Citizens for Justice and Peace
More desecrations of holy book: Conspiracy to disrupt peace, says Punjab CM Badal
17-Oct-2015
By: Express News Service Chandigarh Published:Oct 17, 2015, 10:01 CM exhorted the people of Punjab to prevent incidents of sacrilege of religious places across the cities and towns by remaining vigilant to ensure that the conspiracy did not succeed. AS REPORTS of a wave of alleged desecrations of the Guru Granth Sahib gripped Punjab on…
Two suspended for ‘false’ report on cow slaughter in Mainpuri
17-Oct-2015
Written by Manish Sahu Lucknow Published:Oct 17, 2015, 1:04 Mainpuri district Magistrate (DM) has suspended two revenue officials who allegedly submitted a false report claiming that a cow was slaughtered in Karhal town. The officials had also stated that they met the owner of the cow, another claim that was found to be “false” as…
Tamil Nadu: Vanniyars attack Dalit procession, torch huts
17-Oct-2015
Police said that the attack was a fallout of long-pending dispute over Dalits’ right to bring out a temple car procession through the village’s main road, which passes through a Vanniyar-dominated area. Written by Arun Janardhanan | Chennai | Published:August 17, 2015 1:07 am At least 10 Dalit huts were torched and 15 people, including…
Muslims can live in India but they have to give up eating beef: Haryana CM
17-Oct-2015
Oct 16, 2015, Agencies: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar sparked a controversy by stating that Muslims can continue to live in India, but they have to give up eating beef as cow is an article of faith. Describing the Dadri incident as an outcome of misunderstanding, he claimed that the victim had made some…
Faridkot: Protesters with swords stop vehicles, cops look on
17-Oct-2015
On the Ludhiana-Ferozepur National Highway, protesters sat on roads preventing vehicles from passing through. Written by Divya Goyal 2 Moga/baghapurana/faridkot Published:Oct 16, 2015, 2:56 A day after two Sikhs were killed in police firing at Behbal Kalan village in Faridkot during protests against the desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib, members of the community, mostly…
Bar dancers hope to leave behind mujra, orchestra, waitressing if ban is lifted
16-Oct-2015
Soon after the 2005 ban by the Maharashtra government, jobless girls chose waitressing, orchestra or mujra to fill their stomachs. Written by Tabassum Barnagarwala Mumbai Updated: Oct 16, 2015, 4:40 On Thursday morning, the Navratri festivities had doubled on the narrow rat-infested lanes of Mumbai Sangeet Kalakar Mandal, a close-knit ghetto of former bar dancers…
First Telugu writer decides to return Sahitya Akademi Award
16-Oct-2015
G. Venkataramana Rao VIJAYAWADA, October 16, 2015 ‘It is to protest against growing intolerance in the country’ Sahitya Akademi award winner and Telugu writer M. Bhoopal Reddy has announced that he is going to return his award to express solidarity with fellow awardees who have already done so to protest the “growing intolerance in the…
HC raps govt. over ban on non-Hindu missionaries
16-Oct-2015
Pavan Dahat RAIPUR, October 16, 2015 The Chhattisgarh High Court has said that the “impugned resolution” (Section 129 (G) of the Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Act) banning all non-Hindu religious propaganda, prayers and speeches in over 50 villages of Bastar, shall not come in exercise of the fundamental right to preach and propagate of religion and…
In a first, RSS invites govt official to Dussehra function
16-Oct-2015
Defence scientist and former Director General of DRDO Padmabhushan V K Saraswat, at present a member of the NITI Aayog, is the chief guest. Written by Vivek Deshpande Nagpur Published:Oct 16, 2015, 1:14 For the first time in the history of the RSS, a person on government assignment has been invited to the organisation’s Dussehra…
Activists to boycott CIC event
16-Oct-2015
Oct 16, 2015 | AGE CORRESPONDENT With agency inputs| New Delhi Several leading RTI activists, including Aruna Roy, will boycott the opening ceremony of the annual Central Information Commission convention which will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 16. The activists — including Lokesh Batra, Venkatesh Nayak, Anjali Bhardwaj and Nikhil Dey,…