Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
After Pathankot attack, cops beef up security for local trains, stations
18-Jan-2016
• 18 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Saurabh M Joshi saurabh.joshi@hindustantimes.com HIGH ALERT State issues advisory; special teams of railway police’s commando force to patrol all routes MUMBAI: Following the Pathankot terror attack, the railway police are on high alert following a state advisory about the possibility of a similar attack on Mumbai’s…
ACCUSED HELD AFTER RAPE CLIP CIRCULATED IN MUZAFFARNAGAR
18-Jan-2016
• 18 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Vasistha Bhardwaj letters@hindustantimes.com MUZAFFARNAGAR: Khatauli police arrested two men allegedly involved in the gangrape of a 32-year-old married woman here. The accused, apprehended on Sunday, had raped the woman in Kelavada village under Khatauli police station, more than two years ago and filmed the act. On…
Sub-inspector kills woman, commits suicide in Delhi
18-Jan-2016
Azaan Javaid @AzaanJavaid New Delhi: A 30-year-old Delhi Police sub-inspector on Sunday morning shot dead a woman and then committed suicide in a park situated in Delhi’s south west region. While the 27-year-old woman died on the spot, the cop succumbed to injuries later in the evening after undergoing treatment at All India Institute Of…
Another ‘rape video’ goes public in Muzaffarnagar
18-Jan-2016
Mohammad Ali Muzaffarnagar, January 18, 2016 A girl from Kailawda village in Khatoli police station has alleged that two men from the “other community” gang-raped her two years back. For the third time in the last 10 days, yet another case of gang rape was reported from Muzaffarnagar district. A girl from Kailawda village in…
Tension in Hyderabad varsity over research scholar’s suicide
18-Jan-2016
Hyderabad, Jan 18, 2016, (IANS) Tension prevailed in University of Hyderabad on Monday over the suicide of one of the five Dalit research scholars following their expulsion from the hostel. Police intervened to shift the body from the campus to the hospital for autopsy as students resisted their attempts, demanding justice to the student’s family.…