Tuesday, May 7, 2024

South India

Election Commission urges X to take down BJP Karnataka’s campaign video targeting Muslims

The Election Commission on Tuesday asked social media platform X to take down an animated video post by the BJP Karnataka handle that depicted the Congress appeasing Muslims at the...

One year of ethnic violence in Manipur: Kuki-Zo Community Members in Hyderabad hold memorial gathering

With the ethnic violence in Manipur completing a year, the Hyderabad Unau Tribal Forum (HUTF), organised a commemorative event in solidarity with the victims on Friday.

Karnataka: SIT takes JD(S) MLA H D Revanna into custody in kidnapping case

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the allegations of sexual assault levelled against JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, arrested his father and JD(S) MLA H D Revanna on Saturday in connection with a kidnap case filed at K R Nagar, Mysuru district.

Rohith Vemula case: As students and family protested dubious closure report, CM, DJP promise reinvestigation

Protest erupted at the University of Hyderabad, after the Telangana Police closed the investigation in Rohith Vemula’s death with a report absolving then Secunderabad MP Bandaru Dattatreya, Member of Legislative Council N Ramachander Rao, Vice Chancellor Appa Rao, ABVP leaders, and Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani.

Telangana DGP orders further probe after closure report into Rohith Vemula death case sparks outrage

Following outrage from family and the Dalit community after the Telangana police's closure report claimed that University of Hyderabad PhD scholar and Dalit leader Rohith Vemula, who died in January 2016, was not Dalit and dismissed casteism in the case, the state Director General of Police announced further investigations will be conducted.

Kerala: BJP worker injured while making bomb

Santosh, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker in the Kakkayangad area of Kannur district in Kerala, was injured in a blast caused by an explosive bomb he kept in his own house.

Brahmapuram dump yard disaster: Govt criticized for inaction to sever air pollution, health hazards

More than a week since the massive fire at the Brahmapuram dump site in Kerala’s Kochi started, but the problems of the residents of Kochi are far from over.
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Lakhs attend historic conference in Chennai to celebrate Indian Union Muslim League’s 75 years

On Friday, a grand conference was held in Chennai to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), with an impressive turnout of party cadres.

Kerala: Vishwanathan’s family joins massive rally, says tribal man was killed, not died by suicide

The family of Vishwanathan, an Adivasi man who was found dead after being attacked by a mob in Kozhikode in Kerala, joined a massive rally in Wayanad district to demand justice for the tribal man.
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JD(U) hits out at BJP on migrant rumours

“But what happened? No incident of alleged assault of migrants was found to be true. A Bihar team visited to probe it and the Tamil Nadu government also looked into the matter but not a single incident was reported,” he told reporters.

Delhi liquor policy case: ED summons Telangana CM’s daughter for questioning

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday summoned Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter K Kavitha for questioning in the Delhi liquor policy case.
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OpIndia CEO, editor booked in Tamil Nadu for spreading fake news

A case has been registered in Tamil Nadu against Rahul Roushan, CEO of right wing propaganda website OpIndia and it's Editor Nupur J Sharma for spreading fake news and creating a sense of fear among migrant workers in Tamil Nadu

‘False propaganda’ on migrant labourers: Tamil Nadu BJP chief booked

Tamil Nadu police have filed a case against Bharatiya Janata Party state chief K Annamalai on charges of inciting violence and promoting enmity between groups after he allegedly spread “false propaganda” against the State government with regard to migrant labourers from north India.
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Telangana tribal woman doctor dies days after attempting suicide over harassment

Dr. Preethi Dharavath, 26, the first-year postgraduate student of Kakatiya Medical College (KMC) in Telangana’s Warangal who allegedly attempted suicide on February 22 following harassment from a senior doctor Dr Mohammed Saif, was declared dead Sunday night by Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad where she was under treatment.

Ambedkarite-left alliance wins Hyderabad University Students Union election

The alliance of Ambedkar Students' Association (ASA), Students' Federation of India (SFI), and Dalit Students' Union (DSU) swept the polls for the University of Hyderabad Students’ Union (UoHSU) for 2022-23, winning all nine posts of the central panel.
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Telangana: Tribal woman doctor attempts suicide over harassment by senior, accused arrested

A second-year post-graduate medical student, also a doctor, was arrested on Friday in connection with the suicide attempt by a tribal woman medico whom he had allegedly harassed.

Kerala: Right wing Christian group spreads anti-Muslim hate among school students, Muslim group files complaint

The Student Islamic Organization (SIO) has filed a complaint against right wing Christian group in Kerala, Christian Association and Alliance for Social Action (CASA), for spreading hatred against the Muslim community among school students in the name of "love jihad" and "narcotic jihad" in Pulpally, Wayanad district.
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