Citizens for Justice and Peace
Kanhaiya was badly beaten up, Supreme Court told
19-Feb-2016
Krishnadas Rajagopal NEW DELHI, February 19, 2016 “We could have been beaten black and blue. We barely escaped with our lives,” senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan told the Supreme Court on Thursday. He was recounting the “atmosphere of terror” at the Patiala House court complex on Wednesday as a mob dressed in lawyer’s black robes unleashed…
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…
Lawyers attack Kanhaiya, inside and outside court
18-Feb-2016
Unprecedented security made little difference | Monday attackers involved Ritika Jain & Azaan Javaid @dna New Delhi: Student union president of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Kanhaiya Kumar, was beaten up by the lawyers outside the Patiala House court complex on Wednesday. Kanhaiya was brought to be produced before the metropolitan magistrate (MM) Loveleen’s court for…
Muzaffarnagar riots case: VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi surrenders in court
18-Feb-2016
The court had issued a fresh warrant against her after she failed to appear before it on January 23 despite an earlier warrant that directed her to appear in connection with the same case on December 18. By: PTI | Muzaffarnagar | Updated: February 18, 2016 5:18 pm VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi on Thursday surrendered…
Lawyers attack Kanhaiya, inside and outside court
18-Feb-2016
Unprecedented security made little difference | Monday attackers involved Ritika Jain & Azaan Javaid @dna New Delhi: Student union president of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Kanhaiya Kumar, was beaten up by the lawyers outside the Patiala House court complex on Wednesday. Kanhaiya was brought to be produced before the metropolitan magistrate (MM) Loveleen’s court for…
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…