Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
Book sacrilege: Two brothers arrested, Punjab police claims foreign hand involved
21-Oct-2015
Oct 21, 2015 | The brothers committed the offence in connection with ‘someone in Australia’ Punjab: Punjab police on Tuesday claimed to have cracked one of the seven cases of sacrilege of holy books in the state with the arrest of two brothers, who committed the offence in connection with “someone in Australia”. A Special…
Hindu-Muslim groups set example of harmony
21-Oct-2015
Oct 21, 2015 – Shahab Ansari | mumbai In a heart-warming show of communal harmony, residents of Kurla-Kajupada have decided not to play dandiya this year so that Muslims in the area can organise Muharram sermons for 10 days. As a return gesture, Muslims have decided to refrain from waaz (discourse) on Dussehra. According to…
HC extends stay on Maha Govt’s circular on sedition
21-Oct-2015
Wednesday, 21 October 2015 | TN RAGHUNATHA | Mumbai The Bombay High Court on Tuesday extended its stay on the implementation of the Maharashtra Government’s controversial circular vesting among other things powers with the police to invoke section 124-A (sedition) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) against persons, for their “words/signs, or representations” spoken or made…
80% of over 23K adolescent girls claim lack of dignity: Survey
21-Oct-2015
New Delhi, Oct 20, 2015 (PTI) Nearly 80 per cent of 23,801 adolescent girls from 13 states, including Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, claim that they suffer from lack of privacy and dignity at home as well as relief camps after a disaster, according to a sample survey . According to ‘State…
Two Dalit babies died and parents burnt
21-Oct-2015
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Two babies aged two years and 11 months died and their parents were badly burnt when upper caste Hindus poured petrol through the windows and set the house on fire at Faridabad Two children of a Dalit family were on Tuesday burnt alive and their parents suffered injuries allegedly after some…
Shiv Sena targets Pakistani actors Fawad Khan, Mahira Khan
21-Oct-2015
By IANS |Posted 21-Oct-2015 Pakistani actors Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan have been targeted by the Shiv Sena. They have vowed not to let the actors promote their upcoming films in Maharashtra. Fawad, who made his Bollywood debut with the 2014 film ‘Khoobsurat’, has more Hindi films in his kitty including Dharma Productions’ ‘Kapoor &…
Angry cop points revolver at lawyer during cross-examination
21-Oct-2015
Jamnagar (Guj), Oct 20, 2015, (PTI) High drama was witnessed in a local court here when a sub-inspector of police, peeved by the questions posed during cross-examination, whipped out his loaded service revolver and pointed it at the lawyer. Dharmendrasinh Sarvaiya, the police officer, was suspended from service following the incident which took place in…