Citizens for Justice and Peace
IIT-Madras bans a students’ body that criticised Narendra Modi, his policies and saffronization
29-May-2015
APSC was created as an independent student body in April 2014 by a group of students to promote Ambedkar–Periyar thoughts and to initiate debates on socio-economic-political issues and culture within academic fraternity. Written by Arun Janardhanan | Chennai | Updated: May 29, 2015 12:37 pm The Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle (APSC), a student association in…
17-yr-old beaten to death at remand home in Matunga
29-May-2015
MUMBAI: A 17-year-old boy, who was allegedly assaulted by fellow inmates at a children’s remand home in Matunga more than 10 days ago, succumbed to his injuries at Nair hospital on Thursday. The Shivaji Park police registered a case of murder and rioting against 12 inmates of the children’s home. The boy, Amir Ahmed, a…
Hiran River: Kids swimming to school this monsoon too
29-May-2015
The Vadodara R&B department had floated the tender for the elevated 215 metre river bridge in April-end, placing a deadline of May 25 for the bids. Written by Aditi Raja | Vadodara | Published on:May 29, 2015 4:22 am Like each year, about 125 students from 16 villages of Sankheda taluka in Chhota Udepur district…
Hindu woman wants to marry Muslim, sent to Nari Niketan
28-May-2015
The court said there was nothing in the police report to justify apprehension of a law and order situation, although people from two religions were involved. Written by Prashant Pandey | Allahabad | Published on:May 28, 2015 12:17 am The Allahabad High Court has ordered the immediate release of a woman from the Nari Niketan…
Government ready to help in construction of Ram temple, says Union Minister Shripad Naik
26-May-2015
Naik’s statement came a day after the RSS and VHP pushed for the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya By: Press Trust of India | Panaji | Published on:May 26, 2015 2:49 pm Union minister Shripad Naik today said the government is ready to aid the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. “The government is…
Hashimpura massacre: NHRC moves High Court for probe guidelines in custodial death cases
26-May-2015
Calling the 1987 massacre the “worst incident of targeted custodial killing by the police since Independence”, the NHRC application, sought the High Court’s permission to intervene in the appeal by the victims’ kin.
Odisha officials ‘nudge’ Dalit family to convert !
12-May-2015
Reported by Ranjan Rath Rayagada, May 12: While the scars of the ethnic violence in the backdrop of religious conversions in Kandhamal are yet to be fully wiped out, allegations of Odisha government officials nudging a Dalit family into religious conversion to avail the benefits of social welfare schemes is certain to put the government…
Govt. official offered benefits if we converted: Dalit woman
12-May-2015
Staff Reporter BERHAMPUR, May 13, 2015 A Dalit woman has accused key government officials of Kolnara block in Rayagada district in Odisha of offering her social benefits only if she and her family would convert to Christianity. The woman has made a written complaint to the Rayagada District Collector on Monday following which he has…
United in suffering, parents of athletes cope with tragedy
10-May-2015
Sajimon P S, TNN | May 10, 2015, 11.01AM IST ALAPPUZHA: They sit outside the ICU of the medical college hospital, their faces drawn with fatigue and the only word each of them desperately wants to hear is ‘amma’. Their teenage daughters lie inside, hooked to life-support, their chances of seeing their mothers’ faces improving…
Interview ‘They’re Sending A Message, Stay Within Limits…Or Else’
09-May-2015
Teesta Setalvad on being in the Govt’s line of fire. Outlook Interviews Teesta Setalvad The Ahmedabad police is investigating alle¬ged embezzlement of funds by activists Tee¬¬sta Setalvad and Javed Anand. The latter have handed over 20,354 documents, yet the state wants “custodial interrogation”. Seen in this light, says Teesta Setalvad, the curbs on Ford Foundation,…