Monday, May 6, 2024

South India

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.

Second FIR against JD(S) MLA HD Revanna for abducting woman his son Prajwal had raped

The Karnataka Police on Thursday filed a second first information report against Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former state minister HD Revanna for allegedly abducting a woman who claims to have been raped by his son, Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna.

Congress says open to post-poll alliance with non-BJP parties in Goa

With the date for the Goa Assembly election results nearing, the Congress has said it is open to a post-poll alliance with parties other than the BJP to form the next government if it does not get a majority on its own, PTI reported.

Karnataka Police invoke UAPA against 10 Muslims over Bajrang Dal worker murder

Karnataka Police have invoked sections of the draconian UAPA against 10 people arrested in connection with the February 20 murder of a Bajrang Dal worker in Shivamogga.
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“He will be dearly missed.” Tributes pour in for Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal

The death of Panakkad Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal, national chairman and Kerala state president of the Indian Union Muslim League, at the age of just 74 has left political and religious leaders in mourning.

Bhavana breaks silence: I’m not a victim anymore

Actor Bhavana, the survivor in a 2017 sexual assault case broke her silence on the incident and its aftermath while speaking to journalist Barkha Dutt at the Global Townhall 2022 event titled ‘We the Women’ programme, hosted by The Mojo Story.
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Muslim League Kerala’s chief Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal dies at 74

Panakkad Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal, Kerala State President of Indian Union Muslim League has died on Saturday.

This Malayalam movie brings back powerful memories of 1996 collectorate coup

On 4 October 4, Kerala's E.K Nayanar government saw its collector being held hostage for nine long hours by four members of Ayyankali Pada at Palakkad collectorate.
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Karnataka Police books Rana Ayyub over remarks on students who intimidated Muslim girls

The Karnataka Police in Dharwad have registered an FIR against journalist and author Rana Ayyub for allegedly describing students and others who have been harassing and intimidating hijab wearing Muslim students in Karnataka as "Hindu terrorists" during a television interview.

For first time in 334 years, Chennai gets a Dalit woman Mayor: DMK’s R Priya

The 28-year-old R Priya of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) was sworn in as the youngest and first-ever Dalit mayor of Chennai on Friday.
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Chasing dreams with crutches; Malappuram youth to represent India in Amputee Football

Mohammed Shafeeque Panakkadan, a disabled young man from Kerala's Malappuram, is chasing his dream to be an international footballer.

MediaOne TV ban: Channel to approach Supreme Court after Kerala HC dismisses plea

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal moved by Malayalam news channel MediaOne TV against the single judge order upholding the recent ban imposed on it by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on "national security grounds."
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Rahul, Vijayan, Omar, Tejashwi share stage to release Stalin’s autobiography

A host of opposition leaders, including former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) Tejashwi Yadav and Omar Abdullah of the Jammu Kashmir National Conference gathered in Chennai on Monday on the occasion of a launch of a book on Tamil Nadu chief minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo MK Stalin.

Karnataka HC reserves order on pleas against hijab ban after 11 days of hearing

Karnataka High Court on Friday reserved its order on various petitions challenging the ban on hijab in education institutions after hearing the matter for 11 days.
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