Citizens for Justice and Peace
‘Moral police’ beat up man to death in Kerala
17-Feb-2015
Written by Shaju Philip | | Posted: February 17, 2015 12:54 am | Updated: February 17, 2015 1:53 am A middle-aged man was beaten to death in Kerala’s Palakkad district on Sunday night after he was returning from a house “under suspicious circumstances “. Police said initial probe indicated that the murder was an outcome…
Dalit’s nose cut off for dining with upper castes in UP
17-Feb-2015
Lucknow: Upper caste anti-social elements in a village in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh cut off a Dalit man’s nose only because he had displayed the temerity to break bread with them at a ‘barat’ (wedding party). This virtually god-forsaken area in southern UP bordering Madhya Pradesh is one of the remotest and most backward…
Activist Govind Pansare, wife shot at in Kolhapur
17-Feb-2015
PUNE: Senior communist leader Govind Pansare, 82, who is leading a campaign against road toll tax, is battling for life after two unidentified people allegedly shot at him and his wife on Monday, outside their Kolhapur residence. The police have detained five people, who are being questioned about the attack. While doctors said Pansare is…
Convent school vandalised in city
14-Feb-2015
Jatin Gandhi & Jayant Sriram Concerned Prime Minister summons Delhi Police Commissioner A break-in and theft in a convent school principal’s office in New Delhi prompted Prime Minister Narendra Modi to summon the Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi on Friday morning and direct him to take action with regard to the series of attacks on…
Curfew in Kupwara after clashes over ‘custodial death’
14-Feb-2015
Written by Mir Ehsan | Srinagar | Posted: February 14, 2015 12:00 am Curfew was imposed in North Kashmir’s Kupwara town a day after clashes between locals and security forces left 15 security personnel and dozens of civilians injured. Clashes in the town have been going on for the last two days over alleged “killing”…
ATTACKS ON CHURCHES
10-Feb-2015
Between December 2013 and December 2014, about 7,000 Christians faced threats, violence and displacement December 2013: Govind Kuram Korram,11, whose father converted to Christianity, died of starvation in Chhattisgarh after being locked up in a room by his uncle who was a Hindutva activist June 2014: Nimakka Laxmaya, 50, a recent convert, was killed on…
Muzaffarnagar riots: Statement of DM recorded
02-Feb-2015
Press Trust of India Muzaffarnagar, 02 February: The inquiry commission probing the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots has recorded the statement of the then District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma who asserted that authorities had effectively controlled the violence. The one-man inquiry commission of Justice (retd) Vishnu Sahai yesterday recorded the statement of Muzaffarnagar DM Kaushal Raj Sharma…
Adalaj clash: 22 injured, 119 held
02-Feb-2015
Ahmedabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK 2 SRP Companies Deployed To Ensure Peace Police have deployed additional force in Adalaj after members of two communities came to blows over a petty issue on Saturday night. On Sunday , the police arrested 119 people, including members of both communities, and have deployed two companies of State Reserve Police…
Tension in Muzaffarnagar as 4 Muslim boys booked
02-Feb-2015
Written by Manish Sahu | Lucknow | Posted: February 2, 2015 1:03 am Tension flared up at Kasampur village in Muzaffarnagar after four Muslim boys allegedly harassed a minor Hindu Dalit girl while she was on way home from school. The miscreants allegedly also thrashed the victim’s cousin when he tried to intervene. Heavy police…
Church allegedly vandalised in South
02-Feb-2015
Delhi’s Vasant Kunj By: Press Trust of India | Posted: February 2, 2015 10:47 am | Updated: February 2, 2015 10:55 am A church was allegedly vandalised by some unidentified persons today in Vasant Kunj area of South Delhi. The incident took place around 1 am. Police said that prayer items kept in the church…