Citizens for Justice and Peace
Hashimpura Massacre: Records destroyed, victims to fight on
04-Feb-2016
s. With a hearing in the case scheduled before the Delhi High Court on February 17, a complainant in the case said the future course of action was under consideration and will be finalised soon in consultation with the victims’ lawyer, Vrinda Grover. Written by AMIT SHARMA | Meerut | Published:February 4, 2016 2:43 am…
SIT to investigate sexual harassment charge, Sardar Singh says not engaged
04-Feb-2016
He said he had not seen the police complaint and was concentrating on the matches in the Hockey India League. Written by Divya Goyal , Nitin Sharma | Ludhiana | Updated: February 4, 2016 11:57 am A day after a hockey player from the UK filed a written complaint alleging sexual harassment charges against national…
Rohith was an OBC, parties should not politicise it: Union Min
04-Feb-2016
New Delhi, Feb 3 , 2016, PTI: Another Union Minister today claimed that Rohith Vemula, who committed suicide at Hyderabad University, was not a Dalit and parties should stop politicising his death for their own gains. “There is no question of this being a Dalit versus non-Dalit issue as Rohith and his family are an…
Panchayat lets rapist go free after he touches survivor’s feet
04-Feb-2016
Feb 04 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Mrigank Tiwari Bareilly:In a shocking decision, a local panchayat in Bareilly pardoned an alleged rapist after making him touch the survivor’s feet. The entire episode took place in front of a police station. After senior officials came to know of it, a complaint was lodged and…
VHP protests shooting of SRK’s film ‘Raees’ in Bhuj
04-Feb-2016
No permission About 20-30 VHP activists had on Tuesday handed over a memorandum to district officers and demanded that permission for the film’s shoot be withdrawn. He should think before talking about the country that gave him a name; if he still speaks about intolerance, the VHP won’t forgive him. —Ranchhod Bharwad, Gujarat VHP general…
Shamli couple, family battle to build new life after ‘love jihad’ furore
04-Feb-2016
At Shamli’s Kandhla, members of Mohammad Asif’s family, who had been on the run after being accused in a police complaint of abduction, are back home but have suffered “irreparable losses”. Written by Sweta Dutta | Kandhla | Published:February 4, 2016 1:50 am The Muslim boy’s family at their rasidence in Kandla area of Shamli…
Tanzanian girl stripped, thrashed in Bangalore
04-Feb-2016
Feb 04 2016 : Mirror (Mumbai) BENGALURU Three others were beaten up as well over `mistaken identity’; deeply pained, says Swaraj A Tanzanian woman student was allegedly beaten up and stripped by a mob in a case of “mistaken identity“ after a woman was mowed down by a car in Bengaluru. The Bangalore Police on…
Bhilai gangrape: Witness ‘critical’ after suicide bid
04-Feb-2016
Written by Dipankar Ghose | Bhilai | Published:February 4, 2016 2:39 am A witness in the case against a doctor and two policemen, who are in jail for allegedly gangraping a 20-year-old BSc student in Bhilai in June 2014, allegedly attempted suicide Monday night. The police said Sonal Mahar, a nurse at Lal Bahadur Shastri…
‘I was beaten up for trying to rescue the girl who was stripped’
04-Feb-2016
K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj Bengaluru, February 4, 2016 Tanzanian national recounts the ordeal he and a woman went through on Sunday evening, when a mob thrashed them “The mob was so unruly that they chased the hapless girl for more than 20 minutes, beating her up, tearing her clothes, almost stripping her. When I tried to…
VHP protests shooting of Shah Rukh Khan’s film Raees in Bhuj
04-Feb-2016
VHP protests shooting of Shah Rukh Khan’s film “Raees” in Bhuj By: PTI | Bhuj | Updated: February 4, 2016 10:13 am Shah Rukh Khan had entered the ongoing debate on intolerance on November 2 last year by expressing that there was “extreme intolerance” in the country. Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) members protested against the…