Citizens for Justice and Peace
Girl hit for asking more of mid-day meal, father killed for protesting
19-Feb-2016
Bihar schools finding it hard to meet demand at Rs 3.86 per child per day; education official says poor parents also send along siblings to school for free meals. Written by Santosh Singh | Gokhlapur (araria) | Published:February 19, 2016 3:08 am With just Rs 3.86 allocated per day per child at government primary schools…
Teachers, students stop ABVP rally from entering JU campus
19-Feb-2016
The rally was taken out a day after BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha had said that JU students should be “beaten up” for indulging in anti-national activities in the name of protests against the arrest of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar. Written by Arshad Ali , Premankur Biswas | Kolkata | Published:February 19, 2016 12:11 am…
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 booked for rape threat to journalist on Twitter in Mumbai
18-Feb-2016
The journalist alerted the police on their Twitter handle @MumbaiPolice and was directed to the Azad Maidan police station, where the FIR was registered. By: Express News Service | Mumbai | Published:February 18, 2016 1:49 am Journalists took out a march to protest the violence against reporters on court premises in Delhi. The Mumbai Police…
Rape in hospital ICU: Accused identified, arrest in 24 hours, say police
18-Feb-2016
The FIR was registered under IPC Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation); no case of negligence was registered against hospital authorities. Written by Sarah Hafeez | Bahadurgarh | Updated: February 18, 2016 9:27 am The man who allegedly raped a 23-year-old in the ICU of a private hospital in Bahadurgarh last week has been…
Muzaffarnagar: Eyewitness in sister’s gangrape case killed
18-Feb-2016
Written by Manish Sahu | Lucknow | Updated: February 18, 2016 9:02 am A 25-year-old man, who was also an eyewitness to the gangrape of his sister last year, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Meerapur police station area of Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday, police said. His family lodged a police complaint against eight people,…
Kerala RSS worker’s killing: Police identify 20 suspects, but yet to establish ‘political rivalry’
18-Feb-2016
According to the Kannur SP, while the family had named only eight people, police investigation indicated the involvement of 20 people. Written by Arun Janardhanan | Kannur | Published:February 18, 2016 3:16 am Two days after an RSS worker was hacked to death at his house in Pappinissery, Kannur, police said they have identified 20…
Video of two naked teens getting beaten on local goes viral
18-Feb-2016
dna correspondent @dna A shocking video of two unknown and naked teenagers getting beaten mercilessly in a compartment of a local train went viral on social media on Wednesday, leaving the Government Railway Police (GRP) baffled. Immediately after the video went viral, the GRP launched an inquiry to ascertain the facts about the incident. In…
2-yr-old asking for food slapped by teacher in UP, loses hearing
18-Feb-2016
Feb 18 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Agra: TIMES NEWS NETWORK A two-and-a-half-yearold boy lost his hearing after he was allegedly slapped by a teacher for asking for food at his older siblings’ school during a midday meal service.Doctors have confirmed that the minor has suffered “at least partial loss of hearing“ after…
Students refuse to appear before JNU panel, teachers demand more members
18-Feb-2016
New Delhi, Feb 18, 2016, (PTI) JNU teachers have questioned the “scope” of the university probe panel inquiring into the raising of alleged anti-national slogans on campus and demanded that more members should be included into the high-level committee. The members of the students council, who have been asked to appear before the committee, have…