Citizens for Justice and Peace
Udhampur attack: I am not going to drive on this road again, says truck driver
20-Oct-2015
Written by Bashaarat Masood | Srinagar | Published:October 20, 2015 1:48 am Rameez Ahmad Bhat, 26, was driving the truck that was attacked in Udhampur on October 9. While Zahid Ahmad Bhat, 20, who worked as the conductor, died on Sunday, the other injured, Showkat Ahmad, is still undergoing treatment in New Delhi. Speaking to…
SC awards life term to two for killing a man over conversion
20-Oct-2015
Oct 20 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) New Delhi: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Youths Saw Man As `Danger To Hindu Religion’ The Supreme Court has awarded life imprisonment to two youths for killing a Muslim man after he married two Hindu girls, who later converted to Islam. A bench of Justices F M I…
1.8L `ghost’ farmers get interest subsidy in MP
20-Oct-2015
Bhopal: Funds From Govt’s 0% Scheme Embezzled At a time when suicides by MP farmers follow ng scanty rain and poor yield have brought back focus on their plight, over 1.77 akh ghost farmers have al egedly benefitted from in erest subsidies on loans. Putting a question mark on the much hyped 0% interest farm…
Muslims auditioned and bagged plum roles at one of Agra’s most prestigious Ramlilas
20-Oct-2015
Oct 20 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Muslims beat Hindus to plum roles at Agra’s oldest Ramlila Arvind Chauhan Agra: Salman Film An Inspiration, Says Actor At a time when incidents of communal discord have erupted across the country, a few Muslim men, in an attempt to bridge divides, have auditioned for and…
Kashinath Singh, Katyayani Vidmahe return Sahitya Akademi awards
19-Oct-2015
PTI Varanasi, October 18, 2015 Eminent author Kashinath Singh has protested the “irresponsible” remarks made by various Union Ministers against fellow Sahitya Akademi award-winning writers who have, over the past two weeks, announced their decision to return the honours. Telugu writer Katyayani Vidmahe has also announced her decision to return her 2013 Kendriya Sahitya Akademi…
Shiv Sena workers barge into BCCI office, talks with PCB chief rescheduled
19-Oct-2015
Oct 19, 2015 | Talks have not been called off, Manohar and Khan will speak in the evening today and tomorrow’ New Delhi: The much-anticipated talks between BCCI President Shashank Manohar and his Pakistan counterpart Shaharyar Khan on the proposed bilateral series have been rescheduled here for Tuesday after protests by Shiv Sena activists forced…
Inquiry ordered into `assault’ by Bandra police
19-Oct-2015
Oct 19 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Mumbai: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mumbai police commissioner Ahmad Javed has ordered an inquiry into the allegations that the Bandra cops detained and tortured two youths, asking them to leave India and go to Pakistan. Deputy commissioner of police (zone 9) Satyanarayan Choudhary will probe the incident.…
J&K: Despite curfew, fresh protests in Valley following funeral of Zahid Ahmad Bhat
19-Oct-2015
As a precautionary measure, the police have stopped the movement of trucks, especially those from outside the Valley. Written by Basharaat Masood Srinagar Published:Oct 19, 2015, 11:48 Defying the imposed curfew, fresh protests erupted in south Kashmir’s Botengo village after the funeral of Zahid Ahmad Bhat, a truck driver who was killed in Udhampur. J-K…
Guru Granth Sahib desecration: Congress MLA quits, 3 Akali Dal leaders resign
19-Oct-2015
The district has been observing a total shutdown over the last four days, and SAD representatives have been unsuccessful in pacifying the protesters. Written by KAMALDEEP SINGH BRAR Amritsar Published:Oct 19, 2015, 1:48 In signs of an intensifying crisis for the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) over the repeated desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib,…
Urdu poet Munawar Rana returns Sahitya Akademi Award, vows never to accept any govt award
19-Oct-2015
“Many areas in this country do not have an electricity connection but Muslims here are linked to Dawood Ibrahim,” the poet said. By: Express News Service New Delhi Updated: Oct 19, 2015, 3:52 PROTESTS OF writers against “rising intolerance” in the country continued with two more writers, Urdu poet Munawwar Rana and Telugu writer Katyayani…