Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…
Bhojshala row: Hindu outfits pray outside disputed shrine
10-Feb-2016
The Dharma Jagran Manch (DJM), which is leading the campaign, said Tuesday’s ‘satyagrah’ outside the shrine was in protest against the administration’s refusal to relax security measures. Written by Milind Ghatwai Bhopal Published:Feb 10, 2016, 0:44 Three days before Basant Panchami, Hindu outfits kept the administration on tenterhooks by praying outside the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula’s…
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…
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…
Maharashtra govt favours entry of women to Haji Ali
10-Feb-2016
Discrimination on the grounds of sex has to go, High Court said. Written by Aamir Khan | Mumbai | Published:February 10, 2016 12:37 am The Maharashtra government has informed the Bombay High Court that the Constitution gives women the right to enter Haji Ali Dargah and that the right to pray or profess religion will…
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)…
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…
Beef With Investors
09-Feb-2016
Feb 09 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Haryana’s ill-advised cow legislation has begun to extract an economic toll Haryana’s chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been tying himself in knots over his government’s ill-advised legislation to ban consumption of beef and treat cow slaughter on almost the same plane as murder. Bans are…