Citizens for Justice and Peace
I’d make kids study Gita if I were dictator, says SC judge
03-Aug-2014
Aug 03 2014 : The Times of India (Mumbai) TIMES NEWS NETWORK Stresses On Need To Follow Our Tradition Praising the ancient system of imparting education, Supreme Court justice A R Dave said on Saturday that given a choice, he would like to introduce the Gita and the Mahabharata for study from Class 1 in…
Express investigation part-I: Over 600 ‘communal incidents’ in UP since LS results, 60% near bypoll seats
03-Aug-2014
Written by Appu Esthose Suresh | Moradabad | August 5, 2014 8:15 am Police records show provocation from all sides: aggressive BJP, desperate Samajwadi Party, shrinking BSP. A third of all “communal” incidents recorded by police in Uttar Pradesh in the 10 weeks following the Lok Sabha election results have occurred in — or on…
Kodnani freed on bail
01-Aug-2014
SIT plea for stay on bail dismissed A day after the Gujarat High Court granted her bail, former Gujarat Minister Maya Kodnani, who was convicted in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case, was released from jail custody on Thursday. Meanwhile, the High Court on Thursday dismissed the application of the Special Investigating Team (SIT) seeking…
Minority angle in lock-up deaths
01-Aug-2014
Rosy.Sequeira@timesgroup.com Mumbai: Victims In Maha Only From Muslim, Dalit Communities: HC The Bombay high court observed on Thursday that the victims of custodial deaths in Maharashtra appear to be only from the minority community . A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode made the remark after they informed advocate Yug…
Gangster arrested for sparking Saharanpur riots
01-Aug-2014
A gangster who thrived on land disputes has been arrested on charges of instigating last Saturday’s clashes in Saharanpur that killed three and injured dozens of others, the police said on Thursday. MEERUT: A former town councillor arrested on charges of instigating violence between Sikh and Muslim groups in Saharanpur that left three people dead…
Saharanpur riot: Man held for FB post Dehradun:
30-Jul-2014
A 36-year-old man was arrested by the Uttarakhand police in Udham Singh Nagar district for allegedly posting on Facebook an inflammatory picture and comments related to the Saharanpur riots using a fake ID. Lalit Kholia was arrested on Monday evening after he had reportedly posted and tagged 84 friends in a photograph directed towards a…
It’s a riot a day in Uttar Pradesh
29-Jul-2014
In Rampur, trivial bike accident leads to communal flare-up; 3 killed, 12 injured With Western Uttar Pradesh already in the grip of communal frenzy, a petty dispute in Rampur triggered a major clash between members of two communities. Three persons were killed, while a dozen others were injured in indiscriminate firing and explosion of crude…
Karnataka MLA defends ‘ communal’ Twitter post
29-Jul-2014
BJP National Executive member C. T. Ravi on Monday defended a tweet he posted on Sunday that called for the implementation of the Gujarat model in Uttar Pradesh to stem communal riots in the state. The Karnataka MLA said he had no intention to stoke communal tensions and that his tweet was a “ genuine…
Mob clashes with police in Bhuj, 13 injured in firing
28-Jul-2014
The violent mob also damaged police vehicles parked on the police station compound. Three persons were hit by bullets as police opened fire to control a violent mob which had gheraoed a police station and had been pelting stones at the building in Bhuj town of Kutch late on Sunday evening. Nine policemen were also…
Communal clash in Meerut over ‘ disused’ graveyard
28-Jul-2014
BARELY had the tremors of the Saharanpur clashes faded away that a new episode of communal conflict was reported in Meerut. Members of two communities clashed in Meerut on Sunday over the burial of a body in a graveyard, located in the Bahadurpur area, reportedly in disuse. The piece of land reportedly served as a…