Citizens for Justice and Peace
Hindu funds for Muslim weddings cement goodwill
27-Feb-2015
TIMES NEWS NETWORK As many as 15 Muslim couples will get married at a mass marriage ceremony at Godhra on Friday , the anniversary of the Sabarmati Express carnage that left 59 dead. But what makes the event stand out is the fact that a majority of donors for the event are Hindus. The event…
Make Bhagavad Gita part of school curriculum: Haryana govt
26-Feb-2015
Written by Mukesh Bhardwaj | February 26, 2015 10:22 am The BJP government in Haryana has asked the School Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) to suggest which shlokas from the Bhagavad Gita can be introduced in the school curriculum. The SCERT was approached after the Education Department analysed the issue. The SCERT’s recommendations…
20 christians detained by local police for distributing religious literature
26-Feb-2015
By: Express News Service | Jaipur | February 26, 2015 1:39 am Twenty Christian priests and evangelists were beaten up and detained by the local police on Wednesday evening after they were found distributing religious literature on the streets of the state capital. The group from several parts of Andhra Pradesh was on a tour…
Dalit family thrown out, seeks action against accused
26-Feb-2015
press trust of india Gadchiroli, 25 February A Dalit from Laxmipur village in Kurkheda taluka, Hiralal Shende, demanded stern action against the Purada police station officer for allegedly shielding the accused who threw away his belongings as well as compelled his family to leave his house and village, police sources said on Wednesday. After the…
Jihadi politics, not poverty, the problem: Adityanath
25-Feb-2015
CHANDIGARH, February 25, 2015 Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar Mahant of Gorakhnath Peeth and BJP MP Yogi Adityanath has claimed that the main problem of the country was not hunger or poverty but “jihadi” politics. Speaking at a Maha Hindu Sammelan organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal at Rohtak on Monday, Mr. Adityanath…
Village tense after Adityanath’s outfit enters land row, ‘150 Muslim families leave homes
25-Feb-2015
Written by Mohd Faisal Fareed | Lucknow | February 25, 2015 2:12 am Tension prevailed in Madhopur village in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district after 150 Muslim families reportedly left their homes Monday, fearing a backlash from BJP MP Yogi Adityanath’s outfit Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV) over a land dispute. Heavy police force including PAC personnel…
After Kodnani, her former assistant gets bail in 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case
25-Feb-2015
Written by Satish Jha | Ahmedabad | February 26, 2015 3:08 pm After Maya Kodnani, her then personal assistant and co-convict in 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case Kirpal Singh Chhabda was granted bail on Thursday. A division bench of Gujarat High Court pronounced the order while refusing the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) plea…
Guj has at least 2.7 L malnourished kids
25-Feb-2015
They were found malnourished on the basis of their weight to age ratio in 18 districts dna correspondent @dnaahmedabad Gandhinagar: The state government likes to blow its trumpet on development front as well as on social indicators. However, when it comes to children’s health, the situation is grim. The government has revealed that there are…
Ghar vapasi to continue till conversions are banned:Adityanath
24-Feb-2015
Rohtak, Feb 24, 2015, (PTI) Firebrand BJP MP Yogi Adityanath has said VHP’s ‘Ghar Vapasi’ programme will continue unless conversions are banned and that India’s problem was “not poverty” but “vote bank politics fuelled by jehadi fervour”. “Conversions spoil communal amity in the country. It should be banned. If conversions continue, I feel ‘Ghar Vapasi’…
RSS chief Bhagwat’s comments on Mother Teresa stir fresh row
24-Feb-2015
JAIPUR/NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday stirred a controversy by questioning the motives of Mother Teresa, alleging that conversions to Christianity were her hidden agenda. “Mother Teresa’s work had a hidden agenda… that the one served should become a Christian,” Bhagwat said in Hindi, referring to the late Christian missionary, who won a…