Citizens for Justice and Peace
U.P. villagers reject communal politics
16-Feb-2015
Nayagaon Akbarpur Chhendri (Kanth), February 16, 2015 Mohammad Ali A loudspeaker was installed in a small temple at Kanth in Moradabad last Friday. Muslim and Hindu villagers sat together with the local authorities and agreed to install it for a few days on the occasion of Mahashivratri. What happened in just an hour of discussion…
Court acquits 68 for lack of evidence in 2002 Gujarat riot case
14-Feb-2015
Ahmedabad, Feb 13, 2015, (PTI): A trial court today acquitted all the 68 accused due to lack of evidence in a case related to the 2002 post-Godhra riot at Seshan village in Deodar tehsil of Banaskantha district. Fourteen persons, including two children, were killed in the violence at the village — which is about 150…
Convent school vandalised in city
14-Feb-2015
Jatin Gandhi & Jayant Sriram Concerned Prime Minister summons Delhi Police Commissioner A break-in and theft in a convent school principal’s office in New Delhi prompted Prime Minister Narendra Modi to summon the Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi on Friday morning and direct him to take action with regard to the series of attacks on…
Voter lists in hand, Hindu Mahasabha looks for Christians, Muslims on Valentine’s Day
14-Feb-2015
Written by Kaunain Sherrif | New Delhi | Posted: February 14, 2015 3:45 am | Updated: February 14, 2015 9:58 am Right-wing outfit Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has claimed that it has scanned Delhi’s electoral rolls to “identify Muslim and Christian men” who they suspect could sway Hindu girls. With Valentine’s Day approaching, it said…
Curfew in Kupwara after clashes over ‘custodial death’
14-Feb-2015
Written by Mir Ehsan | Srinagar | Posted: February 14, 2015 12:00 am Curfew was imposed in North Kashmir’s Kupwara town a day after clashes between locals and security forces left 15 security personnel and dozens of civilians injured. Clashes in the town have been going on for the last two days over alleged “killing”…
VHP, Bajrang Dal to ‘counsel’ unmarried youths on V-Day
13-Feb-2015
Hyderabad, Feb 13, 2015 (PTI) Bajrang Dal today burnt greeting cards of the upcoming Valentine’s Day at Koti in the city saying the event was not part of the Indian culture. A group of over 20 members assembled near Koti cross roads and raised slogans saying “It (Valentine’s Day) is not our culture… it is…
Praveen Togadia refused permission to attend VHP rally in Guwahati
13-Feb-2015
Written by Samudra Gupta Kashyap | Guwahati | Posted: February 12, 2015 5:49 pm | Updated: February 12, 2015 9:34 pm VHP working president Praveen Togadia was on Thursday refused permission to address the VHP’s golden jubilee function in the Assam capital, with Guwahati Police Commissionerate fearing that his inflammatory speeches would disturb law and…
Vadodara feels warmth of communal harmony
12-Feb-2015
Vadodara: TIMES NEWS NETWORK 150 Hindu Widows Were Invited To Dargah For Urs Muslims and Hindus came together at Khadim-e-Dargah Sharif in Panigate area to mark the sandal-e-urs of Hussain Shahid Mastan Bawa. Nearly 150 Hindu widows were invited to attend the event held at one of the communal hotspots of the city.
‘Father of Nation’ title to Gandhi
11-Feb-2015
unwarranted, says VHP leader By: Press Trust of India | Aligrah | Posted: February 11, 2015 1:51 am Two months after BJP MP from Unnao Sakshi Maharaj sparked a row by terming Nathuram Godse a patriot, VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi Arya has courted a fresh controversy saying: “The title of the Father of Nation to…
MP Adityanath wants idols in mosques
10-Feb-2015
Lucknow, Feb 09, 2015, DHNS: Firebrand BJP leader and Lok Sabha member Mahant Adityanath triggered yet another controversy on Monday by declaring that he would instal idols of Hindu gods in mosques, if given the opportunity. Coming just days after US President Barack Obama’s expression of concern over “increasing religious intolerance” in India, the remark…