Citizens for Justice and Peace
Communal violence: Scientists write to President
28-Oct-2015
Oct 28, 2015 | Age Correspondent| chennai Eminent thinkers and researchers from Scientists for Ethical and Societal Values, including professors from IIT- Madras and the Indian Institute of Mathematical Sciences, have submitted a petition to the President with regard to the recent rise in incidents of communal violence across the country. “We, as scientists, are…
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…
Kerala: Protest against gender segregation in Farook college ends in clash
27-Oct-2015
Farook College — a prominent institution under Muslim management in Kozhikode — adheres to a strict code of conduct which disallows free intermingling between female and male students. Written by Shaju Philip | Thiruvananthapuram | Updated: October 27, 2015 2:35 am Students representing different factions clashed during a protest march against the management of a…
‘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…