Citizens for Justice and Peace
Food for children in beef packaging, probe ordered
22-Jan-2016
State Women and Child Development Minister Anita Bhadel said it was only a “packaging mistake”. Written by Mahim Pratap Singh | Jaipur | Published:January 22, 2016 1:31 am A mistake by a self-help group created a scare in some villages in Bharatpur, when nutrition supplement under Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) was distributed in discarded…
Pune: Teenager’s father alleges his son was burnt alive after he said he was Hindu
22-Jan-2016
On Thursday, members of Rathod’s Banjara community and Hindutva groups met senior police officers and threatened to launch an agitation on January 27 over the death. Written by Chandan Haygunde | Pune | Updated: January 22, 2016 10:49 am The death of a teenager who was set on fire by three people, including two brothers,…
Man gets triple life imprisonment for rape of minor girl in Pune
22-Jan-2016
Police said that the convict identified as Rajesh Natha Chouhan (30) had raped the girl at Sadashiv Mangal Karyalay in Wadgaon Maval on July 7, 2013. By: Express News Service | Pune | Published:January 22, 2016 3:13 am A special court on Thursday awarded triple life imprisonment to a convict for the rape of a…
Muslim youth in love with Hindu girl found dead
22-Jan-2016
S.P. Saravanan SALEM, January 22, 2016 A youth, who was in love with a Caste Hindu girl, was found dead near a railway track in Omalur in Salem on Thursday morning, triggering allegations that he could have been murdered by the girl’s relatives who were opposed to their relationship. According to police, Syed Ismail (24),…
Maha woman stripped, raped, beaten; cops book 14
21-Jan-2016
Jan 21 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Ahmednagar: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly stripped by a group of men, raped by one of them and beaten up by some women at a village in the district, police said on Wednesday . Police have booked 14 people after an FIR was lodged by the…
‘Consensual video’ shot by lovers fell into wrong hands
21-Jan-2016
Mohammad Ali Kalawda Kala (Muzaffarnagar), January 21, 2016 Muzaffarnagar village is tense and locals are scared of fresh communal violence. The video which BJP leaders in Muzaffarnagar alleged was the “rape video” of a Jat woman by a local Muslim man, is actually a consensual sex video, shot by the lovers — Irshad and the…
15 Dalit Christians ‘re-converted’ in ‘ghar wapsi’ ceremony
21-Jan-2016
Staff Reporter VELLORE, January 21, 2016 Fifteen Dalit Christians belonging to five families were ‘re-converted’ to Hinduism at a ‘ghar wapsi’ (homecoming) ceremony near Latheri, Katpadi on Tuesday evening. The ceremony, organised by Hindu Munnani, Vellore, was conducted at an Amman temple in Chengimottur. Residents of Adi Dravidar Colony The five families were residents of…
ABVP leader wants fair probe, denies he lied about assault
21-Jan-2016
Hyderabad, Jan 21 (PTI): Nandanam Susheel Kumar, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad leader who has been accused of abetting the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, on Thursday demanded a “fair” inquiry and rejected claims that he had lied about being assaulted by Rohit and other members of Ambedkar Students’ Association (ASA) at Hyderabad…
Dalit student death:ABVP leader demands fair probe, denies he lied about assault
21-Jan-2016
Hyderabad, Jan 21, 2016, (PTI) ABVP leader Nandanam Susheel Kumar, who has been accused of abetting suicide of dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, today demanded a “fair” inquiry and rejected claims that he had lied about being assaulted by Rohith and other members Ambedkar Students’ Association (ASA) at Hyderabad University. “Reasons for Rohit Vemula’s suicide…
Journalist assaulted by Gujarat riot convict
21-Jan-2016
Jan 21, 2016 – Souvik Mitra | New Delhi A former TV journalist was allegedly assaulted by a convict of the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case in Gujarat when she had gone to interview him at his Ahmedabad house on Wednesday evening. Former NDTV journalist Revati Laul, who has been living in Ahmedabad for over…