Citizens for Justice and Peace
Didn’t Beat Up Dalits: Maha BJP
26-Jan-2016
Jan 26 2016 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) Krishna Kumar Mumbai: Mumbai police register case against RSS workers, but fail to arrest anyone The BJP has asked the Maharashtra government to investigate whether Sunday’s fight between Dalit students protesting the suicide of Rohit Vemula and RSS workers in Dharavi was the result of a conspiracy.…
Cops strip 2 women, put chilli powder on pvt parts
08-Jan-2016
Jan 08 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Mohammed Akhef Aurangabad: The city police have begun probe against three personnel for allegedly disrobing and putting chilli powder on the private parts of two women, who were detained in connection with their friend’s accidental death. One of the two women, a 21year-old engineering diploma holder,…
Cops strip 2 women, put chilli powder on pvt parts
08-Jan-2016
Jan 08 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Mohammed Akhef Aurangabad: The city police have begun probe against three personnel for allegedly disrobing and putting chilli powder on the private parts of two women, who were detained in connection with their friend’s accidental death. One of the two women, a 21year-old engineering diploma holder,…
Bajrang Dal leader Vivek Premi, who beat up & paraded Muslim, is out of NSA net
07-Jan-2016
The order, marked “urgent”, also said the Centre has to be informed about the follow-up action taken by the district administration. Written by Manish Sahu Lucknow Published:Jan 7, 2016, 2:54 The Centre has decided to revoke the National Security Act (NSA) against Bajrang Dal leader Vivek Premi, lodged in jail since June, 2015 for allegedly…
Petition against conversion of agriculture land
05-Jan-2016
Staff Reporter Tirupur, January 5, 2016 A group of activists petitioned Collector G. Govindaraj on Monday seeking action against people who allegedly sold 16-acre agriculture land at Sivanmalai for construction of houses by forging documents. R. Senthil Kumar, one of the petitioners, told reporters that the conversion took place by forging the revenue documents. So,…
Only 33% of Muslims work, lowest among all religions
04-Jan-2016
Jan 04 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Subodh Varma Buddhists Are Highest At 43% Muslims have the lowest share of working people -about 33% -among all religious communities in India. This is lower than the nationwide average work participation rate of 40%. The figure for Jains and Sikhs stands at 36% each. Buddhists,…
Suleman Usman shootout: Trial pending for two decades
04-Jan-2016
• 4 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Charul Shah charul.shah@hindustantimes.com MUMBAI: Even after more than two decades, the trial for the Suleman Usman Bakery encounter during the 1993 riots where nine people had died is yet to begin. This time, the officer in charge of the investigation has failed to appear before the…
Ads for RTI lowest in Modi’s tenure: Activist
03-Jan-2016
Ashutosh Shukla @scribeashutosh Advertisements to create awareness on the RTI Act have been at an all-time low this year. As per an RTI reply, expenses on the advertisements till December 28, 2015, have been less than 20% of those spent in the previous fiscal. The information, provided by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)…
Denied chief secy post, Rajasthan IAS officer converts to Islam, opts for VRS
01-Jan-2016
The officer applied today for Voluntary Retirement from Service (VRS) in protest against the extension of tenure awarded to Chief Secretary CS Rajan. Written by Mahim Pratap Singh Jaipur Updated: Jan 1, 2016, 1:14 A senior IAS officer here publicly announced his decision to convert to Islam and applied for voluntary retirement from the services…
Police negligence encourages flesh trade, says special court
01-Jan-2016
• 1 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Charul Shah charul.shah@hindustantimes.com MUMBAI: Negligence of the police machinery encourages flesh trade, observed a special woman’s court’s judge while acquitting a woman accused of forcing another woman into prostitution. The court also asked the registry to inform the commissioner of police about the negligence in investigation.…