Citizens for Justice and Peace
Muslim woman collects Rs 2 from villagers, rebuilds a ruined temple
14-Oct-2015
Oct 14, 2015, Agencies: Three years ago, a Muslim woman named Sughra Bi discovered a temple near her house in Indra Colony of Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district. The temple was in ruins and no one was aware of it. Sughra Bi decided to rebuild it and today, the temple has become a source of inter-religious…
VHP brings out banners to bar Muslims from entering garba venues
14-Oct-2015
The VHP members told mediapersons that they will be put up similar posters and banners at all the venues hosting garba dance events. By: Express News Service With the nine-day Navratri festival beginning Tuesday, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal started a campaign to keep Muslims away from garba dance venues. About a…
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…
I sat with oil paint on my face as I wanted the world to know what Sena has done: Sudheendra Kulkarni
13-Oct-2015
The Sainiks who stopped my car started abusing and threatening me while my daughter sat inside the car watching everything, said Sudheendra Kulkarni. Mumbai Updated: Oct 13, 2015, 11:27 Sudheendra Kulkarni, who heads the Observer Research Foundation, was on Monday attacked by Shiv Sena party members, ahead of a book launch of former Pakistan foreign…
Three Dalit brothers allege assault, 2 arrested
13-Oct-2015
Three Dalit brothers were allegedly thrashed by a mob on Monday after they objected to derogatory remarks against Dr Ambedkar in Virar’s M B Estate area. By: Express News Service Mumbai Updated: Oct 13, 2015, 2:31 Following a complaint by three brothers belonging to the Dalit community that they were “brutally” assaulted in Virar for…
Now, Shiv Sena forces cancellation of Indo-Pak rock band show
13-Oct-2015
Ahmedabad, Oct 12, 2015, (PTI): After forcing cancellation of Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali’s concerts in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena compelled organisers to abandon a show by an Indo-Pak sufi rock band here last night. Eleven Shiv Sena activists, who staged a protest outside the venue, were arrested for defying police orders and later released on…
BJP MP Satyapal Singh terms Dadri lynching a ‘small incident’, kicks up row
13-Oct-2015
New Delhi: BJP MP Satyapal Singh on Tuesday kicked up a row with his remarks calling Dadri lynching a ‘small incident’, evoking strong reactions from Opposition parties, which said it was a reflection of the party’s ‘polarisation’ strategy. “As far as a small incident like Dadri is concerned, our country’s democratic atmosphere is fully competent…