Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…
Bijnor: An acid attack and two conflicting accounts
19-Jan-2016
Bijnor police say they will arrest woman for throwing acid on her friend, will look into her allegation that it was the friend who had tried to throw it on her Written by Sweta Dutta | Bijnor | Updated: January 19, 2016 9:31 am Suraj, who allegedly attacked with the acid by his female friend…
‘What did we do wrong?’ Meet the commando ‘saviours of the cow’
19-Jan-2016
The 31-year-old garage owner, who is out on bail, has returned home after spending nearly four days in jail for allegedly assaulting a Muslim couple on a train. Written by Milind Ghatwai | Harda | Updated: January 19, 2016 10:24 am Rajput heads a bunch of commandos who call themselves cow saviours and raid vehicles…
SC stays execution of man who raped, killed Bhayender 6-yr-old
19-Jan-2016
Jan 19 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Dhananjay Mahapatra New Delhi: Issues Notices To Maharashtra, Delhi On Appeals By Two Rapists The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of two condemned prisoners—one from Mumbai and the other from Delhi—who were awarded death sentence for sexually assaulting young girls before killing them. A…