Citizens for Justice and Peace
Dalit scholar suicide: More than 10 booked for rioting at rally
26-Jan-2016
• 26 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • HT Correspondent htmetro@hindustantimes.com MUMBAI: Charges- of atrocity and rioting have been invoked by the Dharavi police against those allegedly involved in disrupting a rally organised on Sunday to condemn the death of Dalit PhD scholar Rohith Vemula. The complainant Ramesh Jaiswar, 38, alleged t he accused…
Day after clash, protesters and RSS activists file counter complaints at Dharavi police station
26-Jan-2016
According to the students, the police was initially reluctant to file a case. By: Express News Service | Mumbai | Published:January 26, 2016 1:01 am An FIR has been registered against at least a dozen people, allegedly belonging to a Rashtriya Swayam Sevak (RSS) shakha in Dharavi, under sections of atrocities Act after they clashed…
Vote for us if you want to eat beef, says Asaduddin Owaisi
26-Jan-2016
Jan 26, 2016 | PTI| Hyderabad It is the poor who cannot afford to eat mutton and they have to depend on beef, the MP said. Hyderabad: A ban on consumption and sale of beef may be imposed in the city if AIMIM was not voted to power in the upcoming elections to Greater Hyderabad…
Never said India intolerant or wanted to leave country: Aamir Khan
26-Jan-2016
Jan 26, 2016 | PTI| mumbai Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, whose “leaving India” comments linked to the “intolerance” debate had kicked up a huge controversy, on Monday said he never meant that he wanted to leave the country and asserted that India was intolerant. Asserting that no other country is as diverse as India, Aamir,…
Dalit scholar death: ‘Chalo HCU’ protest today
25-Jan-2016
Hyderabad, Jan 25, 2016, (PTI) An indefinite fast launched by a fresh batch seven students over suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula continued in the Hyderabad Central University here for the second day even as agitators called for a ‘Chalo HCU’ protest march to press their demands. The stir resumed yesterday after the previous…
VHP meeting steers clear of temple in Ayodhya, focuses on Ram Mahotsav
25-Jan-2016
Written by Lalmani Verma | Lucknow | Published:January 25, 2016 12:25 am It decided to distribute posters of the proposed design of the Ram temple and saffron flags carrying its photographs during the event. DAYS AFTER Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) national working president Pravin Togadia had said that the organisation will not initiate any movement…
More to Rohith Vemula’s suicide note
25-Jan-2016
Suresh Krishnamoorthy HYDERABAD, January 25, 2016 If the suicide note was considered important, portions of the scratched-out content appear to be of more importance now. Rohith Vemula, who took the extreme step, probably got disillusioned, if one were to go by the words he had scratched out. “The Ambedkar Students Association, the Students Federation of…
Hyd scholar suicide: `RSS men’ thrash protesting students
25-Jan-2016
Jan 25 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Mumbai: TNN College students protesting against the suicide of Hyderabad Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Dharavi claimed they were beaten up by RSS members on Sunday. A mob gheroed the local police station in the evening. According to a student, 200 of them had taken out…
Six youths arrested for 2 ‘rapes’ at Fort Kochi
25-Jan-2016
One accused allegedly recorded both assaults to blackmail victims Written by Shaju Philip | Thiruvananthapuram | Published:January 25, 2016 1:54 am Six youths and two minors were held over the weekend for alleged involvement in two different rape cases at a homestay in Fort Kochi. Six youths and two minors were held over the weekend…
3 girls commit suicide in Tamil Nadu, blaming college, high fees
25-Jan-2016
The bodies of the three were found in a well near the college. Written by Arun Janardhanan | Chennai | Updated: January 25, 2016 6:39 am THREE girl students of SVS Yoga Medical College at Kallakurichi near Villupuram in Tamil Nadu committed suicide on Saturday evening accusing the administration of charging excess fees and “torture”,…