December 13, 2015

Sweden’s feminist foreign minister has dared to tell the truth about Saudi Arabia. What happens now concerns us all

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Sweden’s feminist foreign minister has dared to tell the truth about Saudi Arabia. What happens now concerns us all

Margot Wallström’s principled stand deserves wide support. Betrayal seems more likely

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28 March 2015

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December 13, 2015

Dadri ‘beef’ lynching: Modi’s silence is disturbing

http://www.dailyo.in/politics/narendra-modi-rss-mohammad-akhlaq-beef-dadri-vhp-sangh-parivar/story/1/6601.html

Dadri ‘beef’ lynching: Modi’s silence is disturbing

Akhlaq’s murder is neither an accident, nor non-political and certainly not a non-communal incident.

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Reading from a yawn-inducing predictable script, the articulate Arun Jaitley condemned the ghastly killing of Mohammad Akhlaq. The Union home minister condemned the communalisation of the killing. The local MP, also a minister in the Modi cabinet, condemned the politicisation of the brutal murder. The killing was an “accident” caused as a result of some misunderstanding. Sangeet Som of…

December 13, 2015

BJP MLAs thrash independent MLA in J&K assembly for hosting beef party

http://www.indiatomorrow.net/eng/bjp-mlas-thrash-independent-mla-in-jk-assembly

BJP MLAs thrash independent MLA in J&K assembly for hosting beef party

08 Oct 2015 10:10 AM, IST

BJP MLAs thrash independent MLA in J&K assembly for hosting beef party

scuffle inside the J&K assembly on 08 Oct 2015 (Photo – ANI)

 

Srinagar, 08 Oct 2015: Two ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs thrashed independent MLA Engineer Rashid in the state assembly on Thursday for hosting a beef party here the previous day.

Even before the speaker, Kavinder Gupta, could take his seat, BJP MLAs Gagan Bhagat and Rajeev Sharma pounced on Engineer Rashid and started thrashing him.

Opposition MLAs…

December 13, 2015

Everyone has right to life, regardless of faith: Ansari

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Everyone-has-right-to-life-regardless-of-faith-Ansari/articleshow/49187054.cms

Everyone has right to life, regardless of faith: Ansari

| TNN | Oct 2, 2015, 01.39 AM IST

Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Thursday said unity among people is essential for country's progress and development.Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Thursday said unity among people is essential for country’s progress and development.

HARDOI (UP): Vice President Hamid Ansari on Thursday said it’s the State’s responsibility to ensure right to life to every citizen irrespective of faith or creed. The remark assumes significance as it…

December 13, 2015

Dadri murder: Lynching of IAF personnel’s father unfortunate, says Air chief

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Dadri murder: Lynching of IAF personnel’s father unfortunate, says Air chief

03 Oct 2015 05:10 PM, IST

Dadri murder: Lynching of IAF personnel's father unfortunate, says Air chief

Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha. (in inset – Akhlaq Ahmed, father of Air Force personnel Sartaj Ahmed)

 

New Delhi, 03 Oct 2015: Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha on Saturday termed as an “unfortunate incident” the lynching of the father of an IAF personnel in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh and said officers were in touch with the family.

He also said that the family will be moved to a safe area soon.

“It was an…

December 13, 2015

Beef ban is an attempt to impose upper-caste culture on other Hindus: Kancha Ilaiah

http://scroll.in/article/714661/beef-ban-is-an-attempt-to-impose-upper-caste-culture-on-other-hindus-kancha-ilaiah

Beef ban is an attempt to impose upper-caste culture on other Hindus: Kancha Ilaiah

The claims that only Muslims and Christians eat the meat of cattle is empirically and historically false, says the Dalit political scientist.
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December 13, 2015

In Dadri, a daughter asks: ‘If it is not beef, will they bring back my dead father?’

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In Dadri, a daughter asks: ‘If it is not beef, will they bring back my dead father?’

I have lost my father. I cannot lose my brother. Please do everything possible to keep him alive.

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December 13, 2015

Man killed in Greater Noida for alleged cow slaughter

Man killed in Greater Noida for alleged cow slaughter

Greater Noida, Sep 29, 2015 (IANS)

Afzal, 36, a resident of Bisara area under Jarcha police station of Greater Noida, was dragged out of his house after residents alleged he had sacrificed a cow in his house. Reuters File Photo for Representation purpose.

 A man from the minority community was dragged out of his house here and beaten to death on allegations of sacrificing a cow early on…

December 13, 2015

Saffron extremists desecrated temple to trigger riots: Cops

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Saffron-extremists-desecrated-temple-to-trigger-riots-Cops/articleshow/12657326.cms

 

Saffron extremists desecrated temple to trigger riots: Cops
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HYDERABAD: The city police have launched a manhunt for four persons belonging to the Hindu community who they suspect triggered the communal disturbances in Old City last Sunday by hurling a piece of beef on the walls of the Hanuman Temple at Kurmaguda in Madannapet. All the four are residents of Kurmaguda and in their late twenties, police said, and claimed that the accused would be nabbed within the next 48 hours.

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December 13, 2015

Indian widow fights Modi in ‘final’ court battle over deadly riots

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-india-modi-riots-idUKKCN0RL2GE20150921

Zakia Jafri, whose late husband, a lawmaker for the Congress party which now sits in opposition, and was hacked to death by a Hindu mob in riots, offers prayers inside her son’s house in Surat, India, September 15, 2015.
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Zakia Jafri, a frail 76-year-old, has begun what may be the last legal battle to pin blame on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for deadly riots…