Citizens for Justice and Peace
J&K: Two militants killed by security forces during encounter in Doda
15-Oct-2015
Identified as Gul Mohammad and Riaz Ahmed, the slain terrorists had fled along with service weapons from their respective police posts in Doda on September 8. By: Express News Service Jammu Published:Oct 15, 2015, 10:34 Two Special Police Officers (SPOs), who had deserted the police to join terrorist ranks last month, were shot dead by…
Punjab clashes: Badals battle crisis as police firing kills two over holy book desecration
15-Oct-2015
Badal appealed for calm and called the desecration “a deep-rooted conspiracy aimed at inciting communal tension and destabilising the peace in Punjab”. Written by Navjeevan Gopal Chandigarh Updated: Oct 15, 2015, 10:50 Two people were killed in police firing Wednesday as protests over the alleged desecration of a Guru Granth Sahib spread to several villages…
Udhampur truck attack: Relatives of injured truck drivers return compensation, allege insult
15-Oct-2015
Rashid said the government has given only a few thousand rupees and arranged an air ticket for one family member to travel to New Delhi, where his son his being treated. Written by Mir Ehsan Srinagar Updated: Oct 15, 2015, 3:06 Families of Kashmiri truck drivers who were attacked on Srinagar-Jammu national highway at Udhampur…
14-yr-old domestic help rescued from almirah in Gurgaon
15-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 Published:Oct 15, 2015, 3:41 The girl had bruises and a deep cut on her back, NGO Shakti Vahini officials added. A 14-year-old girl from Jharkhand allegedly working…
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…
VHP fails to polarise garba and break… – Spirit of Amdavad
14-Oct-2015
Oct 14 2015 : Mirror (Ahmedabad) Vishal Patadiya TWEETS @VishalMirror Top clubs in city unanimously take stand to allow people of all faiths to enjoy the garba on their premises With the spectre of religious intolerance looming over the nine nights of garba, clubs across the city have unanimously taken a stand to prevent fringe…
Day after ink attack- Kulkarni worse than hundred Kasabs, Fadnavis pro-Pak: Shiv Sena
14-Oct-2015
The party also sharpened its attack on CM Devendra Fadnavis and called him “pro-Pakistan”, while daring the BJP to opt out of the government. By: Express News Service Mumbai Published:Oct 14, 2015, 2:48 Sudheendra Kulkarni, chairman of the Observer Research Foundation Mumbai, with his face smeared with black ink, speaks to journalists in Mumbai. DEFENDING…
Writer Dalip Kaur Tiwana returns Padma Shri, RSS lashes out
14-Oct-2015
Tiwana, 80, is the first writer to give up a Padma award as part of a protest which has seen about 25 people across the country return their Akademi awards. By: Express News Service Chandigarh/ Guwahati/ New Delhi/ Nagpur/ Kolkata Updated: Oct 14, 2015, 8: Likening the “atrocities committed on Sikhs in 1984” to attacks…
Shiv Sena likens Kulkarni to Ajmal Kasab; Uddhav felicitates attackers
14-Oct-2015
Uddhav Thackeray met the Shiv Sainiks at his residence, Matoshree and spoke to them for 10 minutes. By: PTI Mumbai Updated: Oct 14, 2015, 2:45 Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today felicitated six party workers who allegedly smeared ORF chairman Sudheendra Kulkarni’s face with black paint to protest former Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri’s…
Police don’t have the right to kill arrested accused, says court
14-Oct-2015
MUMBAI: The police do not have the right to take the life of those arrested by them, the Bombay high court said on Tuesday, adding there was complete lack of sensitivity and political will to address the issue of custodial deaths. A division bench of justice VM Kanade and j ustice Dr Shalini Phansalkar Joshi…