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…
Lawyer who thrashed journalists in Delhi arrested
24-Feb-2016
Justice | I Yashpal Sharma was one of the three advocates who allegedly led the violence against mediapersons, JNU students at Patiala House Courts Ritika Jain@dna New Delhi:The Delhi Police arrested Yashpal Sharma, one of the three lawyers caught on camera assaulting journalists, JNU students and teachers, on Tuesday night. Sharma presented himself at the…
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…
Rohith Vemula march: Two of six students Dalit, one from BPL family
23-Feb-2016
The families of the two Dalit students, Rama Naga and Anant Prakash Narayan, say they cannot even afford to travel to Delhi to meet their children. By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: February 23, 2016 7:31 am There is more than one reason why the Rohith Vemula march tomorrow finds an echo…
5 students won’t surrender, JNU rallies to their support
23-Feb-2016
Feb 23, 2016 – SANJAY KAW | • New Delhi Amid standoff, police waits outside campus The JNU campus stood firm on Monday behind all five students, charged in the sedition case, who had resurfaced at the campus on Sunday night. JNU students and teachers appealed to vice-chancellor M. Jagdish Kumar to take a firm…