Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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.…
From Dadri to Malda: Partisanship of secularists debasing secularism
18-Jan-2016
Monday, January 18, 2016 By Virendra Kapoor National interest should guide the ‘award-wapsi’ crowd Dadri is some fifty kilometers from Delhi. Malda over 1,500. But that cannot be the only reason why Malda has not entered national consciousness. Dadri was in the headlines for several weeks. The crime was gruesome. An innocent man was killed…
Body of Dalit researcher who committed suicide after alleged insult sent for autopsy
18-Jan-2016
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (PTI): The body of V. Rohit, a Dalit PhD scholar who was found hanging at the Central University’s hostel room in the campus on Sunday, was sent for post mortem amid protests from fellow students on Monday morning. According to Cyberabad Police Commissioner C.V. Anand, the situation is now “fine” on the…