Citizens for Justice and Peace
Thane woman booked for bid to sell minor stepdaughter
26-Oct-2015
Five people from Kalyan, including the stepmother of a 17-year-old girl, have been booked for allegedly trying to sell the girl for Rs 2 lakh. The girl and her father escaped to Aurangabad and approached the Satara police on Saturday . The Satara police registered an offence and transferred the case to the Kalyan police,…
`Law and order only for Hindus’
23-Oct-2015
Oct 23 2015 : Mirror (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau amfeedback@timesgroup in TWEETS @ahmedabadmirror At a VHP-Bajrang Dal event, leaders spoke out against religious conversion, cow slaughter and love jihad The Vishwa Hindu ParishadBajrang Dal public meeting and shastra puja programme held at Sardar Chowk in Ranip may have been meant for resurrection of Hindu pride…
Man sets teen ablaze for refusing sexual advances, held
23-Oct-2015
The accused has been identified as Harish Bhandari, a resident of Nargol in Valsad taluka. By: Express News Service | Surat | Published:October 23, 2015 12:17 am Umargam police in Surat Thursday arrested a 62-year old auto driver for killing a 15-year-old girl by pouring kerosene on her body and setting her ablaze, after she…
Conversion: In search of equality, education, 90 Dalits embrace Buddhism
23-Oct-2015
The conversion took place at a significantly simple function during which the 90 persons, including nine women, were given “diksha”. Written by Parimal Dabhi | Ahmedabad | Updated: October 23, 2015 5:38 am Two years after 5,000 Dalits converted to Buddhism in Junagadh in Gujarat, 90 Dalits embraced Buddhism at a programme organised by the…
Manohar Lal Khattar claims Dalit boy, accused of pigeon theft, committed suicide
23-Oct-2015
On the Sunped incident, he said, “We have handed over investigation to CBI and we cannot take any bigger step at present.” By: PTI | Chandigarh | Published:October 23, 2015 4:46 pm Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday claimed the 15-year-old Dalit boy who died in Sonipat had committed suicide and announced that…
At Shiv Sena Dussehra rally Uddhav Thackeray says India should be declared Hindu Rashtra, needs uniform civil code
23-Oct-2015
The Sena president’s 45-minute speech was laced with criticism of Pakistan, Muslims and secularists. He also criticised the BJP on the issue of Ram Mandir and its “soft approach” towards Pakistan. By: Express News Service | Mumbai | Updated: October 23, 2015 9:58 am Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said Thursday that India should be…
Clashes in Srinagar over restrictions
23-Oct-2015
Oct 23, 2015 – YUSUF JAMEEL | • Srinagar The riot police swung bamboo sticks and fired teargas canisters to break up a Muharram tazia procession here on Thursday, leaving several Shia mourners injured. Dozens of mourners assembled in Srinagar’s Batamaloo and Jehangir Chowk areas and began marching towards the city centre, which with some…
16-yr-old ‘gangraped thrice in last 20 days’, one arrested, hunt on for two
23-Oct-2015
Victim has alleged that accused spiked her drink and took turns to rape her . By: Express News Service | Mumbai | Published:October 23, 2015 1:46 am A 16-year-old girl from Jogeshwari has alleged that she was gangraped by at least three persons, including a boy she had recently become friends with, at least three…
FCRA Changes May Help Parties Get Foreign Funds
23-Oct-2015
Oct 22 2015 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) Rahul Tripathi New Delhi PARTY TIME! India-registered firms controlled by foreigners may be considered Indian; move may boost CSR kitty and political donations The central government is set to bring a notification under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) that’ll benefit both BJP and Congress. Officials familiar…
Odisha: Farmer suicides continue despite relief package
23-Oct-2015
Agriculture Minister Pradip Maharathy said he had asked for detailed reports from the collectors of both districts. Written by Debabrata Mohanty | Bhubaneswar | Published:October 23, 2015 2:10 am A week after the Odisha government announced a Rs 1,000-crore relief package for drought-hit farmers, another farmer took his own life after crop failure. Bhubaneswar Behera,…