Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…
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…
Two more farmers commit suicide in Odisha
14-Oct-2015
Staff Reporter BHUBANESWAR, October 14, 2015 Two more farmers ended their lives in western Odisha districts even as the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) directed the State government to furnish a report on spate in farmers’ suicides on Tuesday. Nuapada district registered its first farmer suicide this year when Dhanurdhar Ada (35) died in a…
Sunshine story: Hindu merchant opens heart (and shop) to Muslim brothers
14-Oct-2015
By Saurabh Vaktania |Posted 14-Oct-2015 Forgoing Rs 1 lakh in rent for a 2,500-sq-ft space in Dharavi, Hindu trader offers it to Muslim namaazis after mosque in his neighbourhood is demolished for redevelopment While the lynching incident in Dadri brought simmering communal tension into national focus, closer home in Dharavi, a 53-year-old businessman has set…
Dadri lynching: Bajrang Dal to give legal, monetary aid to accused
14-Oct-2015
Oct 14, 2015 | Age Correspondent| Lucknow The Bajrang Dal has decided to offer legal and financial assistance to the accused in the Dadri lynching case. Sources in the Bajrang Dal confirmed that plans are afoot to provide assistance to the accused men but the outfit will not officially announce this since it would be…
‘Speeches, video by Sangeet Som and Rana fuelled communal riots in
14-Oct-2015
uraghuvanshi@hindustantimes.com Muzaffarnagar’ LUCKNOW: The Justice Vishnu Sahai Commission has indicted former BSP MP Kadir Rana and BJP MLA Sangeet Som for making provocative speeches and circulating a fake video clip respectively that led to the communal riots in Muzaffarnagar. Besides Som, 229 others have also been indicted for sharing a ‘video clip’ that claimed to…