Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…
Meerut: Carcass of ‘large animal’ found in tehsil office
18-Oct-2015
The tehsildar, who is in charge of the compound, was alerted after employees discovered blood on the floor and walls of a bathroom and the remains of a “large animal”. Written by AMIT SHARMA Meerut Published:Oct 18, 2015, 3:49 Remains of an animal were found inside a tehsil compound in Meerut on Friday, soon after…
Four held in connection with Bajrang Dal activist murder
18-Oct-2015
MANGALURU, October 19, 2015 The police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of 29-year-old flower vendor and Bajrang Dal activist in Moodbidri, 35 km away from here, early this month. A group of six persons allegedly assaulted 29-year-old Prashant Poojary in the Moodbidri market on October 9 that resulted in his death.…
‘Vedas mandate killing of those who slaughter cows’, says article in RSS mouthpiece
18-Oct-2015
PTI New Delhi, October 18, 2015 The RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya, in its cover story, has said that the killing of Mohammad Akhlaq in Dadri over rumours of storing and consumption of beef could not have been “without reason” and even the “vedas mandate killing of those who slaughter cows”. An article in RSS organ said,…
J&K trucker set ablaze over ‘cow killing’ dies; 3rd victim in 3 weeks
18-Oct-2015
Srinagar: Strife-torn Kashmir is on the edge after a trucker, who was set ablaze by a mob over the rumours of cow killing in Udhampur, succumbed to injuries in Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital on Sunday. Zahid Ahmad Bhat had received 70 per cent burns after a petrol bomb was hurled on the Kashmir-bound truck near Shiv…
RSS mouthpiece justifies Dadri killing
18-Oct-2015
NEW DELHI: Oct 17, 2015,DHNS: RSS mouthpiece “Panchajanya” has said in its latest edition that the Vedas order killing of those who kill cows as it involves a question of life and death for many Hindus. The saying came three weeks after the lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh over rumours of…