Citizens for Justice and Peace
Panel to look into Murthal gangrapes
27-Feb-2016
Feb 27 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Chandigarh: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Haryana: Jat Stir Claimed 30 Lives Haryana Police on Friday formed a threemember all-women commit ee to gather information rom victims of alleged sexual assault at Murthal in Sonipat district during the Jat agitation, a day after Punjab and Haryana High Court…
Senior citizen held for raping 8-year-old girl
27-Feb-2016
Feb 27, 2016 – Ashita Dadheech | Mumbai The Sahar police has arrested a 62-year-old man for unnatural sex with an eight-year-old girl. The incident came to light on February 24 and the next day the family approached the police station, after which the accused was arrested at a local factory in Sahar area where…
Rohith Vemula can be the face of legitimate change in India’s education system, says mother
27-Feb-2016
The movement was important to ensure such an incident does not happen again, said Radhika, mother of Rohith, a student of Hyderabad Central University who committed suicide in January. Written by Kedar Nagarajan New Delhi Published:Feb 27, 2016, 3:33 When they saw the hundreds of people who participated in the ‘Chalo Delhi’ march to seek…
VHP Leader’s Murder: Three held, cops say no cow slaughter angle
27-Feb-2016
Station Officer, Mantola police station, Lekhraj Singh said the murder was fallout of heated arguments between Shahrukh and Mahaur on two consecutive days. By: Express News Service Lucknow Published:Feb 27, 2016, 1:05 The Agra police Friday arrested three accused, including the alleged shooter, named in the murder of VHP leader Arun Kumar Mahaur who was…
Pune student raped near college, 1 held
27-Feb-2016
Accused had robbed her before fleeing By: Express News Service Pune Published:Feb 27, 2016, 1:28 A 21-year-old man was nabbed Friday for allegedly robbing and raping a student of a reputed Pune college Wednesday evening at a hillock near her college. The 18-year-old victim had lodged a complaint at Chaturshringi police station Thursday. The accused,…
Kanhaiya Kumar: Delhi Police did not arrest attacker even after I identified him
27-Feb-2016
Kanhaiya Kumar recounted the assault he suffered at the Patiala House Court premises By: Express Web Desk New Delhi Updated: Feb 27, 2016, 15:47 JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges, recounted the horrific incident at the Patiala House Court premises on February 17 where he was assaulted by a mob of persons dressed…
Rohith Vemula’s mother has a request for Smriti Irani: Stop spreading lies
27-Feb-2016
Radhika Vemula, flanked by her other son Raja, said BJP will be decimated to the ground if PM does not take any action against Irani . Written by Kedar Nagarajan New Delhi Updated: Feb 27, 2016, 8:30 Mother of Rohith Vemula, the Dalit student who committed suicide at Hyderabad University last month, has accused Union…
Sena neta beats up woman cop, arrested
27-Feb-2016
When she asked for his driver’s licence, Shashikant Kalgude became violent Arvind Walmiki@airwind05 A Shiv Sena shaka pramukh, identified as Shashikant Ganpat Kalgude, 44, has been arrested for allegedly beating up a woman traffic constable in Thane. Kalgude was produced in court and was remanded in police custody for a day. He was released on…
BJP nationalism like Brahmin who turns Muslim, eats more onions: Ghulam Azad
26-Feb-2016
Ghulam Azad demanded that a House Committee be set up, with a member of the Opposition as its leader, to probe the matter. Written by Sagnik Chowdhury New Delhi Published:Feb 26, 2016, 5:09 Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday accused the government of destroying educational institutions and creating rifts in…
Rohith mom does a Smriti fact-checkFinger at myriad “lies” in House
26-Feb-2016
Our Bureau New Delhi, Feb. 26: Rohith Vemula’s mother and friends today accused human resource development minister Smriti Irani of spreading falsehoods about the circumstances around the PhD scholar’s suicide and his troubles with his university. Rohith’s mother Radhika Vemula, brother Raja and friends Dontha Prasanth, Seshaiah and Vijay Kumar said they had counted multiple…