Citizens for Justice and Peace
Kolkata film school prof held for `rape’ Priyanka Dasgupta
20-Jan-2016
Jan 20 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Kolkata: Picked Up From Thane After He Had Gone Missing Neeraj Sahay , a professor at Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute SRFTI), was arrested in Thane, Maharashtra, on Tuesday evening, around seven weeks after a student accused him of forcing her into sex. The Panchasayer…
Riots rape clip triggers tension in Muzzaffarnagar
20-Jan-2016
Jan 20 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Meerut: TIMES NEWS NETWORK One of UP’s most restive districts is on the boil again after a rape clip, of a woman getting violated during the riots of 2013 in Muzaffarnagar, went public earlier last week. BJP leaders, some of them accused in the riots, have…
NOW, POET ASHOK VAJPEYI RETURNS AWARD
19-Jan-2016
• 20 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • HTC NEW DELHI: Poet Ashok Vajpeyi on Tuesday decided to return the D.Litt given to him by University of Hyderabad in protest against the “anti-Dalit” attitude of the authorities. “A Dalit student, Rohith Vemula, who wanted to be a writer, was driven to commit suicide due…
Hyderabad research scholar’s suicide: TISS students boycott lectures, express solidarity
19-Jan-2016
By Pallavi Smart Students from IIT-B, TIFR, Mumbai University and its affiliated colleges to follow suit tomorrow, term Rohith Vemula’s suicide an ‘institutional murder’ Protests condemning the suicide of Rohith Vemula, a research scholar from Hyderabad Central University (HCU), seem to be spreading like wildfire across premier educational institutes in the country, including Mumbai. While…
Dalit student’s suicide ‘murder of democracy’: Arvind Kejriwal
19-Jan-2016
By IANS New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday described the suicide of the Hyderabad Dalit student as “murder of democracy, social justice and equality”. “It’s not suicide. It’s murder. It’s murder of democracy, social justice and equality. (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi ji should sack ministers and apologise to the nation,” Kejriwal said…
Dalit suicide case: Congress demands sacking of Smriti Irani, Dattatreya
19-Jan-2016
By PTI New Delhi: Going on the offensive on the dalit student’s suicide case in Hyderabad, Congress on Tuesday demanded that HRD Minister Smriti Irani should be removed along with Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, against whom a FIR has been lodged. Party spokesperson Kumari Selja told reporters in New Delhi that both Irani and…
Dalit PhD scholar hangs himself
19-Jan-2016
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 He along with 4 others had been suspended for alleged attack on an ABVP official. Protests followed outside HRD minister’s residence in Delhi. The minister forms a committee to look into the matter Hyderabad: The body of V Rohit, a Dalit PhD scholar who was found hanging at the Central University’s…
Student suicide: Digvijay asks student wings to unite
19-Jan-2016
New Delhi, Jan 19, 2016, (PTI) Attacking the government over the alleged suicide of a dalit scholar in Hyderabad, Congress leader Digvijay Singh today charged that vice chancellors have been handpicked by the BJP-RSS and asked student wings to come together to fight the “communal forces”. “This is only a beginning.Vice Chancellors have been handpicked…
Call for 1991 Sabarimala case records: Kerala
19-Jan-2016
Krishnadas Rajagopal NEW DELHI, January 19, 2016 A Division Bench of the Kerala HC had upheld the restriction on women of a particular age group offering worship at the shrine. In a submission that may indicate the Kerala government’s position on access to women aged between 10 and 50 to the Sabarimala shrine, the State…
Muzaffarnagar on boil again as rape video goes public, BJP leader jumps in
19-Jan-2016
This comes a week after a 40-year-old health worker from Muzaffarnagar committed suicide after a video of her alleged rape was circulated on WhatsApp. Written by Manish Sahu | Lucknow | Published:January 19, 2016 2:50 am Two of the accused were arrested and sent to jail after being produced before a local court Monday. Police…