Friday, May 3, 2024

South India

NDA candidate Prajwal Revanna, father booked in sexual harassment case

Janata Dal (S) leader and former Minister HD Revanna and his son and Member of Parliament Prajwal Revanna were booked for sexual harassment and criminal intimidation by the Holenarsipur...

Almost half of Bengaluru’s electorate skips Lok Sabha elections

Bengaluru's ongoing apathy towards voting remains unchanged. Despite extensive efforts by the Election Commission, nearly half of the voters in India's Silicon Valley abstained from casting their ballots on Friday.

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.

Forces kill 6 Maoists including 4 women near Chhattisgarh Telangana border

At least six Maoists including four women were killed by security forces near the border between Chhattisgarh and Telangana on Monday morning.

Hindutva group disrupts Christmas celebrations in Karnataka school

A mob of 40 people belong to a Hindutva group disrupted Christmas celebrations in a school in Pandavapura town of Karnataka’s Mandya district on Thursday, 23 December.
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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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