Citizens for Justice and Peace
Deaf-mute rape accused moves HC for bail to marry survivor
14-Feb-2016
Feb 14 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad TNN The deaf and mute youth from Pachchham village near Dholera, Nagarbhai Anjara, who is accused of raping a similarly disabled girl, has moved Gujarat high court seeking bail on the ground so that he could marry the rape survivor and look after their child,…
Sabarkantha Rape Case – Victim’s friend may undergo DNA test
14-Feb-2016
Feb 14 2016 : Mirror (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau amfeedback@timesgroup in Tweets @ahmedabadmirror Needle of suspicion in rape of 14-yr-old, who underwent abortion last year, points at friend with whom she exchanged letters on V-Day last year There is a twist in the Sabarkantha rape case where a 14-year-old had undergone medical termination of her…
SRK’s Raees on hold over permission issue
14-Feb-2016
Feb 14 2016 : Mirror (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau amfeedback@timesgroup.in TWEETS @ahmedabadmirror Production house reportedly failed to secure Archaeological Survey of India’s green signal to shoot at Sarkhej Roza at night; shooting likely to resume today Shooting for the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Raees hit a rough patch on Saturday after authorities from the Archaeological Sur…
Rohith suicide: SC panel summons Guntur Collector
14-Feb-2016
P. Samuel Jonathan GUNTUR, February 14, 2016 Collector and District Magistrate of Guntur Kantilal Dande has been summoned by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes in the case relating to the suicide of Rohit Vemula, a Dalit research scholar of the University of Hyderabad, on January 17. Mr. Dande is leaving for New Delhi to…
Tension in Dhar blows over as Hindus, Muslims offer prayers
13-Feb-2016
• 13 Feb 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Punya Priya Mitra and Ritesh Mishra letters@hindustantimes.com DHAR: A face-off between rightwing Hindu groups and the administration i n Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar blew over after Muslims offered Friday namaaz under heavy security cover at a disputed shrine claimed by both communities. Communal t ension had been…
Bhojshala on Basant Panchami: Finally, both puja, namaz offered
13-Feb-2016
Some Muslims ‘smuggled in’ for brief namaz at noon, Hindus let in after 1 pm Written by Milind Ghatwai | Dhar | Updated: February 13, 2016 1:23 am It took nearly 200 policemen in white kurta-pyjama, approximately 25 Muslim men who no one except the administration saw offering the Friday namaz, and a breach of…
Judge pronounces `triple talaq’, wife writes to CJI
13-Feb-2016
Feb 13 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Eram Agha Aligarh:Decades after the Shah Bano case stirred a nationwide debate on sharia law in the context of Muslim women’s rights, a 47-year-old woman was orally divorced through “triple talaq“ by none other than a sitting judge of a district court here. An angry Afsha…
Shani row: Activist Trupti gets death threat
13-Feb-2016
Feb 13 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Pune: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Activist Trupti Desai, who has been spearheading the campaign for women’s entry into the sanctum of Shani Shingnapur temple, has received a threat to her life. An anonymous letter sent to Desai has warned her to stay away from the agitation or…
India tolerant even of intolerance: Amartya
13-Feb-2016
Feb 13 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) New Delhi: TIMES NEWS NETWORK “The problem is not that India is intolerant. It is far too tolerant even of intolerance,“ said Amartya Sen, delivering the Rajendra Mathur annual lecture organised by the Editors Guild. Speaking on the subject of “the centrality of the right to…
Snapdeal staffer back, says abducted & let off
13-Feb-2016
Feb 13 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Ayaskant Das Ghaziabad Dipti Sarna, a 24-year-old legal executive with Snapdeal, returned home on Fridaymorning, almost 36 hours after she had gone missing. She told police she had been kidnapped by four men in a shared auto who said they “wanted her to meet someone (tumhe…