Citizens for Justice and Peace
Samba tense over ‘act of sacrilege’, curfew imposed
21-Aug-2015
On Wednesday, people had blocked the national highway near Bari Brahmana in protest over the burning of some religious books at a local industrial unit By: Express News Service | Jammu | Published:August 21, 2015 3:32 am Curfew was imposed in Samba and the Army called out to control the situation following largescale arson and…
`Political riots deadlier than religious’
20-Aug-2015
Aug 20 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) UP Tops List In Communal Violence: NCRB More people get injured or killed in political riots than in communal conflagration. According to latest data released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), in 2014, there were over 2,400 victims of political violence, while 2,000 people were injured…
Ten injured as blast rips through mosque in Kashmir
14-Aug-2015
SRINAGAR: A grenade explosion outside a village mosque in Jammu & Kashmir wounded 10 worshippers on Thursday in the first such incident in 14 years and police detected another explosive near a Hizbul Mujahideen militant’s home. I t was unclear who was behind the blast because attacks at mosques are rare in Muslimmajority Kashmir, which…
9 injured in grenade blast at mosque in Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir
12-Aug-2015
Aug 13, 2015 | The blast occurred after the early morning prayer Srinagar: An explosion outside a mosque prayer hall early Thursday wounded in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The blast occurred after the early morning prayer in Trenz, a village 60 kilometers (40 miles) south of Srinagar, said police officer Syed Javaid Mujtaba Gillani.…
Sainiks thrash family of four for thumbs-up on FB they didn’t like
08-Aug-2015
Aug 08 2015 : Mirror (Mumbai) Divyesh Singh TWEETS @divyeshas Repeat of Palghar facebook shame in Ambernath Post alleged local Sena leader Raju Walekar’s involvement in illegal construction A family of four, one of whom is a police consta ble, were allegedly threat ened, assaulted and illegal ly detained for “liking“ a Facebook post that…
Communal clashes in Guj kill 7 in 6 months this yr
03-Aug-2015
New Delhi: As many as seven people were killed and 79 wounded in 25 incidents of communal violence in Gujarat between January and June 2015, as per data from the Home Ministry. In 2014, there were 74 incidents of riots in Gujarat in which seven people lost their lives and 215 others were injured. Incidents…
Communal incidents up in first 6 months of 2015
03-Aug-2015
New Delhi: Incidents of communal violence in the country have gone up in the first six months of 2015 compared to the corresponding period last year, with 330 riots reported till June this year in which 51 people lost their lives. According to Home Ministry data, there were 330 incidents of communal violence between January…
Tension in UP dist after miscreants attack religious group president
01-Aug-2015
Saturday, 01 August 2015 | PNS | Lucknow Tension prevailed in the Mahoba district of Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh after some miscreants attacked Hindu Yuva Vahini district president on Thursday night. Hindu Yuva Vahini is a group formed by BJP MP Yogi Adityanath. Reports said that Vahini’s district president Ashish Tripathi was attacked by some…
Communal clashes in Wazirabad area
01-Aug-2015
Aug 01, 2015 | : Age Correspondent| New Delhi Tension in area after some animal skins recovered early on Thursday Tension gripped northeast Delhi’s Wazirabad area on Friday morning after two communities reportedly clashed following recovery of some animal skins early on Thursday. The police said that at least two motorcycles were damaged in the…
Khajuri Khas simmers after violence over ‘cattle hide’ find, 10 injured
01-Aug-2015
Police maintained that the incident was “not a clash between two communities”. Written by Aditi Vatsa , Abhishek Angad New Delhi Published:Aug 1, 2015, 2:36 At least 10 people were reportedly injured when violence erupted at Khajuri Khas in northeast Delhi on Friday afternoon, hours after residents intercepted a truck which was allegedly transporting cattle…