Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
Indian hockey captain Sardar Singh accused of sexual harassment
03-Feb-2016
The woman claimed she has been engaged to Sardar for the past four years and alleged that he “mentally, physically and emotionally tortured” her. Written by Divya Goyal | Ludhiana | Updated: February 3, 2016 10:45 am An international hockey player of Indian origin has filed a police complaint against national team captain Sardar Singh…
IIMC student’s FB post against Dalits stirs disquiet
03-Feb-2016
Anuradha Raman NEW DELHI, February 3, 2016 The post comes in the wake of the suicide of research scholar Rohith Vemula and subsequent unrest in the University of Hyderabad. A Facebook post by a student of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) here targeting Dalits has led to disquiet on the campus, with administrative…
Uproar over police assault: Two men who beat up protesters seen standing with police minutes before baton charge
03-Feb-2016
In an earlier video, the men were seen assaulting the student protesters even as police denied they were part of the force. Written by Mahender Singh Manral , Alok Singh | Delhi | Updated: February 3, 2016 7:53 am A new video of the Delhi Police beating students during a protest at the RSS headquarters…
12-year-old mentally unstable girl raped
03-Feb-2016
Arvind Walmiki @airwind05 The Shil Daighar police have launched a manhunt for the accused after it came to light that a 12-year-old mentally unstable girl was raped on Monday. The victim was returning home at Shil village in Shil Daighar in the afternoon when an unknown man allegedly raped her. When she did not return…
Hindu groups reject ASI’s staggered timing to pray at Bhojshala in Madhya Pradesh
03-Feb-2016
The district administration is now bracing for a tense Basant Panchmi. Written by Milind Ghatwai | Bhopal | Published:February 3, 2016 3:51 am Hindu organisations have rejected the Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) proposed arrangement of letting both Hindus and Muslims pray at Bhojshala in Dhar town of Madhya Pradesh on Basant Panchami on February…
ASI allows Hindus to do puja, Muslims to offer namaz at Bhojshala on Basant Panchmi
02-Feb-2016
PTI Dhar, February 2, 2016 Hindus can perform puja and Muslims can offer namaz at the disputed Bhojshala monument in the district on Basant Panchmi on February 12, the Archaeological Survey of India said in an order. Tension has been brewing up in the district since last one month in the run-up to the festival…
Muslims perform last rites of 84-yr old Kashmiri Pandit
02-Feb-2016
Srinagar, Feb 2, 2016, (PTI): In a heart warming example of Kashmiriyat, Muslims of a village in Kulgam district of south Kashmir performed the last rites of a Kashmiri Pandit, who clung his roots and refused to leave the valley when all others in his family fled under threat from militants. Janki Nath (84), a…
Thousands from city demand justice for Rohith
02-Feb-2016
• 2 Feb 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • HT Correspondent htmetro@hindustantimes.com Activists, students, social workers want action against those responsible for Dalit scholar’s suicide MUMBAI: Thousands of students, political activists and social workers came out on the streets to protest against the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad. Sporting caps that read…
Acid attack on Mehsana girl
02-Feb-2016
The Mehsana SP said that the girl seems to have lost her right eye whereas, 95 per cent of her face has sustained burn injuries along with other body parts like chest, shoulder and legs. By: Express News Service | Ahmedabad | Updated: February 2, 2016 3:36 am The girl had refused the accused’s proposal…