Citizens for Justice and Peace
IIMC Dalits lodge plaint against `casteist’ peers
04-Feb-2016
Feb 04 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Himanshi Dhawan New Delhi: The controversial suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad University has found an echo at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) at Delhi. Posts on social media using abusive language against Dalit and tribal students have prompted around 17 IIMC…
Rape case: Gujarat HC grants anticipatory bail to Rajkot builder
04-Feb-2016
After Ramani challenged the sessions court order before the HC, the 20-year-old victim had also filed an affidavit through her advocate. Ahmedabad | Published:February 4, 2016 12:29 am The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Rajkot builder Kamlesh Ramani, who is facing arrest for allegedly drugging and raping a woman in December…
Nine injured in Muzaffarnagar group clash
04-Feb-2016
Muzaffarnagar, February 4, 2016 At least nine persons were on Wednesday injured in a clash that broke out between two groups over the appointment of an Imam at a mosque at Doheli village here, the police said. The incident occurred at the village under Purkazi police station area when the two groups confronted each other…
Tanzanian student attack: Bengaluru police arrest five people, Siddaramaiah assures justice
04-Feb-2016
The incident involving the Tanzanian student took place at Ganapathinagar in north Bengaluru, where a number of African students live and study at local colleges By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: February 4, 2016 10:52 am The Tanzanian student alleged that she was stripped and forced to walk naked in public by…
Tanzanian woman beaten up, stripped by mob in Bengaluru
04-Feb-2016
Bengaluru/New Delhi: 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 here, prompting the authorities of the East African country to raise the matter with the Indian government. Reacting to the incident, external affairs minister Sushma…
RTI activist attacked in Vyara
04-Feb-2016
Feb 04 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Surat: TIMES NEWS NETWORK TNN An RTI activist, Romel Sutariya, was allegedly thrashed by a group of unidentified persons outsi de mines and mineral de partment offi ce in Vyara town of in Ta pi district on Tuesday . Sutariya was visiting the office to get…
B’luru mob attacks, strips Tanzanian girl
04-Feb-2016
Feb 04 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) TNN Incensed by a Sudanese student running over a woman in north Bengaluru, a mob of locals allegedly attacked and stripped a Tanzanian girl in another car, nearly sparking a diplomatic crisis. The Tanzanian high commission, in a communication to the foreign ministry , has asked…
Priest arrested for blackmailing woman, then raping her
04-Feb-2016
Thursday, February 04, 2016 By Asif Rizvi The police arrested the priest and seized his smartphone which was used for filming the victim and then blackmailing her for sexual favours The Gamdevi police station have arrested a priest of a temple in Cotton Green area identified as Prem Singh Parmar (35) for raping a 38-year…
Abducted Jharkhand girls face porn-racket threat
03-Feb-2016
• 3 Feb 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Saurav Roy letters@hindustantimes.com RANCHI: Tribal girls trafficked from Jharkhand could be forced into pornography to cater to a global demand for their dark complexion, police and activists have said, highlighting the ordeal of thousands of women preyed upon by organised cartels in the state. Both police…
Kottayam: For ‘discriminating’ against Dalit woman scholar, professor removed
03-Feb-2016
The university also served a notice to Prof Nandakumar Kalarikkal to explain why severe action should not be taken against him. Written by Shaju Philip | Thiruvananthpuram | Updated: February 3, 2016 2:36 am The Syndicate of Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam has decided to remove the head of a teaching department on charges of…