Citizens for Justice and Peace
HC notice to govt, CIC over pending RTI pleas
01-Jul-2015
9,794 complaints & appeals under RTI Act pending for over four years; HC wants reply by July 31 dna correspondent @dnaahmedabad Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Tuesday issued a notice to the state government and the chief information commissioner while hearing a petition that pointed out inordinate delays in deciding appeals and complaints by…
Hindu board calls for rejig of medical curricula
30-Jun-2015
Wants to blend best of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani Hindu Education Board, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-backed outfit, has proposed an overhaul of the medical education curricula, asking the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry to take steps for incorporating an integrated module taking best elements from Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani systems of medicine. The right-wing organisation…
Safai karamcharis to oppose govt move to scrap posts
27-Jun-2015
Safai Karamchari Ayog vice-president Santosh Gautam (second from left) at a meeting in Mussoorie on Friday. a tribune photo Tribune News Service Mussoorie, June 26 State vice-president of the Safai Karamchari Ayog Santosh Gautam today said they would oppose the proposal of the state government to scrap posts of safai karamchari in local bodies. He…
Ode massacre case: 3 accused get benefit of doubt, acquitted
26-Jun-2015
Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau amfeedback@timesgroup in TWEETS @ahmedabadmirror The three had been absconding since the 2001 riots; but they surrendered before the court in January this year following which the trial began A special designated court on Thursday acquitted three accused, giving them benefit of doubt in the 2001 Ode mas sacre case. The accused had…
NIA did not allow me to drop Muslims from 2006 Malegaon case
26-Jun-2015
Public Prosecutor Rohini Salian says `Hindu’ officers were pulling strings even when UPA was in power It wasn’t just the NDA government that wanted National Investigation Agency’s special public prosecutor, Rohini Salian, to go soft in the Malegaon blasts case. She told Mirror on Thursday that certain `higher up’ Hindu officers in NIA during the…
Since this new govt came, I have been told to go soft on accused (Hindu extremists): Special Public Prosecutor
25-Jun-2015
Rohini Salian said she wants the NIA to officially denotify her from the case to which she was appointed in 2008, ‘so that I am free to take up other cases, against the NIA, if need be’. Written by Sunanda Mehta | Mumbai/pune | Updated: June 25, 2015 10:26 am Rohini Salian, Special Public Prosecutor…
Another rewrite of history textbooks could be on cards
24-Jun-2015
Stoking fears of saffronization of education in some quarters, the proc ess to rewrite NCERT histo ry textbooks may have begun. Earlier this monthbetween June 8 and 12NCERT conducted a work shop for a qu shop for a quick review of history textbooks attend ed by scholars from all parts of the country , including…
Protesting SC, ST category teachers shave heads
24-Jun-2015
Dehradun, June 24 Agitating teachers from the SC/ST category tonsured their heads to register their protest here today. The teachers have decided to intensify the agitation if the Congress-led state government does not take effective steps to fulfil their pending demands. The agitators, under the banner of SC/ST Teachers Association, gathered at the Parade Ground.…
Ranaghat nun rape case: CID submits first chargesheet, does not include ‘rapist’
23-Jun-2015
The incident had taken place on March 13, the CID submitted the chargesheet on the 86th day after being handed the case. By: Express News Service | Kolkata | Published on:June 23, 2015 12:29 am The CID on Monday submitted the chargesheet into the robbery at a convent school in Ranaghat and rape of a…
Dalit youth killed in police custody in Jammu
22-Jun-2015
Tarsem Lal was killed by the Special Operations Group (SOG) of Indian police. National Panthers Party Chief Patron, Professor Bhim Singh while denounced the killing in a statement demanded registration of FIR against police under section 302. He said that the Dalit youth was killed right in front of Damana Police Station. The NPP chief…