Citizens for Justice and Peace
Bajrang Dal activist arrested after tweets
01-Sep-2015
Special Correspondent MANGALURU, September 1, 2015 Bantwal police on Monday arrested Bhuvith Shetty, a resident of Bantwal, on charges of threatening writer K.S. Bhagwan through tweets after scholar M.M. Kalburgi’s death on Sunday. According to Sharanappa S.D., Superintendent of Police, Dakshina Kannada, Mr. Shetty, said to be a Bajrang Dal activist, has been booked under…
Violence in Manipur: Three dead, houses of minister, two MLAs torched
01-Sep-2015
Sep 01, 2015 | Age Correspondent with PTI inputs| Churachandpur Three tribal student organisations were suspected to be behind the violence Churachandpur: Three people were killed and eight others injured following violent protest in Manipur’s Churachandpur town, by three tribal student organisations, who called a 12-hour bandh in the hill districts to protest against the…
Violence continues in Kannur
31-Aug-2015
Special Correspondent KANNUR, August 31, 2015 The house of Bharatiya Janata Party district president K. Ranjith at Palliyanmoola here came under bomb attack early on Sunday as sporadic incidents of violence continued in parts of the district. The house of a CPI(M) worker, identified as Surendran, at nearby Pallikkunnu also came under bomb attack on…
Buses, buildings set afire, trading comes to a halt; Guj losses pegged at Rs20,000cr
27-Aug-2015
Aug 27 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) RajkotSuratPalanpur: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Suspend Cops, Says Hardik As Violence Over Quotas Spreads Mob violence sparked off by Tuesday night’s police crackdown on Patidar protesters in Ahmedabad escalated to such a level on Wednesday that the Anandiben Patel government was forced to call for the Army’s…
Morbi on the boil, 32 buses charred
27-Aug-2015
Rajkot TIMES NEWS NETWORK Even as violence spread to Patel-dominated Saurashtra, the ceramic town of Morbi was one of the worst-hit by the unrest since Tuesday night. Patidar members coming out on streets and damaged public properties and attacking police personnel. State transport buses, police and government vehicles were prime targets of the mobs. At…
Curfew in Gujarat towns after arrest of leader sparks violence
26-Aug-2015
Ahmedabad, August 26, 2015 Lotus will not bloom again, BJP warned After a mammoth rally organised by Gujarat’s economically and politically powerful Patel community demanding reservation in government jobs and education, the police cracked down on the organisers, briefly detaining 22-year-old Hardik Patel, the spearhead of the agitation, while severely beating up his supporters and…
Three killed in late night violence; Gujarat bandh today
26-Aug-2015
Ahmedabad, August 26, 2015 Three people were killed in Ahmedabad, in the late night violence that erupted in many parts of Gujarat, following the arrest of Hardik Patel, who was spearheading a campaign demanding OBC status to Patel community. He was released later. A few areas in Ahmedabad, Surat, Mehsana, Visnagar, and Unjha were placed…
Muslim man assaulted for speaking to Hindu woman; 13 held
25-Aug-2015
MANGALURU, August 25, 2015 The man, who was dragged out of his car and thrashed in full public view in Mangaluru, is undergoing treatment in a city hospital. The Mangaluru City Police have so far arrested 13 persons in connection with the assault on a 28-year-old Muslim youth for talking to a Hindu girl in…
Police records in Bihar show ways in which communal pot was kept boiling
22-Aug-2015
In clashes since the BJP-JD(U) split, triggers show a trend: animal parts in places of worship, vandalism and revival of disputes long forgotten Written by Appu Esthose Suresh Vaishali/ Muzaffarpur/ Motihari Updated: Aug 22, 2015, 8:57 From throwing carcasses of animals in places of worship to digging up buried issues, police records in Bihar have…
Mapping the surge in Bihar: Tension in areas where BJP made big electoral gains
21-Aug-2015
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won 18 of the 23 seats from the 18 districts that The Indian Express visited. Written by Appu Esthose Suresh | Jehanabad/ Saran/ Nalanda | Updated: August 21, 2015 9:23 am The almost three-fold spike in “communal incidents” after the BJP-JD(U) ruling alliance broke up on June…