Citizens for Justice and Peace
Allow women in Haji Ali: Maha to HC
10-Feb-2016
Rosy Sequeira Feb 10 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Mumbai: The state government on Tuesday batted for allowing women inside the inner sanctum of Haji Ali Dargah, saying they cannot be banned unless the practice of prohibiting women is integral to Islam. Advocate general Shreehari Aney told a bench of Justice V M…
STATE FAVOURS LIFTING BAN ON WOMEN INSIDE HAJI ALI SHRINE
10-Feb-2016
• 10 Feb 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Ayesha Arvind ayesha.arvind@hindustantimes.com MUMBAI: Women have an “unfettered” right to worship and no trust or organisation must attempt to infringe upon such a right, the Maharashtra government announced on Tuesday. The statement was made by Maharashtra advocate general Shrihari Aney before the Bombay high court (HC)…
Those who can’t live without beef must not visit Haryana, says Anil Vij
10-Feb-2016
Feb 10, 2016 | PTI| Ambala Vij said CM has clarified that there is no plan for licences to allow foreigners to have beef. Ambala: Haryana’s Health Minister Anil Vij has said that those who cannot live without eating beef should not visit the state. “There are some countries we don’t visit because food and…
Death sentence for killing students
10-Feb-2016
PTI BIHARSHARIF, February 10, 2016 A district court on Tuesday awarded death sentence to a man and life imprisonment to another for killing two students of Purnea district when they came there to write an examination two years ago. Additional District Judge Rajesh Kumar Pandey awarded death sentence to Lala Chaurasia and life imprisonment to…
Rajasthan: Religious leaders refuse to accept 2 women qazis
10-Feb-2016
Feb 10, 2016 – Sanjay Bohra | Jaipur Muslim religious leaders and women rights groups are at loggerheads in Rajasthan over equal rights for women. The bone of contention is whether a woman qazi can conduct marriages or not. The matter is being debated after two women from Jaipur claimed to have become qazis. Jahan…
Muzaffarnagar case: Families of boy, woman killed in 2013 riots turn hostile
10-Feb-2016
While Muslim leaders blamed poor police investigation for the acquittals, Rana said that the families of the two victims turned hostile during the trial. And for reasons they don’t explain, the families no longer wish to pursue the case. Written by Manish Sahu , Kaunain Sheriff M | Lucknow/muzaffarnagar | Published:February 10, 2016 3:05 am…
Allow women in Haji Ali: Maha to HC
10-Feb-2016
Rosy Sequeira Feb 10 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Mumbai: The state government on Tuesday batted for allowing women inside the inner sanctum of Haji Ali Dargah, saying they cannot be banned unless the practice of prohibiting women is integral to Islam. Advocate general Shreehari Aney told a bench of Justice V M…
I teach patriotic songs, why would I stop pupils: suspended teacher from Jhalawar
10-Feb-2016
“I have been working at this school for 13 years. Why would I do something like that after all these years, when I’m three years from retirement,” Nisaar, 56, told The Indian Express from Jhalawar. Written by Mahim Pratap Singh | Jaipur | Published:February 10, 2016 1:24 am Suspended for allegedly stopping students from chanting…
Tanzanian incident, racism involved
09-Feb-2016
D V Guruprasad, Feb 9, 2016: The recent incident involving African students in Bengaluru has evoked international attention and being treated as a racial attack. As per media reports, a Sudanese student Mohammed Aahad drove his car rashly resulting in the death of a woman on the night of January 31, 2016. Soon a crowd…
Ram temple: RSS to counter ‘disinformation’ on social media
09-Feb-2016
New Delhi, Feb 9, 2016 (PTI) Raising the pitch on Ram temple issue, RSS will now train its volunteers and sympathisers so that they can check the alleged “disinformation campaign” on the social media. BJP leader and former Union Minister Subramanian Swamy, who is actively pursuing the Ram Janambhoomi movement case in court, will provide…