Citizens for Justice and Peace
VHP leader killed in Agra had scuffle with accused a day earlier, say police
28-Feb-2016
On February 24, residents of Tola Munnalal locality under Mantola police station area complained against the main accused, Shahrukh (24), claiming that he indulged in “goondagardi”. Written by Aditi Vatsa Agra Published:Feb 28, 2016, 4:50 As allegations of cattle smuggling and cow slaughter continue to cloud the murder of local Dalit VHP leader Arun Mahaur…
Rohith’s mother meets Sonia and Yechury, urges justice for her son
28-Feb-2016
Feb 28 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) New Delhi: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Radhika Vemula, the mother of the late University of Hyderabad (UoH) scholar Rohith Vemula, met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and other politicians on Saturday, and urged them to ensure justice for her son so that “no other student suffers his fate”.…
Women Under Attack – German girl loses her way, raped by auto driver
28-Feb-2016
Feb 28 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) New Delhi TIMES NEWS NETWORK CAPITAL SHAME: SEXUAL ASSAULTS CONTINUE Two days before the Nirbhaya anniversary last year, a 19-year-old German national was allegedlyraped around midnight in Prasad Nagar, near Karol Bagh. The woman said that on December 14, she had stepped out of her hotel…
Murthal ‘rape’ report: ‘Men started harassing a few women…I don’t know if they escaped unharmed’
28-Feb-2016
The incident is reported to have occurred on NH-1, near Sukhdev Dhaba. Written by Abhishek Angad , Anju Agnihotri Chaba Murthal | Jalandhar Published:Feb 28, 2016, 4:15 Days after reports that several women were “raped” in Murthal, during the Jat quota protest on February 22, some eyewitnesses have recounted how a group of men “misbehaved”…
Four rape woman in moving car
28-Feb-2016
Feb 28 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) New Delhi: TIMES NEWS NETWORK A middle-aged woman was allegedly gangraped by four men in a moving car late night on Friday when she went to buy food in east Delhi’s Anand Vihar area. A case has been registered and the police are trying to verify…
Rohith Vemula suicide case: Oppn for privilege motion against Smriti Irani
28-Feb-2016
Referring to Irani’s comments in Lok Sabha last week on Vemula’s death, the Congress said the BJP was “waging a war against Dalits” while the CPI(M) said “untruth and lies” were uttered in the Lower House. By: Express News Service New Delhi Updated: Feb 28, 2016, 3:02 Turning up the heat on Union HRD Minister…
No ban on ‘Aligarh’ film: District authorities
28-Feb-2016
“We have no knowledge whatsoever on this matter and no cinema owner has contacted us for seeking any sort of security for exhibiting this movie,” said SSP. By: PTI Aligarh Updated: Feb 28, 2016, 18:19 District authorities on Sunday categorically denied having imposed any “ban” on the controversial film ‘Aligarh’, based on the life of…
`I was beaten in court, but police did nothing’
28-Feb-2016
Feb 28 2016 : Mirror (Mumbai) NEW DELHI PTI JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar tells SC-appointed lawyer panel the police let off the attacker even after he identified the man inside courtroom JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar has told a Supreme Court-appointed lawyers’ probe panel that he was beaten up, pushed to the ground and injured by…
Pune student sexually assaulted, robbed
27-Feb-2016
Feb 27 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Pune: TIMES NEWS NETWORK A 19-year-old student of a prominent city college was sexually assaulted and robbed while she was reading a book in Hanuman Tekdi hillock here on Wednesday evening. Vijay Vikas Kamble, 21, was arrested after the woman lodged a complaint on Thursday .…
Tribal activist Soni Sori threatened again
27-Feb-2016
PAVAN DAHAT RAIPUR, February 27, 2016 Tribal activist and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Soni Sori, who is currently undergoing treatment in New Delhi after an attack on her last week, received “threats” on Thursday night. “Some unknown persons threw handwritten pamphlets at her residence in Geedam town of Dantewada on Thursday night. They said…