in Sarola village. Raju Dhaktode (21), whose father worked as labourer in the fields…
Odisha officials ‘nudge’ Dalit family to convert !
12-May-2015
Reported by Ranjan Rath Rayagada, May 12: While the scars of the ethnic violence in the backdrop of religious conversions in Kandhamal are yet to be fully wiped out, allegations of Odisha government officials nudging a Dalit family into religious conversion to avail the benefits of social welfare schemes is certain to put the government…
Girl annuls child marriage; panchayat slaps fine
12-May-2015
Jodhpur, May 12, 2015 (PTI) A girl’s decision to annul her marriage which was solemnised in her infancy has invited the wrath of the village panchayat which has slapped a hefty fine of Rs 16 lakh and banished the family from the community. Santadevi Meghwal, belonging to Rohichan Khurd village in Luni tehsil here, decided…