Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
Main accused in Muzaffarnagar riot victim gangrape arrested
17-Feb-2016
PTI Muzaffarnagar, February 17, 2016 A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped on January 29 by three youths when she was returning home. The main accused has been arrested in connection with the gangrape of a 14-year-old girl, who was rehabilitated along with her family after the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, police said on Wednesday. Zulfam, son…
Vicious assault on Kanhaiya
17-Feb-2016
Imran Ahmed Siddiqui New Delhi, Feb. 17: Kanhaiya Kumar was kicked and punched so viciously inside a court complex today afternoon that what appeared to be urine stained the young man’s trousers. Half an hour later, the JNU students’ union president, arrested on a sedition charge, was beaten up again – this time in a…
JNU Row: No question of clean chit to Kanhaiya, says Bassi
17-Feb-2016
Shubhomoy Sikdar New Delhi, February 17, 2016 The Police Commissioner said that they, in fact, had evidence against the JNUSU president on the basis of which he was arrested. Dismissing media reports on a Delhi Police internal report not mentioning Kanhaiya Kumar as raising anti-India slogans, Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi on Wednesday said those…
http://www.asianage.com/mumbai/jnu-faculty-divided-over-boycott-classes-505
17-Feb-2016
JNU faculty divided over boycott of classes Feb 17, 2016 – SHASHI BHUSHAN | • New Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University’s ongoing protest against the arrest of students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar has not only divided political parties, but also caused a rift among some 700 JNU faculty members. One group of teachers, led by the…
http://www.asianage.com/india/jnu-controversy-lawyer-disrupts-sc-proceedings-chants-vande-mataram-661
17-Feb-2016
JNU controversy: Lawyer disrupts SC proceedings, chants ‘Vande Mataram’ Feb 17, 2016 | • Age Correspondent | • New Delhi After the incident, SC limited the number of people to be allowed inside the courtroom for hearing. The Supreme Court on Wednesday limited the number of people present in the courtroom as a lawyer tried…
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…