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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Criticised RSS on Facebook; Kerala PFI leader sent to jail for 14 days
Kerala Police arrested Popular Front of India local leader Usman Hameed over his Facebook post criticising Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Kerala Police on Thursday.
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Dalit activist Bindu Ammini, first woman to enter Sabarimala, attacked in Kerala
Dalit activist Bindu Ammini was attacked in Kerala on Wednesday. Ammini said this was not the first attack and blamed Hindutva outfits for targeting her.
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Video | “We will butcher Pinarayi Vijayan,” Kerala BJP cadres raise murderous slogans
In a Facebook live video posted by Bharatiya Janata Party Kerala state spokesperson Sandeep Vachaspati on Tuesday, the saffron party workers were heard raising murderous slogans against Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
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Student leaders targeted by ‘for sale’ apps say fight against Islamophobia will continue
Aysha Renna, Ladeeda Farzana, and Nidha Parveen say they know why they were targeted on the 'Bulli Bai' app that appeared to offer them for sale. "Because we are Muslims," they said.
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