Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
WOMEN UNDER ATTACK – Moulvi arrested for raping student
20-Oct-2015
Surat: A 32-year-old moulavi was arrested for allegedly raping a 15year-old girl student of his madrasa here during Ramzan. Moulavi Gazali Ansari had raped the student on August 3 with the help of his wife Gulistabanu. The two were arrested from their residence at Nehru Nagar in the city after a girl’s relative lodged a…
Engineer booked for molesting minor girl
20-Oct-2015
Oct 20 2015 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Surat: TIMES NEWS NETWORK A 22-year-old engineer was booked on Monday by police under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) for sexually molesting a minor girl in Bardoli in Surat district. Dharmesh J Patel had molested the seven-year-old class III student during his visit…
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…
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.…