Citizens for Justice and Peace
Holy book desecration: Protest by Sikh preachers reaches Chandigarh border
31-Oct-2015
March towards CM’s house started from Fatehgarh Sahib, stopped at Mohali Written by Divya Goyal 2 | Fatehgarh Sahib | Published:October 31, 2015 2:10 am A stand-off took place on Friday on the outskirts of Chandigarh as the UT Police prevented Sikh preachers, protesting the police firing that killed two people and the incidents of…
Couple killing in 1993 riots: HC upholds life sentence for 4
31-Oct-2015
Oct 31 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Shibu Thomas Mumbai: Twenty-two years after the death by stabbing of a Chembur couple in the 1993 riots that followed the Babri Masjid demolition, the Bombay high court upheld the life sentence given to four people for the crime. A division bench of Justice Vijaya Kapse-Tahilramani…
Temple preserver to return award SujayKhanra
30-Oct-2015
Oct 30 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Midnapore:A Muslim school clerk who has been involved in conservation of 30 ancient temples, and was honoured for his efforts, on Thursday decided to return the honour bestowed on him, in protest against rising intolerance in India. Yasin Pathan was honoured with the Kabir Award in…
CBI files case against 11 in killing of Dalit kids
30-Oct-2015
Friday, 30 October 2015 | PNS | New Delhi The CBI on Thursday took over probe into the October 20 killing of two Dalit toddlers in an arson attack in Sunped Village of Faridabad after registering a case against 11 accused and visited the crime scene to collect forensic evidence. The agency has taken over…
Editor of Haryana govt. magazine praising beef-eating removed
30-Oct-2015
PTI Chandigarh, October 30, 2015 The Editor of a Haryana government magazine, which carries an article mentioning positive effects of beef-eating, has been removed. The magazine “Shiksha Bharati” has included “beef” besides “veal” (meat of young cows) among four “enhancers” which “directly affect absorption of iron in human body.” The article details the importance of…
Dalit family accuses flat members of bias
30-Oct-2015
Oct 30 2015 : Mirror (Ahmedabad) Roxy Gagdekar TWEETS @ROXYGAGDEKAR Amrutbhadra Maurya has filed an atrocity complaint against some members of Utsav Residency for beating and throwing him out of society Alleging atrocity by members of a society, a Buddhist family has vacated their house on New CG Road in Chandkheda and shifted to a…
If BJP loses Bihar by mistake, crackers will be burst in Pakistan: Amit Shah
30-Oct-2015
Addressing a rally the party president Amit Shah said that if BJP loses in Bihar by mistake, then victory-defeat will be in Bihar but crackers will be burst in Pakistan. Patna With just two rounds of voting left in the five-phase Bihar assembly polls, BJP president Amit Shah said Thursday that if his party loses…
PITCH REPORT – ‘Darbhanga module’ stereotype still hurts Muslims here
30-Oct-2015
Oct 30 2015 : The Times of India Darbhanga In a town defined by the 400-year-old mazhar of Makhdoom Baba, a Sufi shrine revered by Hindus and Muslims, there are fears that the elections are creating fresh communal polarisation.In a city where 25% are Muslim, residents say the beef ban and the Dadri kaand have…
53 historians also join protest as highly vitiated atmosphere prevails
30-Oct-2015
A total of 53 historians including leading names like Romila Thapar, Irfan Habib, KN Pannikar and Mridula Mukherjee have in a joint statement raised their serious concerns over recent developments. Written by Shikha Sharma , Vandana Kalra | New Delhi | Published:October 30, 2015 3:59 am AFTER PROTESTS by writers, artists, scientists and filmmakers, over…
Demolition drive: Sena MP abuses official, calls him ‘Aurangzeb’s progeny’
30-Oct-2015
The four-time MP reportedly confronted the tehsildar and asked him why he was not demolishing Muslim structures. Khaire also allegedly pushed and abused the officer. By: Express News Service | Pune | Published:October 30, 2015 1:29 am Shiv Sena’s Aurangabad MP Chandrakant Khaire allegedly roughed up a tehsildar and called him the “progeny of Aurangzeb”…