Citizens for Justice and Peace
Taslima Nasreen: Don’t think India is an intolerant country
07-Feb-2016
“I don’t think India is an intolerant country. Most of the people are quite tolerant for each other’s faith, I think”, she said at the Kerala Literature Festival in Kozhikode. By: PTI | Kozhikode | Updated: February 7, 2016 3:40 pm Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen does not feel that India is an “intolerant” country and…
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…
Hyderabad University student, a fan of Rohith Vemula, goes missing
07-Feb-2016
Suresh is a member of the Ambedkar Students Association, which Rohith was associated with. He had also written glowing tributes about Rohith on his Facebook page. By: Express News Service | Hyderabad | Updated: February 7, 2016 9:01 am A 28-year-old PhD scholar from the University of Hyderabad, Ditty Suresh, who was reportedly suffering from…
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…
Taslima Nasreen: Don’t think India is an intolerant country
07-Feb-2016
“I don’t think India is an intolerant country. Most of the people are quite tolerant for each other’s faith, I think”, she said at the Kerala Literature Festival in Kozhikode. By: PTI | Kozhikode | Updated: February 7, 2016 3:40 pm Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen does not feel that India is an “intolerant” country and…
Bhojshala row: Week before Basant Panchami, thousands turn up for prayers
06-Feb-2016
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) allows Hindus to pray from sunrise to 12.30 pm and then from 3.30 pm till sunset and Muslims from 1 pm to 3 pm on every Basant Panchami. Written by Milind Ghatwai | Dhar (mp) | Published:February 6, 2016 2:38 am Exactly a week before Basant Panchami, thousands of…
16-year-old UP rape accused may be 1st to be tried as adult
06-Feb-2016
Feb 06 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Anuja Jaiswal Mainpuri: Court Sends Him To Judicial Custody, Not Remand Home A 16-year-old accused of raping a 9-year-old Dalit girl was on Friday sent to jail -and not a juvenile home -setting the stage for what might be the first trial of a minor as…