Citizens for Justice and Peace
Now, Gujarati poet returns Akademi award
13-Oct-2015
Anil Joshi Was Awarded For Collection Of Essays After tribal activist Ganesh Devy, another Gujarati litterateur poet Anil Joshi returned his Sahitya Akademi Award. Joshi on Monday wrote a letter to Sahitya Akdemi president professor Viswanath Pratap Tiwari informing him about his decision to return the award in protest of attacks on scholars and intellectuals…
After losing two cotton crops, farmer ends life
13-Oct-2015
Oct 13 2015 : Mirror (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau amfeedback@timesgroup in TWEETS @ahmedabadmirror 42-year-old Vikram Pithiya was depressed after he lost first cotton crop to scanty rainfall and the next to heavy rain; had consumed poison Disheartened by a weak mon soon and damaged crops, a 42 year-old farmer committed su icide in Nani Vavdi…
Rohini Salian names NIA officer who asked her to go soft in Malegaon blast case
13-Oct-2015
Mumbai, October 13, 2015 “His name is Shri Suhas Warke, SP, NIA, Mumbai branch.” Rohini Salian, former special public prosecutor in the Malegaon 2008 blast case has in an affidavit named the National Investigating Agency officer, who allegedly asked her to “go soft” in the case. In an affidavit dated July 28, 2015, which was…
No religion says block roads & break law for festivals: HC
13-Oct-2015
Oct 13 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Shibu Thomas Mumbai:Govt Told To Pull Up Its Socks For Navratri, Diwali The Bombay high court on Monday rapped the state government and the municipal corporation for failing o crack down on noisy celebrations and illegal pandals during the recently concluded Ganeshotsav . A division bench…
17 farmers commit suicide in 2 months
12-Oct-2015
CONGRESS MLA FROM SARDULGARH IN MANSA SAID THE ` 3 LAKH GRANT BY GOVT WILL TRIGGER MORE SUICIDES MANSA/BATHINDA: A few months ago, 15- year- old Rimpy had topped Class 9 in a government school near her village. Now she is worried who will pay her school fee and that of her younger brother. Their…
Another farmer commits suicide
12-Oct-2015
Staff Reporter BHUBANESWAR, October 12, 2015 Even as the State is yet to recover from the shock of alleged suicide by three farmers in western Odisha, another farmer has reportedly ended his life in Khurda district. Abhimanyu Baliyarsingh, a farmer of Brajasundarpur village in Bolagarh block in Khurda district, was found dead in his field…
Missionaries confirm adoption pullout
12-Oct-2015
Our Special Correspondent New Delhi, Oct. 10: The Missionaries of Charity today issued a formal statement confirming it had decided to stop putting children up for adoption, ending what sources said was a five-decade involvement in the process. The decision was prompted by new government guidelines that have stripped adoption centres of the right to…
Police accused of killing innocent tribal farmer in Dantewada
10-Oct-2015
Pavan Dahat RAIPUR, October 10, 2015 Body forcibly cremated to destroy evidence, says Soni Sori Tribal activist and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Soni Sori has accused the Dantewada district police of killing a tribal farmer in Dantewada, calling him a Maoist, and burning his body to destroy evidence. Bhima Madavi, the farmer from Nilavay…
`Bans taking toll on Mumbai’s cultural life’
09-Oct-2015
Artistes, Filmmakers Decry Rise In Attempts At Censorship Goino Banks re members wat ching in a daze as Shiv Sainiks went on a rampage at the Mumbai Press Club less than a year ago. Banks was there to talk about his upcoming collaboration with Pakistani band Mekaal Hasan, and Sena was predictably outraged by yet…
Orphanages run by Mother Teresa foundation to close down?
09-Oct-2015
Oct 09, 2015 | • PTI • New Delhi Missionaries of Charity was not complying with the adoption guidelines, says Maneka Gandhi New Delhi: Government will soon conduct a comprehensive survey to create a database of all registered child homes in the country, aiming to trace such institutions not complying with the law. The survey…