Citizens for Justice and Peace
Fatehpur tense after clashes during Makar Sankranti procession
15-Jan-2016
Circle Officer (CO), Fatehpur city, Poornendu Singh said that the clash happened as members of the Hindu community were taking out their annual procession through the town. By: Express News Service Lucknow Updated: Jan 15, 2016, 2:25 Tension gripped Jahanabad town in Fatehpur district after members of two communities clashed during a procession on Makar…
Muzaffarnagar tense after rape victim commits suicide
15-Jan-2016
Mohammad Ali Meerut, January 15, 2016 Police fear issue may take a communal turn; security in village tightened. Muzaffarnagar is on the boil again and this time because of the alleged rape of an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) worker and the subsequent suicide after her rapist circulated the video of the act. The victim,…
30 injured, shops set on fire in UP communal clash
15-Jan-2016
• 15 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Haidar Naqvi haidernaqvi@hindustantimes.com KANPUR: More than 30 people were injured and a woman lost an eye in a communal clash that broke out in the famous Khichdi Mela of Jahanabad town, 35km from Kanpur and in the Fatehpur district of UP. The violence occurred just an…
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…
`No Babri tragedy, had Ram’s birth site been proved’
14-Jan-2016
Jan 14 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ashish Chauhan Gandhinagar A prominent nuclear physicist from Islamabad Professor Parvez Hudbhoy said on Wednesday that science and reasoning should truimph over religion and said that if Lord Ram’s birth had been proved scientifically, there would not have been any Babri Masjid dispute in Ayodhya. While…
US Raises Kalburgi Murder and Protests by Literary Community
14-Jan-2016
Jan 14 2016 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) DipanjanRoy Chaudhury New Delhi DIRECTED AT HOST US praises India for tolerance amid rising incidents of terrorism The US on Wednesday praised India for its tolerance and resilience amid rising incidents of terrorism, while also raising the issue of the murder of Kannada writer MM Kalburgi and…
Lauding Govt for Treatment of Muslims
14-Jan-2016
Jan 14 2016 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) NEW DELHI:“Here in India, the history of Islam is nearly as old as the faith itself.More than 170 million Indian Muslims live alongside Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains. When some voices openly worried that Indian Muslims would be swayed by ISIL’s propaganda, (Rajnath) Singh responded by…