Citizens for Justice and Peace
Curfew continues in Rajasthan town, 60 held
26-Oct-2015
Jaipur, October 26, 2015 The restriction will be relaxed from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. today A day after communal tension gripped Sri Dungargarh town in Bikaner district of Rajasthan, curfew continues to be in force. District Collector Punam said on Sunday, “We will give a relaxation in the curfew for two hours between 9…
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,…
Young Dalit writer attacked in Davanagere
23-Oct-2015
Mohit M. Rao Bengaluru, October 23, 2015 Attackers said his writings were anti-Hindu as he talked about the caste system A young Dalit writer was attacked by a group of men for his writings against the caste system perceived to be “anti-Hindu” at Davanagere in Central Karnataka on Thursday. The attack comes barely three months…
Faridabad Dalit killings: Villagers in fighting mood
23-Oct-2015
Sweta Goswami Sunperh (Faridabad), October 23, 2015 The move was clearly meant as a stern message to the majority Rajput community of Sunperh in case the situation worsens. Two days after a Dalit family was set ablaze killing two children and critically injuring their mother, members of the Dalit community in Sunperh and its adjoining…
Dalit boy found dead in Haryana allegedly in police custody
23-Oct-2015
Oct 23, 2015 | • Gohana • Haryana According to the police, the teen was found dead at his home Gohana, Haryana: Just three days after two Dalit children were burnt alive in a village in Haryana, a 15-year-old Dalit boy was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Gohana town on Thursday. According to the…
Attack firms exporting beef Muslim cleric
23-Oct-2015
Oct 23 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Bareilly TNN Renowned Sunni cleric and convenor of the Ittehad-eMillat Council Maulana Tauqeer Raza on Thursday demanded ban on sale and purchase of cow in the country . “Hindus first domesticate cows in their houses but after they stop giving milk, they sell it which leads…
Communal clash in UP village over idol procession
23-Oct-2015
Police said at least two houses were partially damaged in arson, while three motorcycles and two bicycles were also set on fire. By: Express News Service | Allahabad | Published:October 23, 2015 3:36 am Violence broke out between two communities in a village under Sultanpur Ghosh police station area of Fatehpur district in UP on…
`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…