Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
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…
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 .…
Godhra to bar Muslims, garba banners say: Daughter before my eyes
13-Oct-2015
The BJP and RSS affiliates are urging Godhra residents to organise the traditional or sheri garba to restrict entry and “maintain the purity of the event”. Written by Kumar Anand Vadodara Updated: Oct 13, 2015, 2:25 Outside a garba event in Godhra. Express ‘Maari dikri maari aankh saame’, ‘Maari dikri maari najar samaksh’ (My daughter…
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…
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…
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,…
Sena defends ink attack, calls it ‘mild’ protest
12-Oct-2015
Alok Deshpande October 12, 2015 Kulkarni has alleged that the attackers were from the Shiv Sena Sudheendra Kulkarni, who is organising former Pakistani Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s book launch event in Mumbai, had black oil paint thrown on his face outside his home on Monday. Mr. Kulkarni, chairman of Observer Research Foundation (ORF), has alleged…
9 writers return Sahitya awards, 1 quits Akademi
12-Oct-2015
The latest string of protests took to 15 the number of writers who have returned their awards to the Akademi since Hindi writer Uday Prakash first did so last month over the killing of Kalburgi. Written by Ashutosh Bhardwaj New Delhi Published:Oct 12, 2015, 1:43 Those who returned their awards on Sunday included Hindi poets…
After Ghulam Ali concert, Sena threatens to disrupt Kasuri event
12-Oct-2015
MUMBAI: After ensuring Pakistani ghazal artist Ghulam Ali’s concert i s cancelled, the Shiv Sena has now threatened to disrupt former Pakistani external affairs minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s visit to Mumbai on Monday. The party, on Sunday, sent a letter to the Nehru Centre in Worli, which was supposed to host the launch of Kasuri’s…