Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…
`24-hour surveillance must to prevent abuse of schoolgirls’
17-Feb-2016
Feb 17 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) V Narayan & Vinamrata Borwankar Mumbai: Abdul Rehman (33), alias Rauf Shaikh, the private van driver who was arrested on Monday for sexually assaulting a six-year-old, has been remanded in police custody till February 23. Shaikh allegedly committed the offence after threatening to kill the girl’s…
Sightless Muslim girl knows Gita by heart
17-Feb-2016
Feb 17 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Ishita Bhatia Meerut Ask seven-year-old Rida Zehra if she knows the Gita, and the visually-challenged girl folds her hands and starts reciting the book -which she knows by heart -within seconds. Living at a residential blind school in Meerut since three years, Zehra has never seen…
Vemula Suicide: Fact-finding Committee Slams Hyderabad University Authorities
17-Feb-2016
Feb 17 2016 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) Anubhuti Vishnoi New Delhi: The report of the HRD ministry’s fact-finding team on the Rohith Vemula suicide has slammed the university administration for a flawed inquiry process that led to the expulsion of the five students associated with the Ambedkar Student Association.It also underlined the “academic demoralisation…