Citizens for Justice and Peace
Bid to evoke ‘Godhra’ in UP town
04-May-2015
Mohammad Ali Meerut, May 4, 2015 Days after Muslims in the Kandhla area of Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh clashed with the police over alleged assault of Tablighi Jamaat workers, the social media and local Whatsapp groups were abuzz with messages claiming a Muslim conspiracy to perform “another Godhra” in Shamli. An angry crowd from…
Denied ‘incentive’, 17 reconvert to Islam in UP
02-May-2015
Lucknow, May 1, 2015, DHNS: Saffron outfits had promised land after conversion, they say The conversion controversy resurfaced after a brief lull in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra district, about 350 km from here, when as many as 17 Muslims, who had converted to Hinduism, “returned” to their old faith. According to sources, the reconversion rituals were…
NGO licences: US seeks clarification on suspensions
02-May-2015
Washington: The US is seeking clarification from India on suspension of licenses of several thousands non-governmental organisations, a State Department spokesperson said. “We know the reports that the Ministry of Home Affairs suspended the licenses of several thousand NGOs. I don’t know if we have a precise number,” the State Department Acting Spokesperson, Marie Harf,…
Ashish Pandya back in service after getting bail
02-May-2015
TULSI ENCOUNTER ACCUSED – Ahmedabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK The suspension of police inspector Ashish Pandya, an accused in the Tulsi Prajapati en counter case, has been re voked after he got bail. Sources in the home depart ment said Pan dya is now posted as Circle Police Inspector in Rapar Taluka of Bhuj district. Ashish…
Kin of slain activists Pansare, Shetty & Dabholkar ‘fighting a losing battle’
02-May-2015
Naziya Alvi Rahman @dna Barely a few days after the state announced a special investigative team (SIT) to look into the murder case of communist leader Govind Pansare, his daughter-in-law Megha Pansare says the fight for justice has now taken over the grief of his loss. Appearing to be losing faith in the system, similar…
Five Muslim scholars from M’rashtra attacked on UP train
02-May-2015
May 03 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Sandeep Rai Meerut: Kandhla town in Shamli district saw rowdy crowds take to the streets on Saturday resorting to violence to protest against the alleged assault of five Muslim scholars from Maharashtra, who were purportedly beaten up by miscreants in a train on Friday night. Protesters…
VHP leader Togadia prohibited from visiting Kandhamal in Odisha
27-Feb-2015
By: Press Trust of India | Phulbani | February 27, 2015 1:37 pm The district administration has prohibited the entry of VHP leader Praveen Togadia to sensitive Kandhamal in Odisha on Saturday fearing trouble. Togadia was scheduled to address a public meeting at the district headquarters town of Phulbani here to mark the golden jubilee…
VHP calls Kandhamal shutdown over ban on Togadia
27-Feb-2015
Bhubaneswar, Feb 27, 2015 (IANS) The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) has called for a 12-hour shutdown in Odisha’s Kandhamal district Saturday to protest the ban on the entry of its top leader Pravin Togadia into the region, a leader said Friday. “We have called for a total shutdown in the district. However, the emergency services…
Hindus Learnt the Importance of Prayer Only after the Islamic Invasion
27-Feb-2015
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Thursday that Hindus learnt the importance of prayer only after the Islamic invasion. The Sarsangchalak, speaking at a function to mark the death anniversary of Hindu Mahasabha founder VD Savarkar, quoted him when he said Hindus did not know the importance of worship until “Islam attacked us“.
Guj too may allow babus to join RSS
27-Feb-2015
Gandhinagar:BJP-ruled Gujarat may follow Chhattisgarh in allowing government employees to join the RSS. A senior official of the state general administration department told TOI that the state government is considering delisting the RSS from its “negative list of organisations“ which government employees cannot join.