Citizens for Justice and Peace
ATROCITY CASE – Dalit youth flung off 2nd floor, dies
20-Oct-2015
Oct 20 2015 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad: Times News Network Mitesh Makwana, a 25-year-old man, was thrown from the second floor of the Garib Avaas Yojna flats in Vatva, following a tiff with one accused, Hitesh Solanki, 27, over talking to a girl. Mitesh died on the spot. The incident happened on…
Modi’s budget cuts hurt India’s fight against malnutrition: Gandhi
20-Oct-2015
NEW DELHI, Oct 19, 2015, (Reuters) – India’s main program to fight child malnutrition has been hit by budget cuts that make it difficult to pay wages of millions of health workers, a cabinet minister said on Monday in a rare public criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies. Modi’s government in February slashed social…
Caste violence erupts in Surendranagar, 10 injured
20-Oct-2015
Rajkot: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Violent clashes erupted in villages of Surendranagar on Monday, leaving at least 10 persons injured. The caste violence was triggered by the murder of 55-year-old Rana Koli in Navagam village near Thangadh town, allegedly by members of Bharvad community. On Monday afternoon, a mob intercepted a jeep carrying members of Koli…
3 held for desecration of holy book in Punjab
20-Oct-2015
Oct 20, 2015 | Two granthis and a woman were arrested in connection with cases of desecration of the holy book of the Sikhs in Punjab where activists of various outfits blocked roads and highways at several places to protest the sacrilege. While a granthi in a gurudwara in Nijjapura village of Amritsar district was…
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…
Woman accuses Odisha IIS officer of sexual harassment
19-Oct-2015
A senior Indian Information Service officer working in All India Radio Cuttack faces arrest after a married woman accused him of sending lewd SMS and MMS. Written by Debabrata Mohanty Bhubaneswar Updated: Oct 19, 2015, 2:13 A senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer working with All India Radio, Cuttack, faces arrest over allegations of sending…
245 picked up by top companies at Muslim job fair in Mira Road
19-Oct-2015
dna correspondent @dna At least 1,000 job seekers got the opportunity to meet 45 well-known companies or employers at a mega-job fair held in a Church by a Muslim organisation in Mira Road on Saturday. The fair was successful in providing on-the-spot job offers to 245 aspirants. Organised by Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) in…
Ink attack on J&K MLA Engineer Rashid
19-Oct-2015
New Delhi, October 19, 2015 Engineer Rashid, an independent MLA from Jammu and Kashmir, was attacked with ink and oil by three men at Press Club of India premises on Monday afternoon. The attack took place minutes after Mr. Rashid addressed the media on the issue of death of one of the three persons attacked…
Malegaon charge sheet in a month
19-Oct-2015
Vijaita Singh NEW DELHI, October 19, 2015 NIA records statements of nine key witnesses in the blast case. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has recorded the statements of nine key witnesses in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, in which Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit are the main accused. The agency is…
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…