Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…
Tripura Muslims celebrate Durga Puja
22-Oct-2015
At Durgapur village in this sub-division where Muslims constitute 90 per cent of the population, the community actively participated in the puja in making idols. By: PTI | Agartala | Published:October 22, 2015 2:39 pm Setting an example of harmony amid the country’s communal tension, several Durga Pujas in Tripura are being organised by the…
Family of man who died in ‘prank’ alleges hate crime
22-Oct-2015
Yakub was killed on September 29 when his colleague Santosh Aherkar allegedly inserted a hose used to clean cars in his rectum. By: Express News Service | Mumbai | Published:October 22, 2015 2:15 am The family of Yakub Sheikh, a 48-year-old who died last month when a colleague inserted a high pressure air hose in…
Bhagwat: ‘small episodes’ (Dadri?) blown up, RSS has kept India unified
22-Oct-2015
Nagpur, Oct 22 (PTI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said “small episodes” that “get exaggerated” cannot damage Hindu culture and the country will always stand as one. ”Small episodes happen. They get exaggerated and presented in a big way… Small incidents keep happening but these cannot distort Indian culture, Hindu culture,” Bhagwat…