Citizens for Justice and Peace
Communal clash over eve-teasing
17-Oct-2014
An incident of eve-teasing turned into a communal clash in Bareilly district with both sides indulging in heavy brick-batting. According to SP City, Rajiv Malhotra, a Class 9 girl was allegedly teased and then molested by a youth belonging to another community on Wednesday night in Prem Nagar area. The girl raised an alarm and…
Right-wing activists stop Hindu-Muslim wedding
16-Oct-2014
Members of a rightwing organization prevented a Hindu woman and a Muslim man from getting married in Bhopal on Monday , saying it was a case of `love jihad’. The couple were looking for a notary on the court premises to get their marriage registered when activists of the Sanskriti Bachao Manch arrived and started…
Intermarriage is not jihad, it is India by Saif Ali Khan
15-Oct-2014
I am the son of a sportsman, I grew up in England, Bhopal, Pataudi, Delhi and Mumbai, and I am more Indian than any Hindu or Muslim I know because I am both. I wrote this piece not to comment on the masses or the problems of communalism in India and its villages, but because…
VHP plans Hindu Sammelan in Kolkata on Dec 20
15-Oct-2014
Kolkata | Posted: October 15, 2014 1:54 am As part of its golden jubilee celebrations, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will organise a Virat Hindu Sammelan at Shahid Minar ground in Kolkata on December 20. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghachalak Mohan Bhagavat, VHP patron Ashok Singhal and VHP working president Praveen Togadia will address the…
‘Rising rightwing influence led to Vadodara riots’
13-Oct-2014
Fact-finding study by PUCL also blames cops for the violence dna correspondent @dnaahmedabad Vadodara: The nexus between police, politicians and criminals, and the growing influence of BJP and rightwing Hindu groups over the police and administration are among the factors responsible for the wave of communal violence witnessed in Vadodara in the last few weeks,…
Woman’s denial of love jihad gives the lie to BJP claim
13-Oct-2014
When a 22-year-old woman from Meerut alleged gang rape and forced conversion in August, several BJP leaders, including Yogi Adityanath, the BJP’s by-poll campaign in-charge in the State, took up the issue. But on Sunday, she said in a written statement at a women’s police station that she had run away with a Muslim man…
4 youth found murdered in Muzaffarnagar
06-Oct-2014
Tension prevailed in Muzaffarnagar after four young men were killed in the intervening night of SaturdaySunday. While one body was found in Kutba, three were found in Bahadurpur. SP Shravan Kumar said police was investigating the cases. All four bodies were found naked. Two young men in Bahadurpur village were killed while on their way…
Death of youth escalates tension in communally sensitive old Ahmedabad
06-Oct-2014
Express News Service | Ahmedabad | Posted: October 6, 2014 4:07 pm A day after violent clash between police and local residents in the communally sensitive Shahpur locality in Ahmedabad, the death of a 22-year-old youth has escalated tension in the area on Monday. The youngster had reportedly sustained bullet injuries during the clash and…
Muzaffarnagar to see another mahapanchayat tomorrow
06-Oct-2014
Even as the police probe the brutal triple murder in Bahadurpur village, the Muzaffarnagar’s fragile peace has been threatened by claims and counter-claims surrounding attacks by “masked men” and alleged involvement of the residents of relief camps. The severely mutilated bodies of three labourers were found on Saturday night. The police who have formed six…
Clash in Ahmedabad, many injured
06-Oct-2014
Express News Service | Ahmedabad | Posted: October 6, 2014 1:48 am A day before Eid-ul-Zuha celebrations, a clash broke out between a mob and the police win the communally sensitive Shahpur area of Ahmedabad late Sunday. The clash occurred when a team from the Ahmedabad Crime Branch reached Shahpur to arrest suspects in a…