Friday, March 29, 2024

South India

On Good Friday, Kerala bishops speak on anti-Christian attacks in Manipur, CAA, lives of minorities in current India

Prominent bishops in Kerala highlighted attacks against the Christian community, citing incidents in Manipur and other parts of North India, attributing them to the "powers of darkness" in their Good Friday messages.

INSAF alliance sweeps EFLU student union elections

The INSAF alliance, comprised of the Fraternity Movement, Muslim Students Federation, Telangana Students’ Forum, National Students' Union of India and PRISM EFLU secured victory in all central panel seats of the Students' Union at Hyderabad English & Foreign Languages University (EFLU).

Arnab Goswami booked for ‘fake news’ on Siddaramaiah

Republic TV chief editor Arnab Goswami has been booked for allegedly spreading fake news about Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and attempting to incite hatred.

Two NDA candidates against Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad? BJP announces candidate as ally RPI(A), already started campaigning

Two weeks later, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced their Kerala chief, K Surendran, as the BJP candidate for Wayanad in their fifth candidate list, despite the Republican Party of India (Athawale) (RPI), a member of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), recently declaring their national vice president Nuzarath Jahan as their candidate for the Wayanad constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Karnataka moves Supreme Court against Union govt for denying drought relief funds

The Karnataka government on Saturday has filed a writ petition against the Union government in the Supreme Court for denying funds to the State for drought relief under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 and the Manual for Drought Management.

What is happening to Muslims in Nargund?

On 17 January, 19-year-old Sameer Shahpur, from Nargund, Gadag district of Karnataka, picked his friend Shamsheer Khan on his way to return home, hesitant to travel alone due to...

Panels piled upon panels; How Kerala govt failed to act on anti-women bias in film industry?

For hours harassment was discussed and debated, but as the talk got serious and solution-seeking, panels piled upon panels and it got dragged into never-ending tomorrows. 
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I&B Ministry issues notice to Zee Tamil for children’s show mocking Modi

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday issued a notice to Zee Tamil for airing a satirical children’s show mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The notice is based on a petition...

Soon after Hindutva hate speech, 19-year-old Muslim man killed in Karnataka

Two Muslim youth Sameer (19) and Shamseer (21) from Nargund in Karnataka’s Gadag district were brutally attacked by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) members on Monday evening. 19-year-old Sameer succumbed to injuries on Tuesday morning at Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) hospital in Hubli.
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“Don’t you know how powerful we are?,” TN police asked Dalit man who died in custody

A Dalit man with a disability, Prabhakar, in Tamil Nadu’s Salem district was found dead in police custody on 12 January after he, along with his wife, was picked up from their home on allegations of theft and faced police torture in custody.

Hyderabad University students to remember Rohith Vemula on sixth death anniversary

Ambedkar Students' Association in the University of Hyderabad announced an online event on 17 January to commemorate the sixth death anniversary of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit research scholar who died by suicide in 2016 after facing caste discrimination and social boycott.
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‘Win of money and muscle power’: Companions of survivor on Franco case

"We are still unable to believe it. The justice we got from the police and the prosecutor, we didn't get from the judiciary. We will continue this fight until our sister gets justice. Everything was in our favor. We are not aware what happened after that," says Sister Anupama.

Kerala: Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of rape of nun, acquitted

The Additional District and Sessions Court in Kottayam on Friday acquitted Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Catholic Church in the nun rape case.
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Kerala police book man for FB post ‘in solidarity with Muslim women’

The 40-year-old businessman claims that the case is registered for sharing a Facebook post, authored by social activist and Malayalam actor Lali PM, critical of media reporting of press meet held by Muslim student leaders targetted by "Buli Bai", an islamophobic mock auction App. 

Flouting curbs, CPIM organises Mega dance event in Kerala

Amidst spike in COVID-19 cases, CPIM, Kerala's ruling party, organised a mega dance attended by over five hundred women with utter disregard to the restrictions imposed by the government. 502...
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‘I shall continue this journey’: Sexual assault survivor actor in Kerala speaks out

For the first time, the popular South Indian female actor who is a survivor in sexual assault case, in which Malayalam actor Dileep is accused of being the mastermind, has spoken up in public, using one of her official social media pages.

Sri Lanka releases 12 Indian fishermen

A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday released 12 Indian fishermen who were detained for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters, Consulate General of India in Jaffna informed on Twitter. The...
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