Citizens for Justice and Peace
WOMAN UNDER ATTACK – Teen caught for raping 5-year-old
28-Oct-2015
Oct 28 2015 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK A 15-year-old boy has been apprehended by Amraiwadi police for allegedly raping a 5-year-old girl at his neighbour’s terrace. The incident took place on Monday night.The girl and the boy were sent for medical examination on Tuesday . According to police, parents…
Adityanath detained, stopped from visiting area where clash occurred
28-Oct-2015
By: Express News Service | Lucknow | Updated: October 28, 2015 5:37 am Police Tuesday detained BJP MP Yogi Adityanath and his supporters while they were on way to Shohratgarh town in Siddharthnagar district where a communal clash had taken place during Muharram processions last week. Later, talking to reporters the Gorakhpur MP claimed he…
Meet Pratheesh Viswanath: The VHP man who allegedly ‘orchestrated’ police raid at Kerala House
28-Oct-2015
A Kerala High Court lawyer by profession, Viswanath is also the all-India joint coordinator of a helpline set up by the VHP to help “victims of love jihad”. Written by Liz Mathew | Delhi | Updated: October 28, 2015 9:14 am On a day when news websites and television channels flashed pictures of him with…
Shutdown in Kashmir Valley, separatists in house arrest
28-Oct-2015
A strike called by separatists on the 68th anniversary of the arrival of Indian troops in Kashmir shut the Valley on Tuesday. The first batch of Indian troops from Sikh regiment’s first battalion was airlifted to Srinagar on October 27, 1947, after Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession. It was supported by Kashmir’s…
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…
Cops set communal harmony example
27-Oct-2015
Oct 27 2015 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) TIMES NEWS NETWORK Keeping the tradition of a police inspector performing a havan (religious ritual) at a temple in Rakhial for prosperity and peace of the area, Barkatali Chavda, a Muslim and inspector of the area, performed the rituals for the second consecutive year. “When I…
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…