Citizens for Justice and Peace
2002 post-Godhra riots: SC directs Gujarat govt not to take action against retired DGP R B Sreekumar
06-Oct-2015
The inquiry was initiated against Sreekumar by the Gujarat government for maintianing a ‘semi official’ diary, audio recording conversations with government officials and producing secret documents related to the 2002 communal riots. By: Express New Service | Ahmedabad | Published:October 5, 2015 8:14 pm The Supreme Court of India on Monday directed the Gujarat government…
I am a proud RSS man: J&K Speaker after beef ban protest inside Assembly
06-Oct-2015
The National Conference members raised slogans against the beef ban and what they termed as “interference in religious matters”. Written by Bashaarat Masood | Srinagar | Updated: October 6, 2015 7:54 am While adjourning the House amid slogans against him and the RSS, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Kavinder Gupta said on Monday that he…
Kerala: 6 college students suspended for conducting ‘beef fest’ protesting against Dadri lynching
06-Oct-2015
According to the management of Sree Kerala Varma College, the action was taken against the students, all activists of Students Federation of India, for serving beef inside the campus violating disciplinary rules of the institution. By: PTI | Thrissur | Updated: October 5, 2015 6:34 pm Six students of a leading government-aided college here have…
Over 5,000 kids forced to attend crumbling schools
06-Oct-2015
Oct 06 2015 : Mirror (Mumbai) Ankita Bhatkhande TWEETS @ankitab_MIRROR BMC has stalled redevelopment of its 16 schools as they do not meet DCR norms More than 5,000 children have been forced to study in crumbling class rooms after the BMC stayed redevelopment proposals for 16 municipal schools that do not fulfil Development Control Regulation…
Enter Bisara village at your own risk, cops tell journalists
05-Oct-2015
Mob accuses media of one-sided reporting, roughs up reporters and video journalists, stones vehicles Azaan Javaid @AzaanJavaid Dadri (Gautam Budh Nagar, UP): A day after Union minister Mahesh Sharma launched a scathing attack on the media for allegedly giving a communal colour to the lynching of Mohamad Akhlaq, reporters, photo and video journalists were chased…
How a tech error by NIA led to acquittal of Goa blast accused
05-Oct-2015
NEW DELHI: A technical error committed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its charge sheet against six members of Sanatan Sanstha in the Goa blast case considerably weakened their trial, HT has learnt. “In order to file charges under the Explosive Substance Act of 1908, a sanction is required from the district magistrate. Rather…
Kalburgi probe delay: Six Kannada writers return award
04-Oct-2015
Hubballi Six writers from North Karnataka returned their Aralu Sahitya Prashasti award to the Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP) in Bengaluru on Saturday to protest against the delay in arresting M M Kalburgi’s killers. To step up pressure on the government to solve the case as quickly as possible, six writers -Veeranna Ma diwalar, Chidanand Sali,…
Rijiju fires warning at `anti-govt’ NGOs
02-Oct-2015
Oct 02 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) New Delhi AGENCIES Tells Them To Drop Agenda Or Face Action Junior home minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday accused Greenpeace of inciting protests against industrial projects and warned global activists and aid outfits not to work against the government. Rijiju’s warning follows a crackdown by the…
Does it matter now if someone was an Aryan: Romila Thapar
02-Oct-2015
Historian Romila Thapar said that in the current context, attempts were being made to follow two directives — the rewriting of history and the “cleansing” of institutions with “cultural pollution”. Written by Aranya Shankar | New Delhi | Published:October 2, 2015 3:10 am In the backdrop of the shocking murder of Kannada scholar and rationalist…
14 absolved of SIMI links: Verdict exposes shoddy probe by Khandwa police
02-Oct-2015
Written by Milind Ghatwai | Bhopal | Published:October 2, 2015 2:47 am As a Khandwa court absolved 14 people, including a Sikh and a Christian, of the charge of working for the banned Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), it found the investigators depending on a translator who admitted not knowing enough Urdu and the…