Citizens for Justice and Peace
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,…
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…
Ask for pork in Saudi Arabia, VHP dares writers
13-Oct-2015
Oct 13, 2015 – Amita Verma |Lucknow The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has dared writers who are returning their awards to go to Saudi Arabia and ask for pork there. VHP national spokesman Surendra Jain told reporters that if these writers manage to return alive after this, he would personally welcome them. “Or else they…
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…
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…
‘Communal clashes may lead to riots ahead of 2019 polls’
12-Oct-2015
DOMBIVLI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday said the communal clashes that are being witnessed in different parts of the country could lead to riots ahead of the 2019 general elections. “It is quite possible there will be communal riots ahead of the next general elections. What is happening in India currently…