सांप्रदायिक संगठन
October 19, 2016
कभी राम मंदिर आंदोलन के अगुवा नेताओं में शुमार रहे भाजपा नेता विनय कटियार भी अब बगावती रुख अपनाते दिख रहे हैं। राम मंदिर के सहारे केंद्र में पहली बार सत्ता में आई, और देशभर में विस्तार करने वाली भाजपा अब इस कार्यकाल में मंदिर की चर्चा तक नहीं करती, और मंदिर आंदोलन से जुड़े नेता भी किनारे पड़े हैं। ऐसे में विनय कटियार ने अयोध्या में रामायण संग्रहालय बनाने के प्रस्ताव को लॉलीपॉप बताया है और कहा है...
October 19, 2016
After MNS, Telangana BJP MLA Raja Singh has opposed screening of upcoming Bollywood film “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, starring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.
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Singh threatened that he would “attack” theatres in entire Telangana, starting from his constituency Goshamahal, if the film is screened there.
“My idea is that a message should go to Pakistan in...
October 19, 2016
Justice H Suresh (Retd.) analyses crucial judgements of the Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court (Varma J) in the case of Dr Ramesh Yeshwant Prabhoo (1995 (7) SCALE 1) held Dr Prabhoo and Bal Thackeray guilty of corrupt practice having appealed for votes on the ground of religion (Hindu religion) u/s. 123 (3) of the Representation of People Act, 1951. However, in the next judgement (1995 (...
October 18, 2016
Hearing of the final court appeal of Asia Bibi – accused of blasphemy, in the Pakistan Supreme Court was indefinitely adjourned on October 13, 2016 after one of the judges pulled out of the three-member bench hearing the appeal. As per the media reports, the judiciary is under tremendous pressure from the hardline religious groups who want to ensure execution of “blasphemous”...
October 18, 2016
Amidst a virtual media blackout at the happenings on the JNU campus, an ugly incident involving an undergraduate Muslim student of the prestigious central university points to grave allegations of communal profiling and targeting, with the administration playing silent spectator
Around 500 students assembled at Ganga Dhaba last night in response to the call by the Jawaharlal Nehru Students...
October 18, 2016
उत्तर प्रदेश विधान सभा चुनाव 2017
2014 के लोक सभा चुनाव में भाजपा के हाथों कांग्रेस को मिली करारी शिकस्त के बाद उस के रवैय्ये से ऐसा प्रतीत हो रहा था जैसे कांग्रेस अपना संतुलन पूरी तरह से खो चुकी हो और मृत शैय्या पर पड़ी आख़िरी सांसें गिन रही हो. इस मायूसी भरे माहौल में कांग्रेस उपाध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी ने हाल ही में अति-पिछड़ों को उत्तर प्रदेश में आरक्षण देने की घोषणा करके चुनाव प्रचार को एक...
October 18, 2016
For the BJP, the Uniform Civil Code is Simply a Stick to Bash Muslims With
In 1951, India's first Law Minister Dr. B.R. Ambedkar fought to get our parliament to pass the Hindu Code Bill, a bill he had drafted with great love and care which would have granted equal rights to Hindu women denied to them by tradition and religious practice. Had this bill been passed in time the logical...
October 18, 2016
The ironical problem is that amidst all this debate, it is the BJP which is coming out as a supporter and champion of gender justice.
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The latest controversy over the Law Commission questionnaire eliciting responses over the viability of a uniform civil code has raised many questions. But at the outset, it should be made clear that there is nothing wrong in the...
October 18, 2016
A fact-finding team from the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) that visited Kairana on Monday has questioned the recent report of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) which claimed that there had been an “exodus” of Hindu families from the area out of fear of some Muslims, reports the Times of India.
"We met some local families and spoke to the local...
October 17, 2016
The Supreme Court will, on Tuesday, October 18 begin final hearing on a batch of petitions that could, potentially have far reaching consequences on the purity of the electoral process and the interpretation of the Indian Constitution.
For decades now, especially since the sharp rise of political parties that espouse sharp religious (and often antagonistic and inciteful) sentiments,...