Citizens for Justice and Peace
Bihar: Cops sent to raze illegal temple attacked
28-Jan-2016
Local RJD leader S K Nirala, who reportedly built the Basudev temple that blocks a road, has been arrested. By: Express News Service | Patna | Published:January 28, 2016 2:40 am Bihar’s Hajipur town was tense on Tuesday evening after a crowd attacked a police party that had gone to demolish an illegally constructed temple…
3 BJP men involved in Dadri lynching, will reveal names if PM Modi asks: Mulayam Singh Yadav
28-Jan-2016
The SP chief, however, didn’t take the names of the Bisara village in Dadri area of Gautam Budh Nagar or the victim 50-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq who was killed by a mob on September 28. By: Express News Service | Lucknow | Published:January 28, 2016 1:46 am More than four months after a man was lynched…
Dalit sarpanch skips flag hoisting
28-Jan-2016
Jan 28 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ashish Chauhan Ahmedabad: The dalit sarpanch of Nortol village of Kheralu taluka in Mehsana who sought enhanced police protection for the flag hoisting ceremony on Republic Day af ter being threatened by mem bers of the Thakor communi ty, refrained from attending the event as he…
This businessman is wedded to a cause
28-Jan-2016
Jan 28 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Palanpur: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Jitubhai Invited 18,000 Widows To Bless His Son’s Marriage Inviting widows to auspicious functions is still conside red a taboo, more so in ru ral areas. But Mehsa na-based businessman, Jitendra Patel, trashes these parochial beliefs with contempt. On Wednesday, Patel, bet…
6 found guilty in Bengal gang-rape case, 2 acquitted
28-Jan-2016
Kolkata, Jan 28, 2016, DHNS: Mamata had accused victim’s family of having Maoist links Nearly three years after a 21-year-old college girl was gang-raped and murdered at Kamduni in North 24 Parganas, a Sessions Court in Kolkata on Thursday pronounced six accused in the case guilty, setting the argument for quantum of punishment on Friday.…
The importance of being Rohith Vemula
27-Jan-2016
Valson Thampu, Jan 27, 2016: There is something worse than nudging a young man of promise towards suicide. It is the depravity of fudging its meaning, the mockery of casting the dead into a coffin of falsehood. So, Rohith Vemula is reconfigured as a victim of clinical depression. Depression is not such a bad thing.…
Some Hindu groups behaving like Muslim fundamentalists: Akhtar
27-Jan-2016
Kolkata, Jan 27, 2016 (PTI) Claiming that some Hindu groups are now behaving like Muslim fundamentalists, eminent lyricist-scriptwriter Javed Akhtar has said barring such elements Indian society has always been tolerant. “In 1975 I showed a comedy scene in a temple. Today I won’t. But even in 1975, I wouldn’t have shown a scene in…
Dalit teachers want VC sacked to resume classes
27-Jan-2016
Hyderabad, Jan 27, 2016, DHNS: SC/ST Teachers Forum at University of Hyderabad has said their members would launch a hunger strike from Thursday demanding justice for Dalit scholar Vemula Rohit, dashing hopes of resuming classes early. “We demand the resignation of Vice Chancellor P Apparao and the interim VC Prof Vipin Srivastava to resume academic…
Didn’t Beat Up Dalits: Maha BJP
26-Jan-2016
Jan 26 2016 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) Krishna Kumar Mumbai: Mumbai police register case against RSS workers, but fail to arrest anyone The BJP has asked the Maharashtra government to investigate whether Sunday’s fight between Dalit students protesting the suicide of Rohit Vemula and RSS workers in Dharavi was the result of a conspiracy.…
Over 200 Christian Leaders to Discuss RSS’ Manch
26-Jan-2016
Jan 26 2016 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) Vasudha Venugopal New Delhi RSS planning to set up Rashtriya Isai Manch, on the lines of the Muslim Rashtriya Manch Over 200 heads of churches, including all archbishops and a few cardinals, are set to meet on February 13 in the capital to decide the community’s strategy…