Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
NEW ADOPTION RULES – Christians Upset At Large, Try to Build Up Unified Opinion
15-Oct-2015
Oct 15 2015 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) Vasudha Venugopal New Delhi:Govt gets letters from 15 adoption centres run by Mother Teresa’s charity seeking closure It’s not the Missionaries of Charity alone that has problems with new guidelines that make it easier for single men and women to adopt children. There is disgruntlement among the…
Guj man offers to sell eye, kidney to build school wall
15-Oct-2015
Oct 15 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Sachin Sharma Vadodara In a non-descript village of Panchmahal district, the head of a school management committee has offered to sell his kidney and an eye to raise money for building the compound wall of a government primary school. So fed up was Gopal Patel of…
Communal violence leads to migration, ghettos: Panel
15-Oct-2015
Oct 15, 2015 | Age Correspondent| mumbai Communal violence is one of the major reasons behind migration, leading to increase in ghettoism. This was emphasised by panelists who had gathered at the Phirozeshah Mehta Bhavan of University of Mumbai during the launch of the book Communal Violence, Forced Migration and the State: Gujarat since 2002…
Woman, two kids burnt alive
15-Oct-2015
GONDA (U.P.), October 15, 2015 A 28-year-old woman and her two children were allegedly burnt for dowry in Susaila village in Tarabganj area here, police said on Wednesday. The woman Arti and her children Sachin (5) and Chhama (3) were asleep when they were engulfed in fire “under mysterious circumstances” and died, Circle Officer Vijay…
Hindus, Muslims come together across India against a backdrop of religious intolerance
15-Oct-2015
In a spate of small but heart-warming incidents across the country, Muslims and Hindus are coming together to set examples of communal harmony. By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Published:October 15, 2015 2:05 pm There certainly is unity in diversity when it comes to India. At a time when the literary world is…
‘Voices not raised after Emergency, Muzaffarnagar’
15-Oct-2015
Thursday, 15 October 2015 | PNS | New Delhi After Mahesh Sharma, his Cabinet colleague Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday questioned eminent writers’ act of returning awards to protest against Kannada author Kalburgi’s murder and Dadri lynching reminding them that such voices were “not heard” after incidents like Emergency and Muzaffarnagar riots. His statement came…
Dowry case: Woman seeks collector’s help
15-Oct-2015
Tired with slow pace in dowry harassment investigation, Jigna Rathod, 32, on Wednesday approached Ahmedabad collector Rajkumar Beniwal after her repeated pleas before the cops fell on deaf ears. On May 7, Jigna had taken her five-year-old daughter and walked on the railway track in Maninagar in an attempt to commit suicide, owing to dowry…
Modi is known for Godhra, unfortunate he condemned Dadri lynching: Shiv Sena
15-Oct-2015
Things have not been smooth between the BJP and the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra By: Express Web Desk New Delhi Updated: Oct 15, 2015, 11:37 With each passing day, the unease between Maharashtra allies BJP and Shiv Sena is growing. Today, minutes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the Dadri lynching incident ‘sad’, senior Shiv…