Citizens for Justice and Peace
Malda violence: Four key suspects yet to be questioned
15-Jan-2016
While 11 people have been arrested for the January 3 violence, police said they have not got any significant information from the accused. Written by Arshad Ali Malda Published:Jan 15, 2016, 2:24 ELEVEN DAYS after the violence at Kaliachak police station in Malda district, police are yet to make any substantial progress in cracking the…
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…
Teenage girl’s road accident reveals rape, pregnancy in Mumbai hospital
14-Jan-2016
Jan 14, 2016 | • PTI | • Thane Police arrested the accused rapist and booked him under the POSCO act. Thane: A minor girl was allegedly raped by a youth in the city and the crime came to light when she met with a road accident and was found to be pregnant. The 14-year-old…
`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…