Saturday, April 27, 2024

South India

Karnataka: FIRs against BJP leaders Tejasvi Surya, CT Ravi for ‘communally polarising’ voters on social media

Karnataka’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Friday notified that separate cases have been filed against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Tejasvi Surya and CT Ravi for their hate-inducing social media posts aimed at polarising voters. The cases come as 14 constituencies in the state went to poll today.

Lok Sabha elections: 7 collapse and die amidst intense heat in Kerala

At least seven persons collapsed and died in different parts of Kerala after voting in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 started on Friday.

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.

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.

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.

“Revenge for protesting hijab ban”: SDPI leader’s hotel demolished by Karnataka authorities

Two hotels in Udupi, Zaithoon and Zara owned by the Social Democratic Party of India President and his brother were demolished by the Udupi Municipality Council early this morning, citing the absence of licence.

Ex ABVP national president arrested for harassing 60-year-old woman in Chennai

Former Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) national president Dr Subbiah Shanmugam has been arrested by the Chennai police for harassing a 60-year-old woman neighbour by urinating near the entrance of her home and throwing rubbish outside her house.
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Karnataka HC’s verdict on hijab ban violates religious freedom: US panel

Karnataka High Court’s verdict upholding the ban on wearing hijab in state’s educational institutions was a violation of religious freedom, said the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.

Kerala: 4 migrant workers dead after landslip near Kochi

Four migrant workers have died and one is buried under the red earth after a major landslip was reported at a construction site near Kochi in Kerala on Friday.
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Karnataka Hindutva men assault Christian youth, police arrest survivor not attackers

A group of Hindutva activists belonging to Bajrang Dal assaulted a Christian youth for distributing booklets related to Christianity in a college campus in Karnataka's Hassan on Thursday.

Bengaluru: Sacked ITI workers protest for more than 100 days

Around 80 workers of the Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) have been protesting for nearly 107 days now, against their termination in 's Doorvani Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
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Malayalam films have to form sexual Harassment panel: Kerala HC orders in WCC’s plea

The Kerala High Court on Thursday observed that film production houses have the responsibility to form an Internal Complaints Committee

Graffiti surfaces saying ‘Hijab is our dignity,’ Karnataka police registers 4 cases

A day after the Karnataka High Court upholding hijab ban in educational institutions, graffiti saying "Hijab is our Dignity" surfaced in a few government educational institutions and public walls in Hospet.
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Kerala: Congress’s woman student leader beaten up by SFI male activists, video goes viral

KSU President Safna Yakub was thrashed by SFI male members, a viral video showed.

Hijab ban: “After Holi,” says SC to students’ urgent plea

Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain urgent listing of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict enabling hijab ban. Although students submitted exam schedules to prove the urgency,...
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Muslim groups declare Karnataka bandh on 17 March against hijab ban, HC verdict

Muslim groups in Karnataka on Wednesday announced a state bandh on Thursday, 17 March to protest the Karnataka High Court verdict which upheld the hijab ban in the educational institutions in the state.

No doubt, hijab an essential part of our religion : Muslim girls fighting hijab ban

Six Muslim students of Udupi government college who were fighting against hijab ban in educational institutions in Karnataka said their legal fight will continue.
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