South India
Gaza Genocide
Hyderabad University fines students Rs 1,000 each for conducting “UoH for Palestine” protest
At least six students were fined Rs 1,000 each and were warned to be cautious by the University of Hyderabad for conducting a Palestine solidarity march inside the campus on 27 October last year.
Elections 2024
In Kerala poll fray, two candidates have hate speech cases against them: Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, BJP national sec Anil Antony
While the hate speeches against Muslims by BJP leaders, including its star campaigners, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, make headlines and spark outrage, in Kerala, the campaign intensifies against two BJP candidates who were previously booked in hate speech cases.
India
Eviction of ‘waqf’ encroachers: Madras HC upholds central law, declares 2010 Tamil Nadu amendment unconstitutional
The Madras High Court, in a judgement, has declared a 2010 amendment which brought waqf properties under the ambit of the Tamil Nadu Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act of 1976, unconstitutional.
Elections 2024
Interview: Hindus are rejecting BJP’s Hindutva, says Karnataka Congress spokesperson MG Hegde
Hindus are rejecting Bharatiya Janata Party‘s Hindutva, says Karnataka Congress spokesperson MG Hegde in an interview to Maktoob.
Elections 2024
‘Blatant lies, Islamophobia’: BJP Karnataka joins PM Modi’s hate campaign against Muslims, posts lies to spread anti-Muslim hate
Joining an anti-Muslim campaign led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a social media post on X by the Bharatiya Janata Party Karnataka made false accusations against Congress and spread Islamophobic rhetoric.
India
Siddaramaiah sworn in as Karnataka Chief Minister in mega ceremony
Veteran Congress leader Siddaramaiah was sworn in as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru today.
India
Father of a man summoned by NIA in train arson case found dead in Kochi hotel room
A man from Delhi, Muhammad Shafeeq, 46, whose son Muhammed Monis, 26, had been summoned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for interrogation in connection with the Elathur train arson case was found dead in a hotel room in Kochi city on Friday morning.
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India
Siddaramaiah to be Karnataka Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar Deputy
The Congress on Thursday ended the impasse over the Karnataka government formation and is set to appoint Siddaramaiah the Chief Minister and D K Shivakumar the Deputy CM.
India
Beemapalli: 14 years after killing of Muslims by Kerala Police, justice is incomplete
14 years ago, on May 17, 2009, the police action in Beemapalli, a coastal region in Kerala’s capital Thiruvananthapuram, resulted in the killing of six Muslims including a 16-year-old boy and left over 50 others injured.
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India
Kerala: 17-year-old girl found dead in residential madrasa, relatives allege harassment
A 17-year girl, Asmiya, was found dead at a residential Madrasa named Al Aman at Balaramapuram in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.
India
Thousands of Muslims hold mass rally in Kerala, urge people’s protest against Hindutva, Islamophobia
Kerala Muslim Jama-ath Federation (KMJF) held a mass rally and public conference in Kollam on Saturday.
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India
We will lift hijab ban in Karnataka, says Congress MLA Kaneez Fatima
The Congress will lift the hijab ban in Karnataka's educational institutions, the party’s two-time MLA, Kaneez Fatima, said on Saturday.
India
Karnataka: Lone Congress Muslim woman candidate wins
Congress’s Kaneez Fatima who is the lone Muslim woman in the Karnataka Assembly, defeated BJP’s Chandrakant B Patil to win the Karnataka Assembly elections from the Gulbarga North constituency.
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India
They wanted ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’, but truth is South India is BJP-mukt: Kharge
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said even the BJP claimed to build a Congress-mukt Bharat, this win has managed to make a BJP-mukt Dakshin Bharat.
India
Karnataka: Landmass of Dravidian family stands clear of BJP, says CM Stalin
The BJP has been ousted from power in the Dravidian landscape with the Congress party's victory in Karnataka, DMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said on Saturday.
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India
Karnataka education minister BC Nagesh, man behind Hijab ban, lost elections
Karnataka Education Minister and BJP leader BC Nagesh who enforced the Hijab ban in Karnataka's educational institutes and urged an economic boycott of Muslims in the state, has lost the elections from the Tiptur constituency.
India
“Market of hatred have shut, shops of love have opened”: Rahul Gandhi on Karnataka win
Rahul Gandhi whose party looks set to form the next government in Karnataka with a massive victory, said: "The market of hate has been shut, and shops of love have opened."
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