Citizens for Justice and Peace
Ram temple can only be built in Ayodhya, not Pak: Giriraj Singh
20-Feb-2016
Singh had courted controversy before 2014 polls by saying that critics of then PM candidate Narendra Modi should leave India and go to Pakistan. By: Express News Service | Patna | Published:February 20, 2016 4:09 am Union minister Giriraj Singh on Friday said that if Ram temple is constructed it will be only in “Ayodhya,…
Political activist held for abusing women journos
19-Feb-2016
Feb 19 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Mumbai: A political activist, Arvind Sawant, and a bouncer with a private security company, Kiran Kumar, were arrested by the Sion police after they allegedly abused, manhandled and passed lewd comments at two women journalists at the Sion hospital on Thursday. The police said the journalists…
Man arrested for raping minor cousin, getting her pregnant
19-Feb-2016
• 19 Feb 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • HT Correspondent htmetro@hindustantimes.com MUMBAI: The Cuffe Parade police on Thursday arrested a 22-yearold man for sexually assaulting and impregnating his 16-yearold cousin after promising to marry her. The police said the accused has been assaulting the girl for more than three months. She found out she…
Demand for extra helping of ‘khichdi’ gets girl thrashed, father killed
19-Feb-2016
Feb 19, 2016 | • Age Correspondent | • Gokhlapur (Araria) Few months ago, her brother was pushed off the school’s terrace when he asked for an extra helping of food. Though Bihar government has bestowed state-run primary and secondary schools with mid-day meal services, the scenario isn’t all that rosy – children for whom…
Girl, 3, raped by youth in Chhattisgarh village
19-Feb-2016
Feb 19, 2016 | • Age Correspondent | • Raipur A three-year-old girl has allegedly been raped by a youth in a Chhattisgarh village, the police said on Thursday. The incident took place in Buta Kosa village under Ambagarh police station in Rajnandgaon district on Thursday, the investigating officer said. According to the FIR lodged…
JNU row: Teachers union warns of protest
19-Feb-2016
Feb 19, 2016 | • Age Correspondent | • mumbai The All India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations (AIFUCTO) has warned the Cente of a nationwide protest by teachers, students and staff if the JNU issue is not resolved at the earliest. The union has also asked the government to justify its action…
Kanhaiya Kumar’s father refuses security, slams RSS, BJP
19-Feb-2016
Feb 19, 2016 | • PTI | • Begusarai (Bihar) JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar’s father on Thursday refused to accept security at his home here and alleged that his son was “punished” by BJP and RSS for defeating their candidate in the students’ union elections. “We politely urged the policemen to go back as we…
Thousands join solidarity march for Kanhaiya Kumar
19-Feb-2016
Protesters demand strict action against Delhi Police chief Bassi ‘Stand with JNU’ movement gets wider support from students as parties continue to attack one another Azaan Javaid @AzaanJavaid New Delhi: In a massive show of strength, more than 10,000 people turned up at a rally organised in support of the Jawaharlal Nehru University whose student…
Fearing witch-hunt, Kashmiri students in JNU leave hostels
19-Feb-2016
• 19 Feb 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Gulam Jeelani gulam.jeelani@hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI: Danish ( name changed), a PhD student from south Kashmir’s Anantnag district in Jawaharlal Nehru University, has been changing hostels since February 9, when the row over the ‘anti-national’ event erupted. Thirty-two-year-old Danish had nothing to do with the event organised…
`Modi Sena’ threatens to burn activist
19-Feb-2016
Feb 19 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Kolkata TNN A Jadavpur University student has complained to police that right-wing supporters on Facebook have threatened to burn her to death for showing solidarity with JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar. The complainant, Triparna Dey Sarkar, says the trolls and attacks mounted soon after her…