Citizens for Justice and Peace
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,…
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…
Fadnavis may become 1st CM to don RSS gear at Dussehra rally
22-Oct-2015
Oct 22 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Nagpur: TIMES NEWS NETWORK This Vijayadashami will mark the 90th foundation day of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and at least two firsts: one, it will be the first instance of a Maharashtra chief minister in `ganvesh’ -the RSS uniform of khaki shorts, white shirt and a…
`Without my consent, they took my kids for cremation’
22-Oct-2015
Oct 22 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) DurgeshNandan Jha Sunped (Ballabgarh): The two Dalit children burnt alive at Sunped village in Haryana allegedly by upper caste men were cremated on Wednesday after several hours of protests. Jitender Kumar, their father, performed the last rites.His wife Rekha, who suffered serious burns in the arson…
HC scraps Gujarat ordinance delaying local body polls
22-Oct-2015
Oct 22 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Ahmedabad IMES NEWS NETWORK In a setback to the state government, the Gujarat high court on Wednesday quashed its ordinance to delay local body polls for three months. It also termed as “unconstitutional“ the three amendments the government had brought in on October 3 to panchayat…
Not govt’s fault if one stones a dog: VK Singh on dalit children’s killings
22-Oct-2015
Oct 22, 2015 | • PTI • Ghaziabad The comments of Singh drew sharp criticism from the opposition Ghaziabad: Union Minister V K Singh on Thursday kicked up a storm with his comments that the Centre cannot be blamed if somebody throws a stone at a dog to shield it from criticism for the Faridabad…
Dadri killing premeditated, says National Commission for Minorities
22-Oct-2015
Mehboob Jeelani NEW DELHI, October 22, 2015 “A sacred place like a temple was used to exhort people of one community to attack a hapless family”. Debunking the notion that the Dadri lynching was an “accident,” the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) says the assembly of a mob that killed Muhammad Akhlaq on September 28…