Citizens for Justice and Peace
Case against SRK-Salman for hurting Hindu sentiments
16-Jan-2016
Lucknow, Jan 16, 2016, (IANS) A case was filed on Saturday against Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan in a court in Meerut for hurting the sentiments of the Hindu community. The case was filed before the special judicial magistrate’s court by the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, accusing the two actors of showing…
Rape and the tyranny of silence
16-Jan-2016
The stories are many, the theme the same. Of the clouds of silence and shame that blanket rape and violent sexual subjugation. Yogesh Pawar unravels narratives hidden in the folds of time to understand the trauma of rape survivors Yogesh Pawar I was 17 when it happened. It took me five years to speak up.…
Rape, sexual harassment rose in 2015
15-Jan-2016
• 15 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • HT Correspondent htmetro@hindustantimes.com MUMBAI: Crimes against women — including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and kidnapping, among others — increased in Mumbai’s central region in 2015 from the previous year. The region includes areas such as Tardeo, Dharavi, Dadar, Mahim, Sion, Antop Hill and Wadala. On April…
Taloja cops rescue bull from getting slaughtered, seize van but culprits flee
15-Jan-2016
Three persons have been booked by the police in Thane for allegedly transporting a bull in an SUV for slaughtering, police said on Thursday. Bull slaughtering is banned in Maharashtra. The three — Intezar Ali Sheikh, Raju Ungli and Raju Lanka — have also been booked under charges including attempt to murder, based on a…
Hindu activists assault couple on train, accuse them of carrying beef
15-Jan-2016
• HT Correspondents, Hindustan Times, Bhopal/Harda| Updated: Jan 15, 2016 15:07 IST Hindu right-wing activists belonging to a cow protection group allegedly assaulted a Muslim couple on a train in Madhya Pradesh on the suspicion of carrying beef, which was in fact buffalo meat found in another passenger’s luggage. Police said that a laboratory test…
Father gangrapes minor daughter
15-Jan-2016
Jan 15, 2016 – Aftab Khan | • Nashik In a horrific crime, a father, along with three other men and a minor, allegedly gangraped his minor daughter in Brahmanwada village of Niphad tehsil on December 22. The case came to light recently, when video clips of the horrifying incident started circulating on the messaging…
Indians known as Hindus abroad, says Mohan Bhagwat
15-Jan-2016
Jan 15, 2016 | Age Correspondent| mumbai Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said India has accepted diversity and all Indians, when they go abroad, are known as Hindus. “We are all Hindus. There is diversity in the country, but when we go out of India, people (there) call us Hindus,” he said. Addressing the…
2 minor girls raped, both accused on run
15-Jan-2016
Jan 15 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Mumbai: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Two underage girls were sexually assaulted in separate instances in Borivali west recently . In both the cases, the police have been unable to nab the accused. Atwo-year-old girl was raped at Ganpat Patil Nagar slums, off Borivli Link Road. Police teams…
Communal clash in Fatehpur on Sankranti
15-Jan-2016
Jan 15 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Communal clash in Fatehpur on Sankranti Faiz Siddiqui Kanpur:More than a dozen people were injured in a clash between members of two communities after a model of the proposed Ram temple in Ayodhya was carried in a procession in Qazi Tola area of Fatehpur district on…
Ram Madhav takes a dig at Aamir Khan
15-Jan-2016
Jan 15 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) New Delhi: TIMES NEWS NETWORK BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav on Thursday urged those who had returned awards to protest against the alleged rise in intolerance, to consider the impact of such acts on the country’s image. Madhav told reporters the BJP would honour the…