Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…
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…
Couple tortures girl, held
02-Feb-2016
Feb 02, 2016 – Ashita Dadheech | • mumbai They allegedly forced 8-year-old minor to do housework The Kurar police has nabbed a man and his wife for allegedly torturing an eight-year-old girl, who is the man’s niece, who was staying with them since her mother’s death. Prahlad Vishwakarma (39) and his wife Laxmidevi (35)…
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…