Citizens for Justice and Peace
Ban on women in Shani temple should be reviewed: Ritambhara
08-Feb-2016
Feb 08 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Pitching in her bit in the row over ban on women’s entry in ‘Shani Temple’, Sadhvi Ritambhara, Hindu right wing religious leader, said on Sunday that “such outdated traditions should be reviewed”. However, Ritambhara downplayed the issue as a minor one given…
Caste came up in 3 suicide probes at Hyderabad University
08-Feb-2016
The HRD Ministry wants a judicial commission to probe the events that led to the suicide on January 17 of Vemula. Written by Apurva | New Delhi | Updated: February 8, 2016 9:36 am The University of Hyderabad had all the warning it needed before Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula committed suicide last month. Three…
No plan to issue beef licences to foreigners: Haryana CM
08-Feb-2016
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar ruled out any plans of issuing beef licences or special permits to foreigners. By: PTI | Chandigarh | Published:February 8, 2016 10:24 pm Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday ruled out any plan to issue licences and give relaxation to foreigners to consume beef in the state,…
Muzaffarnagar locality tense after youth held for ‘sodomising, killing’ minor
08-Feb-2016
On Sunday, the accused, identified as one Ibrahim, was produced before the court which sent him to judicial custody. Written by Manish Sahu | Lucknow | Published:February 8, 2016 2:27 am TENSION prevailed in Shivpuri locality of poll-bound Muzaffarnagar after police arrested a 22-year-old youth for allegedly sodomising and then killing a minor boy of…
Haryana may allow foreigners to eat beef
08-Feb-2016
Feb 08 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Manvir Saini Chandigarh Within months of bringing in an Act that mandated 10-year jail for cow slaughter, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has mooted a plan to issue licences to eat beef for foreigners living in Haryana. The proposal is for a short period and…
Beef for foreigners not so soon: Haryana
08-Feb-2016
The Haryana government is reportedly working on a proposal to issue beef licenses to foreigners who live in that state. By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: February 8, 2016 4:52 am A day after Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was quoted as saying that he was open to relax the beef…
Ryan student death: Father claims Devansh had injury marks on private parts
07-Feb-2016
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who has the education portfolio, said the magisterial probe into Devansh’s death indicated towards a “heinous crime”. By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: February 7, 2016 2:26 am The father of Devansh Kakrora, a Class I student of Ryan International School who ‘drowned’ in water tank on…
Owaisi attacks Mulayam, pitches for dalit-muslim unity in UP
07-Feb-2016
Faizabad, Feb 7, 2016 (PTI) Pitching for dalit-muslim unity, controversial AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi today said his party will write a new chapter in Uttar Pradesh politics by bringing together the “two most oppressed communities”. “We will write a new chapter in the state. The two most oppressed communities Dalits and Muslims should join hands…
UP: 16-yr-old rape accused to be tried as adult
07-Feb-2016
Mainpuri DM Chandra Pal Singh Saturday asked Chief Medical Officer K K Sharma to submit a report over allegations. By: Express News Service | Lucknow | Published:February 7, 2016 1:40 am A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri and will be tried as an adult in…
I don’t think India is intolerant country: Taslima
07-Feb-2016
Kozhikode, Feb 7, 2016, (PTI) Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen does not feel that India is an “intolerant” country and wondered why secularists in the country were questioning only Hindu fundamentalists. She also said that a democracy based on pseudo-secularism was not a true democracy at all. “I don’t think India is an intolerant country. Most…