Citizens for Justice and Peace
Tension prevails in Lucknow over Imambara locks
25-Jun-2015
Jun 25, 2015 | Age Correspondent| Lucknow Tension simmers in Lucknow after the Allahabad high court directed the Lucknow district magistrate to reopen the locks on the Imambaras and maintain law and order around the monuments. The gates of the two monuments were locked by the protesters — majority of them supporters of Shia cleric…
Catholic shrine at Tangasseri attacked Ignatius Pereira
23-Jun-2015
KOLLAM, June 23, 2015 One of the posters pasted inside the shrine said the Bishop Jerome Nagar commercial complex will be attacked with bombs. The roadside Pieta shrine attached to the Holy Cross parish church in the Anglo Indian enclave of Tangasseri in Kollam was found to be desecrated by vandals early Tuesday morning. One…
One killed, 12 injured in clash between Dalits, Rajputs
21-Jun-2015
Press Trust of India | Ballia (UP) June 21, 2015 A 48-year-old Dalit man was killed and 12 others were injured in a clash between Rajputs and Dalits in Ubhaon area in the district, police said today. “Shyam Narain was killed when the two groups clashed over supremacy in Pallia village last night,” Additional Superintendent…
MP journalist burnt to death by mining mafia, three arrested
21-Jun-2015
Written by Vivek Deshpande | Nagpur | Updated: June 22, 2015 9:40 am A charred body, found near the railway tracks close to the station at Sindhi in Wardha district of Maharashtra has been identified as that of a former journalist who had been abducted from Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Sunday.…
The BJP corporator was booked on charges of promoting enmity between two communities.
20-Jun-2015
By: Express News Service | Lucknow | Updated: June 20, 2015 1:11 am A Muslim woman who bought a house in a Hindu-dominated locality in Moradabad was allegedly stopped from taking possession of the property with a BJP corporator asking why she wanted to stay there when her “culture is different”. The BJP corporator, Vidhya…
Now, Pratapgarh: Dalits and Muslims clash over bathing in river, ‘spoiling’ of graveyard
16-Jun-2015
Three persons from Jamtali village were referred to Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital in Allahabad, police said, adding the condition of all the injured was stable. By: Express News Service | Allahabad | Updated: June 16, 2015 1:47 am Two incidents of clashes between the Dalits and Muslims- the first over taking bath in a river,…
Now, Pratapgarh: Dalits and Muslims clash over bathing in river, ‘spoiling’ of graveyard
16-Jun-2015
Three persons from Jamtali village were referred to Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital in Allahabad, police said, adding the condition of all the injured was stable. By: Express News Service | Allahabad | Updated: June 16, 2015 1:47 am Two incidents of clashes between the Dalits and Muslims- the first over taking bath in a river,…
Ambedkar statue vandalised; Dalits protest
14-Jun-2015
Phagwara, June 15, 2015 A statue of B. R. Ambedkar was allegedly vandalised at village Palahi near here on Sunday, sparking protests by Dalits who blocked roads at many places in the district. The statue’s raised arm was found twisted and damaged in a park at village Palahi, the police said. Protesting against the incident,…
Vadodara’s old city on boil again, mishap sparks violence
11-Jun-2015
tIMES NEWS NETWORK Neighbours Tried To Torch A House In Marwadi Mohalla, 33 Held A minor accident between a car and a twowheeler led to rioting and heavy stone pelting in Fatehpura-Bhandwada area late on Tuesday night. As many as 33 people from both the communities were arrested soon after the incident.
Journalist burnt to death for a Facebook post against SP MLA
10-Jun-2015
June 9, 2015, agencies A gruesome incident has been reported in Shahjehanpur, where a social media journalist was reportedly burnt alive for writing against SP MLA Ram Murti on Facebook. The victim, journalist Jagendra Singh had written about the Samajwadi Party MLA’s involvement in illegal activities in newspapers, according to an IBN Live.com report. An…