Citizens for Justice and Peace
NBA condemns Delhi assault on journos
17-Feb-2016
Feb 17 2016 : Mirror (Mumbai) The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) condemned the assault by lawyers and others on journalists and cameramen, especially women journalists, who were reporting from the Patiala House Court on Monday. The incident happened when the president of the JNU Students Union, Kanaiya Kumar, was being produced in the court on…
Shah Rukh collects degree, ABVP activists protest
17-Feb-2016
Feb 17 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) New Delhi: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Shah Rukh Khan received his graduation degree on Tuesday, 28 years after passing out from Hansraj College. Walking down the memory lane, the Bollywood star said, “This is a very special mo ment for me. I am back in my college…
All-Party Meet: Left, Congress raise JNU arrest, Rohith Vemula case
17-Feb-2016
The meeting was called to discuss legislation that the government is hopeful of passing in the upcoming Budget session beginning 23 February. Written by Pradeep Kaushal , Abantika Ghosh | New Delhi | Updated: February 17, 2016 8:10 am The NDA government faced some uncomfortable moments during an all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra…
Muslim man donates truck to carry vegetable to Tirupati temple
17-Feb-2016
Vijayawada:Feb 17, 2016, PTI A Muslim man from Chennai has donated a refrigerator truck to the famous Tirupati temple for transporting vegetables. The vehicle, worth Rs. 35 lakh, was flagged off by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu earlier on Monday. The truck, with a capacity of eight tonnes, was donated by Abdul Gani, and will…
RSS worker beaten to death
17-Feb-2016
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Feb 17, 2016. DHNS: An activist of the RSS was beaten to death by a gang of assailants in Kannur on Monday, triggering tension in politically sensitive regions of the district. The activist named Sujith (27) of Azad Colony in Aroli was assaulted at his home by a group of 10 assailants with logs.…
`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…
3-year-old abducted, raped in Dharavi
17-Feb-2016
dna correspondent @dna The Dharavi police on Tuesday filed a case against an unidentified man for kidnapping and raping a three-year-old girl. No arrests into the case have been made yet. The minor was a resident of Shivaji Nagar, Govandi, where she lived with her family. Her family found her missing from home at 10pm…
Bihar woman flees from husband after he sells her to porn film makers
17-Feb-2016
Feb 17, 2016 | • Age Correspondent | • Bihar Sarita alleged that her in-laws not only taunted her for her father’s inability to provide a dowry, but also started treating her roughly. In less than two months after her wedding, a woman from Saran district, Bihar was forced to abscond from her in-law’s house…