Citizens for Justice and Peace
State not doing enough to prevent child marriage: CAG
07-May-2015
Auditor’s report criticises govt for under-reporting cases. Written by Parthasarathi Biswas | Mumbai | Published on:May 7, 2015 1:02 am The Maharashtra government is “under reporting” incidents of child marriage and is not doing enough to stop it, says a performance audit of the social sector in the state by the Comptroller and Auditor General…
Protests in Nagpur against Saamana edit
05-May-2015
NAGPUR: Angry over the editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana, which describes those seeking a separate state for Vidarbha as traitors and Kashmiri separatists, various organisations on Monday held protests against the party in Nagpur. Vidarbha Connect (VCan), Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti ( VRAS) and other pro-Vidarbha organisations burnt copies of the newspaper at Laxmi…
Greenpeace in Dire Straits
05-May-2015
MHA looking into funding of major Indian health body After turning the screws on Greenpeace India and the Ford Foundation, the home ministry has now turned its gaze on to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the eponymous non-governmental organisation founded and run by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda. A senior official…
Christian convention cancelled by district administration citing law and order problem
04-May-2015
Written by Milind Ghatwai | Bhopal | Updated: May 4, 2015 12:07 pm A Pentecostal convention scheduled to begin in Kakarkuva village of Dhar on Monday was called off after the district administration cancelled permission late on Sunday saying the event could become a law and order issue. The sub-divisional magistrate had on April 15…
NGO licences: US seeks clarification on suspensions
02-May-2015
Washington: The US is seeking clarification from India on suspension of licenses of several thousands non-governmental organisations, a State Department spokesperson said. “We know the reports that the Ministry of Home Affairs suspended the licenses of several thousand NGOs. I don’t know if we have a precise number,” the State Department Acting Spokesperson, Marie Harf,…
Ashish Pandya back in service after getting bail
02-May-2015
TULSI ENCOUNTER ACCUSED – Ahmedabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK The suspension of police inspector Ashish Pandya, an accused in the Tulsi Prajapati en counter case, has been re voked after he got bail. Sources in the home depart ment said Pan dya is now posted as Circle Police Inspector in Rapar Taluka of Bhuj district. Ashish…
Kin of slain activists Pansare, Shetty & Dabholkar ‘fighting a losing battle’
02-May-2015
Naziya Alvi Rahman @dna Barely a few days after the state announced a special investigative team (SIT) to look into the murder case of communist leader Govind Pansare, his daughter-in-law Megha Pansare says the fight for justice has now taken over the grief of his loss. Appearing to be losing faith in the system, similar…
Guj too may allow babus to join RSS
27-Feb-2015
Gandhinagar:BJP-ruled Gujarat may follow Chhattisgarh in allowing government employees to join the RSS. A senior official of the state general administration department told TOI that the state government is considering delisting the RSS from its “negative list of organisations“ which government employees cannot join.
Make Bhagavad Gita part of school curriculum: Haryana govt
26-Feb-2015
Written by Mukesh Bhardwaj | February 26, 2015 10:22 am The BJP government in Haryana has asked the School Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) to suggest which shlokas from the Bhagavad Gita can be introduced in the school curriculum. The SCERT was approached after the Education Department analysed the issue. The SCERT’s recommendations…
20 christians detained by local police for distributing religious literature
26-Feb-2015
By: Express News Service | Jaipur | February 26, 2015 1:39 am Twenty Christian priests and evangelists were beaten up and detained by the local police on Wednesday evening after they were found distributing religious literature on the streets of the state capital. The group from several parts of Andhra Pradesh was on a tour…