Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
Hindu zealots warn of violence to protect cow
20-Oct-2015
Sandeep Rai Meerut: TNN Leaders of the extreme-right Hindu organisation Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha, in an incendiary statement, have threatened to take the law into their own hands and even resort to violence to protect the sacred animal. The organisation has also launched a scathing attack on the ruling BJP, accusing it of failing to…
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…
Sixth incident: Holy book found ‘torn’ in village near Ludhiana
19-Oct-2015
Soon, villagers from Ghawaddi and nearby areas gathered at Dehlon-Sahnewal road and blocked the highway protesting against the incident. Written by Divya Goyal 2 Ludhianamoga Updated: Oct 19, 2015, 4:31 In the sixth incident of sacrilege reported over the past one week, 20 pages of the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, were found…