Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…
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…
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 video of Delhi police and others beating protesters near RSS office
02-Feb-2016
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: February 2, 2016 3:35 am The video, shot on January 30, shows police officers and men in plain clothes beating protesters at Jhandewalan. A video that shows Delhi Police officers beating students, who were protesting outside the RSS headquarters in Jhandewalan over Dalit research scholar Rohith…
Vested interests trying to show Rohith was not Dalit: Karnataka CM
02-Feb-2016
In a letter to Vemula’s mother Radhika, Siddaramaiah expressed regret that the university campus has become a “place for unscrupulous elements to achieve their politically motivated, caste-based agenda.” By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: February 2, 2016 6:40 pm Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has condemned the attempts by “vested interests” for projecting the Hyderabad…
Kerala: Four held in connection with brutal assault of youth
02-Feb-2016
The victim had reportedly made certain remarks against the father of one of the four accused which infuriated them. Thiruvananthapuram | Published:February 2, 2016 8:35 pm A day after the video of a youth being brutally attacked in broad daylight went viral, four persons were arrested today by a special police team in connection with…
U.P. police destroyed papers on massacre
02-Feb-2016
Mohammad Ali Meerut, February 2, 2016 Documents on PAC deployment were ‘weeded out’. The Uttar Pradesh police destroyed documents that could have helped to prove the involvement of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel in the Hashimpura massacre of 1987, even while the trial is still pending, it has now emerged. Last year, a Delhi…