Citizens for Justice and Peace
Latur: Cops try to stop locals from hoisting ‘saffron flag’, assaulted
22-Feb-2016
According to the police, around 1.30 am on February 19, on the occasion of Shivaji Jayanti, over two dozen locals belonging to the Shivaji Jayanti Mandal assembled near the Ambedkar Chowk in Pangaon to hoist a ‘saffron flag’. Written by Rashmi Rajput | Mumbai | Published:February 22, 2016 4:41 am Maharashtra Police has arrested 17…
BJP claims ‘beef’ in AMU; buffalo meat, says university
21-Feb-2016
A controversy erupted after a picture was circulated on WhatsApp on Friday, allegedly showing a board displaying the menu at the medical college canteen, which included the item “beaf biryani”. Written by Faisal Fareed | Lucknow | Published:February 21, 2016 10:37 am BJP leaders in Aligarh gave the police an ultimatum on Saturday to take…
BJP claims ‘beef’ in AMU; buffalo meat, says university
21-Feb-2016
A controversy erupted after a picture was circulated on WhatsApp on Friday, allegedly showing a board displaying the menu at the medical college canteen, which included the item “beaf biryani”. Written by Faisal Fareed | Lucknow | Published:February 21, 2016 10:37 am BJP leaders in Aligarh gave the police an ultimatum on Saturday to take…
Uproar over ‘beef biryani’ allegedly being served at AMU medical college canteen
20-Feb-2016
The reports spread the impression that it was cow meat and not the meat of buffalo that was being served. A picture of the canteen’s menu card also went viral on social media. By: PTI | Aligarh | Updated: February 20, 2016 4:22 pm The Aligarh Muslim University which has been battling to preserve its…
Ram temple can only be built in Ayodhya, not Pak: Giriraj Singh
20-Feb-2016
Singh had courted controversy before 2014 polls by saying that critics of then PM candidate Narendra Modi should leave India and go to Pakistan. By: Express News Service | Patna | Published:February 20, 2016 4:09 am Union minister Giriraj Singh on Friday said that if Ram temple is constructed it will be only in “Ayodhya,…
Uproar over ‘beef biryani’ allegedly being served at AMU medical college canteen
20-Feb-2016
The reports spread the impression that it was cow meat and not the meat of buffalo that was being served. A picture of the canteen’s menu card also went viral on social media. By: PTI | Aligarh | Updated: February 20, 2016 4:22 pm The Aligarh Muslim University which has been battling to preserve its…
Ram temple can only be built in Ayodhya, not Pak: Giriraj Singh
20-Feb-2016
Singh had courted controversy before 2014 polls by saying that critics of then PM candidate Narendra Modi should leave India and go to Pakistan. By: Express News Service | Patna | Published:February 20, 2016 4:09 am Union minister Giriraj Singh on Friday said that if Ram temple is constructed it will be only in “Ayodhya,…
`Modi Sena’ threatens to burn activist
19-Feb-2016
Feb 19 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Kolkata TNN A Jadavpur University student has complained to police that right-wing supporters on Facebook have threatened to burn her to death for showing solidarity with JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar. The complainant, Triparna Dey Sarkar, says the trolls and attacks mounted soon after her…
Kanhaiya was badly beaten up, Supreme Court told
19-Feb-2016
Krishnadas Rajagopal NEW DELHI, February 19, 2016 “We could have been beaten black and blue. We barely escaped with our lives,” senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan told the Supreme Court on Thursday. He was recounting the “atmosphere of terror” at the Patiala House court complex on Wednesday as a mob dressed in lawyer’s black robes unleashed…
Teachers, students stop ABVP rally from entering JU campus
19-Feb-2016
The rally was taken out a day after BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha had said that JU students should be “beaten up” for indulging in anti-national activities in the name of protests against the arrest of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar. Written by Arshad Ali , Premankur Biswas | Kolkata | Published:February 19, 2016 12:11 am…