Citizens for Justice and Peace
Mystery custodial death at police stn sees crowd asking for reasons
28-Oct-2015
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 By Vrushali Purandare The custodial death of Purushottam Krushnamurthy Nadar in the Dharavi Police Station has sparked controversy with Tamilians led by MLA Captain R. Tamil Selvan storming the station and asking the cops the exact reason of death. On 16th October, drunken Nadar was allegedly arrested by cops after he…
Transgender Urmi Jadhav forced to vacate rented home
28-Oct-2015
‘Housing For All’ by 2022 may be the new mantra of the government in the state and Centre. But the city seems to have no apartment that a transgender person can rent out. Urmi Jadhav, research associate at Humsafar Trust, which works for the LGBT community in the city, had to vacate her rented her…
Mystery custodial death at police stn sees crowd asking for reasons
28-Oct-2015
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 By Vrushali Purandare The custodial death of Purushottam Krushnamurthy Nadar in the Dharavi Police Station has sparked controversy with Tamilians led by MLA Captain R. Tamil Selvan storming the station and asking the cops the exact reason of death. On 16th October, drunken Nadar was allegedly arrested by cops after he…
VHP demands action against those serving beef in Kerala House
28-Oct-2015
New Delhi, Oct 27, 2015 (PTI) VHP today demanded strong action against those behind the alleged serving of beef in Kerala House in the national capital. VHP joint general secretary Surendra Jain also termed as a “deep conspiracy” to include ‘Beef’ in the menu of Kerala’s state guest house and writing it in Malayalam while…
‘Use cow urine to clean hospitals’
27-Oct-2015
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 Corporator Parminder Bhamra wants BMC to use Gomutra (cow urine) which has ‘germ killing’ properties to sanitise city hospitals A Congress Corporator wants Mumbai civic body to use cow urine to sanitise hospitals across the metrpolis. Parminder Bhamra said cow urine has ‘germ-killing’ property and he has been using it for…
Kerala House beef row: Delhi Police should have shown restraint, says Chandy
27-Oct-2015
Biju Govind Kozhikode, October 27, 2015 Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday criticised the Delhi Police for carrying out “raids” at the Kerala House in the national capital last evening. A team of the Delhi Police had gone to Kerala House following complaints from an activist of the Hindu Sena that cow meat was…
Now, Hindu Sena targets Kerala House
27-Oct-2015
Shubhomoy Sikdar NEW DELHI, October 27, 2015 Activists say canteen has beef on menu; official denies cow meat is served. Activists from a right wing group created a ruckus at Kerala House near Jantar Mantar on Monday, alleging that the canteen there was serving cow meat (in the name of beef on the menu). K.G.…
Communal scene worsens in U.P.
27-Oct-2015
Mohammad Ali Meerut, October 27, 2015 According to officials in the Lucknow police headquarters, over 100 people have been arrested and 25 cases filed in the last one week. Uttar Pradesh is on the boil again. In just about three weeks, there were as many as a dozen incidents of communal violence. Nine districts of…
Surat woman sacrifices her baby girl
27-Oct-2015
As per police, Shakuntala had already injured her baby before she left her at Yadav’s place Shakuntala inflicted burn injuries on her 3-month- old baby dna correspondent Surat: A 25-year-old woman was arrested by Surat police for allegedly sacrificing her three-month-old daughter. The infant had suffered serious burn marks on her stomach, which according to…
Mob lynches man for killing Dalit youth in UP
27-Oct-2015
Bhadohi (UP), Oct 27 , 2015,(PTI) A 50-year-old man was lynched by a mob after he allegedly shot dead a Dalit youth over political rivalry in Gopiganj area here, police said today. Jatan Ram shot dead the Dalit youth Bhola Nath (21) on the last day of campaigning for the panchayat poll in Sujatpur village…