Citizens for Justice and Peace
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
All alone, 80-year-old Pandit widow to stay put in the Valley
04-Feb-2016
Ishfaq-ul-Hassan @ishfaq72 Srinagar: When 85-year-old Kashmiri Pandit Janki Nath Bhat died on Saturday in the remote Malvan village of south Kashmir, his 80-year-old widow Rani Devi surprised everyone by deciding to stay put in the valley despite being all alone. Rani Devi had a solid reason not to leave the village because local Muslim boys…
One arrested for killing Indore woman in Patna
03-Feb-2016
The man has admitted to his involvement and said he committed the crime in fit of rage following a heated argument. Written by Santosh Singh | Patna | Published:February 3, 2016 2:49 am Eight days after a young woman from Indore was shot dead near Patna railway station, the city police on Tuesday claimed to…
Mehsana acid attack victim may lose vision
03-Feb-2016
Feb 03 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ashish Chauhan Ahmedabad: Kajal, the 17year-old victim of Monday’s acid attack in Mehsana, may fail to recover her vision. Dr M F Shaikh, head of plastic surgery in Civil Hospital expressed such concerns on Tuesday as the acid burns on the girl, currently in C-5 ward…