Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…
ABVP disrupts event attended by Shah Rukh
18-Feb-2016
Staff Reporter NEW DELHI, February 18, 2016 A group of students and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists on Tuesday disrupted an event at Hans Raj College here attended by actor Shah Rukh Khan. The police detained several students who opposed the participation of Mr. Khan, who was there to promote his upcoming film Fan…
JNU students ate beef, worshipped Mahishasur: police report
18-Feb-2016
Kritika Sharma Sebastian NEW DELHI, February 18, 2016 Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) ate beef on the campus and worshipped Mahishasur instead of goddess Durga and hence they are “anti-nationals,” said a Delhi Police report on the Afzal Guru event held on the campus on February 9. The report reveals how the police had…
JNU STUDENT LEADER SWEARS BY CONSTITUTION – Rowdy Lawyers Beat up Kanhaiya, Journalists in Police Presence
18-Feb-2016
Feb 18 2016 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) New Delhi: Our Political Bureau A bunch of lawyers beat up JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar at the Patiala House District Court on Wednesday as he was brought in by the police after his two-day custody expired. They also beat up journalists and heckled other lawyers who had…
Kanhaiya condemns anti-India slogans
18-Feb-2016
Feb 18 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) TNN I am an Indian. I have full faith in the Consti tution as well as the judiciary of the count ry,“ JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar told the metropolitan magistrate on Wednesday–the first time he has spoken on the issue since his arrest on…
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…