Citizens for Justice and Peace
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,…
Dead calf stirs tension in MP
18-Oct-2015
JabalpurBhopal: Tension gripped Jabalpur district of MP after a calf’s body was found near a bus stand in Sihora town of the district on Saturday. Mobs pelted stones at a police station and attempted to set half a dozen shops on fire while demanding action against those involved.Police had to use force to disperse the…
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…