South India
Elections 2024
Hyderabad: BJP candidate ‘shooting arrow’ at Masjid stirs controversy
A video of Madhavi Latha, the BJP candidate for the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat, surfaced on the internet, in which she was seen miming as shooting an arrow at a Masjid during a rally.
Elections 2024
Lakshadweep: Resentment against administrator to reflect in vote
For the people of Lakshadweep, this Lok Sabha election is the most crucial in their history. They are...
India
Unauthorised cash seized from BJP functionary near Coimbatore, suspected to be for voters
On Wednesday, an election flying squad team seized ₹81,000 in unauthorised cash and a voter list from a local BJP functionary in Pooluvapatti village in the Coimbatore district.
India
Daughter of jailed PFI former chairman OMA Salam dies in accident in Kerala
Fathima Thazkiya, the 24-year-old daughter of jailed Muslim leader and former chairman of the Popular Front of India (PFI), OMA Salam, tragically died in an accident early Thursday morning in Kerala’s Wayanad district.
India
Hindu mob vandalises Catholic school in Telangana, FIR filed against school, no cases against mob
The saffron mob vandalised St. Mother Teresa English Medium School in Kannepally village, breaking glass windows and flower pots and pelting stones on the statue of St. Mother Teresa at the main gates.
India
Kerala: Muslim leader criticises Union govt’s hate politics in presence of BJP vice president during Eid sermon
In Kerala's Kannur district, the Imam who led the Eid al-Fitr prayer delivered a sermon sharply criticising the politics of hate in India in the presence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national vice president AP Abdullakkutty.
India
182 hate crime FIRs among 385 cases withdrawn by BJP govt in Karnataka, says home department
In response to an RTI filed by The Indian Express, Karnataka state home department admitted that in the course of a four-year tenure from July 2019 to April 2023,...
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India
Student found dead in IIT Madras, fourth incident since February
A second-year undergraduate student at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, 20-year-old Kedar Suresh Chougule, was found dead in his hostel room in an apparent suicide.
India
Kerala: Cop suspended after verbally abusing, assaulting 73-year-old woman at station
In a shocking incident, a 73-year-old woman was verbally abused and pushed to the ground by a police officer at Dharmadam Police Station in Kannur District, Kerala
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India
Karnataka govt’s key laws are against Dalits, minorities and labourers, accuses rights group
Bahutva Karnataka, a civic rights group has alleged that the Karnataka BJP government passed some key laws without due consultation but throug the ordinance, a route meant for emergencies.
India
Supreme Court allows Abdul Nasir Maudany to stay in Kerala
On Monday, the Supreme Court granted permission to veteran Muslim scholar Abdul Nasir Maudany to stay in his home state of Kerala. Maudany, who was granted bail in connection with the Bengaluru blast case, had been residing in Bengaluru but was unable to leave the city due to bail conditions.
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India
Day after quitting BJP, former Karnataka CM Jagadish Shettar joins Congress
Jagadish Shettar, the former Chief Minister of Karnataka, has switched sides and joined the Congress party today.
India
Kozhikode train arson: UAPA slapped on suspect
The Kerala Police's special team invoked the sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA] to the primary suspect in the Kozhikode train arson, Shahrukh Saifi, as his police custody is set to expire in two days.
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India
‘Mr PM, you talk of OBCs…’: Rahul Gandhi challenges PM Modi to release 2011 caste census data
Congress former chief Rahul Gandhi challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release the 2011 caste-based census data to the public.
India
Kerala: Malappuram temple committees host Iftar parties for Muslims
Two temples in Malappuram district of Kerala host Iftar parties in the first weeks of Ramadan, attended by thousands and hailed as a gesture of communal harmony.
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India
Rights group gives Karnataka govt’s education policies a “fail” grade in report card
Ahead of state poll, a rights group in Karnataka released a report card and alleged that the failure of education policies and programs in the southern state has resulted in pushing students from marginalised groups out of education for the first time after Independence.
India
RSS worker injured while making bomb in Kerala: Second incident in 30 days
A young man affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) suffered severe injuries after an explosion occurred during bomb-making near Eranjolipalam in Kerala‘s Kannur district on Tuesday night.
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