Citizens for Justice and Peace
Rs 1,00,786 bounty on mufti who called Shiva `messenger of Islam’
24-Feb-2015
Bareilly:Muslim cleric and leader of the Jamiat Ulema Hind, Mufti Mohammad Ilyas Qasmi, had referred to Lord Shiva as the “first messenger of Islam“ in Ayodhya on Thursday , asserting that Indian Muslims were followers of the Sanathan Dharma.Now, the Bareilly-based All India Faizan-e-Madina Council, a socio-political group, has announced a bounty of Rs 1,00,786…
Haji Ali ban on women: HC to hear plea on March 16
24-Feb-2015
dna correspondent @dna The Bombay high court on Monday said that on March 16, it will hear a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the ban on the entry of women into the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali Dargah, which houses the mazaar (tomb) of the saint. A division bench of justices VM Kanade and…
VHP general secretary asserts Ghar wapsi will continue
23-Feb-2015
By: Press Trust of India | Etah | February 22, 2015 7:17 pm Despite controversy surrounding its ‘ghar wapsi’ initiative, VHP national general secretary Ashok Tiwari on Sunday said the programme will continue till all those people who “left their home” have been reconverted. “Ghar wapsi is not a bad thing at all. It will…
Tension in Sukma after police arrested tribals and ‘tortured’ them
23-Feb-2015
By: Express News Service | Raipur | February 23, 2015 2:43 am The arrest of some tribals in Sukma has snowballed into a major agitation as several thousand tribals have begun a march towards the district headquarters. Led by AAP leader Soni Sori and other party workers, the tribals also held a rally in Jagdalpur…
College fleeced Dalit students for 4 yrs
23-Feb-2015
The state government’s social justice department on Saturday registered a police case against Kavita Rege, principal of Sathaye College in Vile Parle (East), for allegedly overcharging Dalit students. The Vile Parle police station has booked her under the relevant sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989) and on the charge of cheating under…
2 held for raping Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh; body found hanging from tree
20-Feb-2015
By: Press Trust of India | Lakhimpur | February 19, 2015 9:08 pm In a grim reminder of the infamous Badaun incident, a teenage Dalit girl was raped and her body was later found hanging from a tree in Nighasan area of the district, police said on Thursday. The body of the 16-year-old girl was…
Hate speech: Court orders FIR against MP Asaduddin Owaisi
19-Feb-2015
New Delhi, Feb 18, 2015, (PTI) A Delhi court today ordered registration of an FIR against All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimin (AIMIM) leader and MP Asaduddin Owaisi for allegedly giving hate speech last year. Metropolitan Magistrate Muneesh Garg directed the Delhi Police to lodge a criminal case against Owaisi, the MP representing Hyderabad, under relevant…
Activist Govind Pansare, wife shot at in Kolhapur
17-Feb-2015
PUNE: Senior communist leader Govind Pansare, 82, who is leading a campaign against road toll tax, is battling for life after two unidentified people allegedly shot at him and his wife on Monday, outside their Kolhapur residence. The police have detained five people, who are being questioned about the attack. While doctors said Pansare is…
‘Moral police’ beat up man to death in Kerala
17-Feb-2015
Written by Shaju Philip | | Posted: February 17, 2015 12:54 am | Updated: February 17, 2015 1:53 am A middle-aged man was beaten to death in Kerala’s Palakkad district on Sunday night after he was returning from a house “under suspicious circumstances “. Police said initial probe indicated that the murder was an outcome…
Dalit’s nose cut off for dining with upper castes in UP
17-Feb-2015
Lucknow: Upper caste anti-social elements in a village in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh cut off a Dalit man’s nose only because he had displayed the temerity to break bread with them at a ‘barat’ (wedding party). This virtually god-forsaken area in southern UP bordering Madhya Pradesh is one of the remotest and most backward…