Citizens for Justice and Peace
CBSE tries to promote RSS ideologues with essay competitions
13-Oct-2015
LAST MONTH, THE CBSE HELD AN ESSAY COMPETITION ON PANDIT DEENDAYAL UPADHYAYA NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) under the HRD ministry is playing a key role in promoting students’ interest to know more about the RSS ideologue and Bharatiya Jan Sangh leader Deendayal Upadhyaya, whose birth centenary is being celebrated this…
VHP to bar non Hindus from Garba venues
13-Oct-2015
Tuesday, 13 October 2015 | PNS | Gandhinagar Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has made it clear that it would not allow any non-Hindu to enter the venue of Navaratri celebrations without undergoing ‘purification’ process by drinking cow urine and putting vermillion on their forehead. According to VHP leaders, Navaratri is purely a Hindu religious festival…
New RSS recruits get message of Hindu supremacy laced with anti-Muslim rhetoric
13-Oct-2015
Oct 13, 2015 | PTI| Kolkata I had to protect my Hindu roots, they had been threatened, says a fresh RSS recruit Kolkata: As a teenager, Uttam Saha says he used to watch scornfully from his bedroom window as men in brown shorts performed martial exercises in a car park below. Like many Indians then,…
60 held for trying to enter UP town
13-Oct-2015
Those detained were part of a BJP delegation that was headed to sectarian violence-hit Karhal These [Dadri] incidents damage the image of the NDA as well as the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It cannot be said to be the intention of the government. MANOHAR PARRIKAR, defence minister When the prime minister can speak…
Maoist leader wanted for killing 50 people held in Andhra Pradesh
13-Oct-2015
Oct 13, 2015 | PTI|Hyderabad The Maoist is an expert in carrying out guerrilla ambushes Hyderabad: A senior Maoist leader, carrying a reward of Rs 20 lakh on his head and wanted in connection with killing of around 50 people in three states, has been arrested by Andhra Pradesh Police. Y Shiva Reddy alias Kiran,…
With rising Muslim population in Bengal, RSS predicts its branches will double
13-Oct-2015
The RSS says its membership is growing. RSS Joint General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale predicted the number of RSS branches in West Bengal would rise to 1,200 next year from 650 in 2013. By: Reuters Kolkata Updated: Oct 13, 2015, 11:15 As a teenager, Uttam Shaha says he used to watch scornfully from his bedroom window…
2 Dalits Hacked to Death; Another Injured
13-Oct-2015
Tamil Nadu | Press Trust of India | Updated: October 13, 2015 07:17 IST Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu: Two Dalit men were hacked to death and another seriously injured by a six-member armed gang in Tirunelveli on Monday night, police said. The gang followed the three men, who were travelling on a two-wheeler, waylaid and attacked…
Bajrang Dal to provide legal aid to Dadri accused
13-Oct-2015
Oct 13 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) FREEDOM UNDER ATTACK – VHP, Uday Rana Meerut Groups Warn Of Another ‘ 1857 Uprising’ Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal have offered to arrange legal help for the main accused in the Dadri lynching case, Bajrang Dal spokesperson Balraj Dungar told TOI on Monday .…
Stripping of Dalit family at Dankaur in UP: A clear case of police atrocity on Dalits
13-Oct-2015
13 October, 2015 The UP administration and the SP megaphones were orchestrating that the Dalits’ stripping incident in Dankaur last week as a conspiracy hatched by the saffron brigade to shame the Akhilesh government. Is there any shame left with Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son? Though the UP government just cannot abdicate its responsibility…
Now, Gujarati poet returns Akademi award
13-Oct-2015
Anil Joshi Was Awarded For Collection Of Essays After tribal activist Ganesh Devy, another Gujarati litterateur poet Anil Joshi returned his Sahitya Akademi Award. Joshi on Monday wrote a letter to Sahitya Akdemi president professor Viswanath Pratap Tiwari informing him about his decision to return the award in protest of attacks on scholars and intellectuals…