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South India

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

Muslim cattle trader in Karnataka murdered by Hindutva men, told to ‘go back to Pakistan’

In a shocking incident, a cattle trader named Idrees Pasha was brutally murdered by a group of Hindutva men in Ramanagara district of Karnataka on Saturday.

Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse’s photo displayed during Ram Navami Shobha Yatra in Hyderabad

The Ram Navami procession, led by suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh - a serial hate-monger - in Hyderabad, had a portrait of Nathuram Vinayak Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, displayed during the yatra
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Karnataka election on May 10, result on May 13

The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in Delhi has announced that the Karnataka Assembly election polling will take place on May 10th, with the counting scheduled for May 13th, 2023.

Lok Sabha reinstates membership of Lakshadweep MP PP Mohammad Faizal

Parliament membership of Lakshadweep disqualified MP PP Mohammad Faizal got reinstated on Wednesday hours before the Supreme Court of India agreed to hear his plea on the matter.
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TN: Inquiry ordered after IPS officer accused of custodial torture

The district administration in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli has ordered an inquiry against Assistant Superintendent of Police Balveer Singh after three persons accused him of custodial torture. Singh, posted at Ambasamudram police...

Waqf board to organise protests as Karnataka scraps Muslim reservation

A day after the BJP-led Karnataka government scrapped the 4 per cent reservation being given to Muslims, the Waqf board demanded the restoration of the reservation and claimed that the latest move by the government was an attempt to polarise votes in the poll-bound state.
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Karnataka scraps 4% Muslim quota a month before polls

The Karnataka government on Friday scrapped the 4 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Muslims and announced two new categories for reservation in jobs and education.

Kannada actor Chetan Kumar gets bail in anti-Hindutva tweet case

Kannada actor Chetan Kumar was granted bail on Thursday, two days after being arrested over an anti-Hindutva tweet.
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During Ramadan, Telangana govt reduces Muslim employees’ work hours

With only days ahead for Ramadan, a holy month for Muslims across the globe, Telangana government on Monday announced permission for all Muslim workers in public offices to finish their job a hour early.

Kerala HC disqualifies Dalit Christian MLA, says he is not eligible as SC/ST member

Kerala High Court cancelled the result of Assembly election 2021 at Devikulam constituency in Idukki district. The High Court observed that CPI(M) MLA A Raja was not eligible to contest in the reserved seat and disqualified him.
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Lawyer for justice: Son of Muslim leader undertrial for 2 decades takes up the fight

Salahudeen Ayyoobi was 10 months old when his father and Peoples Democratic Party chairman Abdul Nasir Maudany got arrested and sent to Coimbatore central jail in 1998.

NIA charges 68 Muslim activists for ‘conspiracy to establish Islamic rule by 2047’

The NIA has charged 68 former leaders of the Popular Front of India in two separate cases in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
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