Citizens for Justice and Peace
Jain saint threatens santhara if meat export not banned
01-Jan-2016
Jan 01 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Meerut A Jain muni on Thursday threatened `santhara’ (a fast unto death) if there was no ban on meat exports from the country. In a letter to district magistrate Pankaj Yadav, the muni, Maitri Prabh Sagar, informed him of the decision. “I have been continuously protesting…
J&K: Two LeT militants gunned down by security forces in Pulwama
01-Jan-2016
“At around 3 AM, the militants tried to escape from the house where they were hiding. They were challenged by the security forces and asked to surrender,” the official said. Written by Bashaarat Masood Srinagar Updated: Jan 1, 2016, 0:48 Two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, including a foreigner, were killed in a joint operation of police,…
UP panchayat asks rape victim to thrash accused with shoes
01-Jan-2016
Two men had allegedly gangraped the girl in Todalpur village on December 19. By: PTI Hapur Published:Dec 31, 2015, 20:03 A panchayat here in a bizarre directive has asked an alleged rape victim to beat up the accused with shoes after he refused to pay the Rs 5 lakh fine imposed by it. Two men…
Police negligence encourages flesh trade, says special court
01-Jan-2016
• 1 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Charul Shah charul.shah@hindustantimes.com MUMBAI: Negligence of the police machinery encourages flesh trade, observed a special woman’s court’s judge while acquitting a woman accused of forcing another woman into prostitution. The court also asked the registry to inform the commissioner of police about the negligence in investigation.…
Naqvi: Talk on intolerance is propaganda
01-Jan-2016
Jan 01, 2016 | PTI| New Delhi The decline in number of complaints received by the National Commission for Minorities in the last couple of years clearly indicates that the talk about intolerance was “politically-manufactured propaganda”, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said. The Union minister of state for minority affairs said the Narendra…
2 murders take communal colour
01-Jan-2016
Jan 01, 2016 | Age Correspondent| mumbai Trouble began when a man murdered his neighbour over an affair Two deaths in the Khar area triggered by personal animosity have now spiralled into a communal issue. Shiv Sena workers led by their leader MLA Srikant Sarmalkar on Thursday protested outside the Nirmal Nagar police station in…
About half of Muslim, Hindu women illiterate
01-Jan-2016
NEW DELHI:Jan 1, 2016, DHNS Almost half of Hindu and Muslim women are illiterate with rural areas faring the worst, latest Census report has said. Across India, 48.11 per cent (4.03 crore) of Muslim women and 44.03 per cent (20.60 crore) of Hindu women cannot write or read even their names. Though more and more…
Denied chief secy post, Rajasthan IAS officer converts to Islam, opts for VRS
01-Jan-2016
The officer applied today for Voluntary Retirement from Service (VRS) in protest against the extension of tenure awarded to Chief Secretary CS Rajan. Written by Mahim Pratap Singh Jaipur Updated: Jan 1, 2016, 1:14 A senior IAS officer here publicly announced his decision to convert to Islam and applied for voluntary retirement from the services…
Muslim family gives shelter to 600 cows
01-Jan-2016
• 1 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Zakir Hussain letters@hindustantimes,com NAGAUR: With the country witnessing a fierce debate over perceived intolerance, a Muslim family in Rajasthan is doing its bit to maintain communal harmony, dedicating its life to the service of cows. Phule Khan and his family, who hail from Ledi village in…
Muslim group cleans flood-hit temples
08-Dec-2015
CHENNAI, December 8, 2015 Updated: December 8, 2015 08:22 IST The Hindu Members of the Jammat E Islami Hind clean a temple at Kotturpuram — Photo: Shaju John Among the heart-warming stories to have emerged from the Chennai floods is a cleaning drive undertaken by a Muslim organisation. Around 50 members of Jammat E Islami…