Citizens for Justice and Peace
Meet the Hindu who lets Muslims use his shop as a mosque, for free
17-Oct-2015
October 16, 2015 18:12 IST ‘Kalesaab could have easily earned Rs 1 lakh per month as rent from this place but he gave it to Muslims for free. Secularism in India is alive only because of people like him.’ Bajrang Bali housing society is a rather unusual name for a building that houses a mosque…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
If J&K can hold polls, why can’t Gujarat: HC
16-Oct-2015
The State Election Commission (SEC) on Thursday assured Gujarat high court that local body elections will be completed before December 25. The election watchdog was directed to keep an eye only on elections. The division bench criticized EC’s submission that elections were deferred as law and order in Gujarat was not conducive for free and…
Beaten 4-5 times daily with floor wiper, says teenage girl rescued from Gurgaon home
16-Oct-2015
According to NGO Shakti Vahini’s officials who rescued the girl along with police, the girl is from a tribal family in Gumla district. Written by Sandali Tiwari Gurgaon Updated: Oct 15, 2015, 15:07 The girl had bruises and a deep cut on her back, NGO Shakti Vahini officials added. A 14-year-old girl from Jharkhand allegedly…
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…