Citizens for Justice and Peace
Dalit’s suicide snowballs into political storm
20-Jan-2016
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 The suicide by a dalit student of Hyderabad University has snowballed into a major issue with BJP’s rivals wading into it and demanding the removal of Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya, accusing them of being responsible for the death. As Congress mounted the demand for the sacking of the…
HYDERABAD STUDENT SUICIDE – Dalit students stage silent protest
20-Jan-2016
Jan 20 2016 : Mirror (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau amfeedback@timesgroup in TWEETS @ahmedabadmirror (WITH AGENCY INPUTS) Fifty students of Central University of Gujarat (CUG) gathered to condemn actions of University of Hyderabad that allegedly led to Rohith’s suicide Protesting the suicide of 26-year-old Dalit student Rohith Vemula in Hydera bad on Sunday, around 50 Dalit…
In Tamil Nadu’s Vazhavur, another story of Dalit death and prejudice
20-Jan-2016
Written by Arun Janardhanan | Madurai | Updated: January 20, 2016 8:08 am Policemen carry the body of Chellamuthu through the forest path for burial at Vazhavur, Nagapattinam. WITH A straight face, M Karthikeyan says his grandparents, who died recently, received “the distinction of a state burial”. “They were buried by police, only the 21-gun…
Four-year-old allegedly raped by conductor in school bus in Ujjain
20-Jan-2016
Jan 20, 2016 | • Agencies | • Ujjain The alleged rapist tried to escape but has been arrested. Ujjain: A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a moving school bus by the conductor in Ujjain on Tuesday. According to latest reports, the alleged rapist tried to escape but has been arrested. A case has…
Shakti Mills gangrape case: Minor accused’s treatment may come to haunt cops
20-Jan-2016
Jan 20, 2016 – Shahab Ansari | mumbai The trials in the 2013 gang rape cases in Central Mumbai’s deserted Shakti Mills compound could be one of the most successful as the prosecution not only managed to prove guilt of all the arrested accused, but also secured death sentence under a newly-amended law for three…
Four suicide bids by rape victim in Muzaffarnagar after her video surfaced, says family
20-Jan-2016
He father, a 50-year-old farmer, said, Every time I speak to her, she tells me that she does not want to live. Why did she not tell us what she was undergoing all these years? Written by Aditi Vatsa | Muzaffarnagar | Updated: January 20, 2016 9:21 am Two days ago, the family shifted her…
Pandit couple returns to Muslim neighbourhood in Kashmir
20-Jan-2016
Peerzada Ashiq Srinagar, January 20, 2016 One reason I stayed in Muslim colony is relate with my youthful days, says Omkar Razdan. A Kashmiri Pandit couple is back in the Kashmir Valley. What makes the return of Omkar Razdan (70) and Vijay Bazaz Razdan (65) unique is they refused to take the Prime Minister’s package.…
Pandit couple returns to Muslim neighbourhood in Kashmir
20-Jan-2016
Peerzada Ashiq Srinagar, January 20, 2016 One reason I stayed in Muslim colony is relate with my youthful days, says Omkar Razdan. A Kashmiri Pandit couple is back in the Kashmir Valley. What makes the return of Omkar Razdan (70) and Vijay Bazaz Razdan (65) unique is they refused to take the Prime Minister’s package.…
Woman confesses to killing lover; husband still at large
20-Jan-2016
• 20 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • HTC MUMBAI: A woman in her early twenties was arrested by the Malwani police on Tuesday for allegedly murdering her lover with the help of her husband. According to the police, Saira Bano Shaikh was having an extra-marital affair with Chandan Yadav, the 22-year-old man whose…
4-year-old raped in Borivli, second incident in a week
20-Jan-2016
• 20 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) MUMBAI: Three days after a two-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Ganpat Patil Nagar slum in Borivli, a 52-year-old man was arrested for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl in the same area on Monday. The accused approached the girl, who was playing outside her house, on Saturday.…