Citizens for Justice and Peace
Lawyers beat up JNU students, journalists outside Delhi court
16-Feb-2016
Azaan Javaid | Tue, 16 Feb 2016-06:30am , New Delhi , dna Two dna scribes heckled, threatened* Scuffle starts as arrested student leader Kanhaiya Kumar was being produced to Patiala House Journalists, senior faculty members and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students, along with other political activists, were on Monday threatened, attacked and beaten up inside…
Kerala girl barred from college for ‘marrying outside her religion’
16-Feb-2016
• 16 Feb 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • HT Correspondent letters@hindustantimes.com The college authorities told me that I can’t attend classes since I married a person without the consent of my parents. They told me if I continued my education, it would set a bad precedent for other girls. NEERAJA, the student allegedly barred…
Attempt to burn SRK effigy outside city hotel foiled
15-Feb-2016
Feb 15 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Right-wing groups continued their protest on Sunday against film star Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) who is in the city to shoot for his upcoming film `Raees’.On Saturday , protesters had pelted stones on a car in SRK’s convoy and, on Sunday ,…
VHP men pelt stones at SRK’s car in Guj
15-Feb-2016
Feb 15 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Ahmedabad:Ahmedabad: Right-wing groups continued their protest on Sunday against film star Shah Rukh Khan who is in the city to shoot for his upcoming film `Raees’. Late on Saturday night, some people had pelted with stones a car in the actor’s convoy when the film crew…
Kuchh kuchh hota hai
15-Feb-2016
Feb 15 2016 : Mirror (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau amfeedback@timesgroup in TWEETS @ahmedabadmirror When it comes to SRK and his movies, intolerant VHP ko… After disrupting shoot in Bhuj, saffron brigade members pelt stones at Shah Rukh Khan’s car parked outside Ashram Road hotel on Sunday, actor unhurt; cops arrest seven VHP and Bajrang Dal…
Killing people for eating beef is heinous crime: Taslima
15-Feb-2016
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 14, 2016, (PTI): Renowned Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen feels killing people for eating beef is not intolerance but a ‘heinous crime’ and it should be stopped. “It is not that suddenly intolerance has started here… India as a country is not intolerant as India has Constitution and laws which do not support intolerance.…
SRK’s Raees on hold over permission issue
14-Feb-2016
Feb 14 2016 : Mirror (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau amfeedback@timesgroup.in TWEETS @ahmedabadmirror Production house reportedly failed to secure Archaeological Survey of India’s green signal to shoot at Sarkhej Roza at night; shooting likely to resume today Shooting for the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Raees hit a rough patch on Saturday after authorities from the Archaeological Sur…
Bhojshala on Basant Panchami, the day after locals attack RSS office, leaders’ houses
14-Feb-2016
No one was injured in the stone-pelting that broke a few window panes but the attack led to tension in the town. Written by Milind Ghatwai | Dhar | Updated: February 14, 2016 1:55 am A day after they claimed victory for praying inside the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque during the time meant for namaz, houses…
Namazis taken to Bhojshala rooftop via ‘secret’ ladder
14-Feb-2016
Arif Mansuri, a former BJP functionary whose nephew was among those who offered namaz on the rooftop, said the administration had stocked up water bottles and fruits inside the dargah for the namazis. Written by Milind Ghatwai | Dhar | Updated: February 14, 2016 2:04 am The administration had moved nearly two dozen Muslims in…
Senior Assam police officer suspended for anti-Muslim rants on social media
14-Feb-2016
• 14 Feb 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Digambar Patowary letters@hindustantimes.com GUWAHATI: A senior Assam police officer was suspended on Saturday after he posted messages against Muslims on Facebook. The suspension comes in the midst of increasing politics over the Bangladeshi migrants’ issue as elections approach in the state. Anjan Bora, the deputy superintendent…