Citizens for Justice and Peace
Pregnant woman raped, burnt by her neighbour in Kanpur
24-Feb-2016
Feb 24 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Kanpur TIMES NEWS NETWORK A 30-year-old pregnant woman was allegedly raped and set on fire by her neighbour in a village on the city’s outskirts, on Monday afternoon. She suffered 80% burn injuries and died at Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital on Monday night. Her husband named…
Kanhaiya custody call
24-Feb-2016
Umar, Anirban sent to three days in police remand Our Special Correspondent New Delhi, Feb. 24: Delhi police today said they would seek the custody of JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar again, following the surrender of fellow students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, and asked for his bail petition to be deferred. In their…
BSP members force RS adjournment twice over Vemula suicide
24-Feb-2016
New Delhi, Feb 24, 2016 (PTI) BSP members today forced two adjournments of the Rajya Sabha till noon, creating an uproar over the suicide of Dalit student, Rohith Vemula, and demanding resignation of Union Ministers alleging they were linked with the incident. Even though a discussion on the issue was listed for today, Mayawati (BSP)…
Teenager raped by mother’s boyfriend
24-Feb-2016
Feb 24 2016 : Mirror (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau amfeedback@timesgroup in Tweets @ahmedabadmirror Accused was allegedly exploiting the class 12 student for past eight months A class 12 student has accused her motA her’s boyfriend of sexually exploiting her. According to her complaint to the police, she has claimed that the accu sed Sunny Shah,…
Smriti puts head where heart(land) is Significance of sound and fury
24-Feb-2016
Radhika Ramaseshan New Delhi, Feb. 24: Smriti Irani played to the Sangh gallery in Parliament today with her “nationalism” pitch, but lurking beneath the lines appeared to be the human resource development minister’s political ambition. Her choice of targets for attack – Rahul Gandhi and Mayawati – held a clue. As she defended the police…
BSP members force RS adjournment twice over Vemula suicide
24-Feb-2016
New Delhi, Feb 24, 2016 (PTI) BSP members today forced two adjournments of the Rajya Sabha till noon, creating an uproar over the suicide of Dalit student, Rohith Vemula, and demanding resignation of Union Ministers alleging they were linked with the incident. Even though a discussion on the issue was listed for today, Mayawati (BSP)…
Teenager raped by mother’s boyfriend
24-Feb-2016
Feb 24 2016 : Mirror (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau amfeedback@timesgroup in Tweets @ahmedabadmirror Accused was allegedly exploiting the class 12 student for past eight months A class 12 student has accused her motA her’s boyfriend of sexually exploiting her. According to her complaint to the police, she has claimed that the accu sed Sunny Shah,…
Smriti puts head where heart(land) is Significance of sound and fury
24-Feb-2016
Radhika Ramaseshan New Delhi, Feb. 24: Smriti Irani played to the Sangh gallery in Parliament today with her “nationalism” pitch, but lurking beneath the lines appeared to be the human resource development minister’s political ambition. Her choice of targets for attack – Rahul Gandhi and Mayawati – held a clue. As she defended the police…
JNU row: Lawyers ‘admit’ to beating up Kanhaiya for 3 hrs till he wet his pants
23-Feb-2016
Yashpal Singh said, “We thrashed all journalists and JNU professors. If you live in the country, you will have to talk about the country. Police was also supporting us fully and they told us they were in uniform, that’s why they (too) were not thrashing him.” By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Published:February…
Guideline flout finger at JNU Basant Mohanty
23-Feb-2016
New Delhi, Feb. 22: A Dalit scholar whom Hyderabad Central University had punished along with Rohith Vemula today accused Jawaharlal Nehru University of flouting University Grants Commission guidelines by allowing the police to crack down on its students. “The guidelines said that students were entitled to freedom of expression, and that the institutions must allow…