Saturday, April 20, 2024

South India

Hyderabad: BJP candidate ‘shooting arrow’ at Masjid stirs controversy

A video of Madhavi Latha, the BJP candidate for the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat, surfaced on the internet, in which she was seen miming as shooting an arrow at a Masjid during a rally.

Lakshadweep: Resentment against administrator to reflect in vote

For the people of Lakshadweep, this Lok Sabha election is the most crucial in their history. They are...

Unauthorised cash seized from BJP functionary near Coimbatore, suspected to be for voters

On Wednesday, an election flying squad team seized ₹81,000 in unauthorised cash and a voter list from a local BJP functionary in Pooluvapatti village in the Coimbatore district.

Daughter of jailed PFI former chairman OMA Salam dies in accident in Kerala

Fathima Thazkiya, the 24-year-old daughter of jailed Muslim leader and former chairman of the Popular Front of India (PFI), OMA Salam, tragically died in an accident early Thursday morning in Kerala’s Wayanad district.

Hindu mob vandalises Catholic school in Telangana, FIR filed against school, no cases against mob

The saffron mob vandalised St. Mother Teresa English Medium School in Kannepally village, breaking glass windows and flower pots and pelting stones on the statue of St. Mother Teresa at the main gates.

Filmmaker legend KS Sethumadhavan who won 10 national awards, no more

Legendary filmmaker KS Sethumadhavan died on Friday at his residence in Chennai. He was 94.

Kerala mourns death of senior Congress politician PT Thomas

Cutting across party lines, political leaders paid rich tributes to P T Thomas, who was the working president of the Kerala state unit of Congress.
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Hundreds take to Bengaluru streets against Karnataka’s draconian anti-conversion Bill

Hundreds of people from more than 40 socio-political organisations Wednesday took to the streets in Bengaluru against the Karnataka Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, commonly known as the anti-conversion Bill.

Kerala HC grants Rs 1.5 lakh compensation to eight-year-old girl harassed by police

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday granted Rs 1.5 lakh compensation to an eight-year-old girl who, along with her father, were harassed by a police officer in a public road, casting accusations of theft on the duo.
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Bengaluru: 53-year-old Dalit man forced to clean manhole by colleagues, 3 booked

Three men working at the Chinmaya Mission Hospital in Bengaluru have been booked on charges of forcing a 53-year-old Dalit employee to clean a manhole and unclog sewers at the premises of the hospital.

Karnataka cabinet clears anti-conversion bill

Despite Opposition from religious minorities and Opposition parties, the Karnataka cabinet on Monday cleared the draconian anti-conversion bill.
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Shan murder case: Kerala police arrest two RSS workers

The Kerala Police on Monday arrested two Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) cadres in connection with the murder of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) state secretary K S Shan in Alappuzha on Saturday night.

Kerala: Hours after SDPI leader killed, BJP leader hacked to death in retaliation

KS Shan, the state secretary of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in Kerala, was hacked to death in Kerala's Alappuzha district on Saturday night.
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Karnataka Congress MLA’s ‘enjoy rape’ remark triggers outrage

Senior Congress leader KR Ramesh Kumar on Thursday said that rape should be enjoyed when it was inevitable.

‘No attacks on Christians’, claims Karnataka govt despite 39 hate crimes this year so far

Karnataka minister Ashwathnarayan CN Wednesday claimed that there had been no attacks on Christians in the state despite the BJP governing state having seen several attacks by Hindutva outfits on Christians in the last 11 months.
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30 years ago, Sirajunnisa killed by Kerala cops and killers received promotions after promotions

2021 December 15 marks the 30th anniversary of the brutal police killing of a Kerala Muslim girl Sirajunnisa.

Kerala police label protesting Congress leaders ‘terrorists’; ‘Cos they are Muslims?’ asks Congress

In a controversial move, Kerala Police informed a local court in a remand report that it is speculating 'terrorist links' of the Muslim leaders of Congress party who protested demanding state accountability on the suicide of a 21-year-old Mofiya Parveen allegedly after she complained of domestic violence at the hands of her husband.
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