South India
Gaza Genocide
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.
Elections 2024
In Kerala poll fray, two candidates have hate speech cases against them: Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, BJP national sec Anil Antony
While the hate speeches against Muslims by BJP leaders, including its star campaigners, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, make headlines and spark outrage, in Kerala, the campaign intensifies against two BJP candidates who were previously booked in hate speech cases.
India
Eviction of ‘waqf’ encroachers: Madras HC upholds central law, declares 2010 Tamil Nadu amendment unconstitutional
The Madras High Court, in a judgement, has declared a 2010 amendment which brought waqf properties under the ambit of the Tamil Nadu Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act of 1976, unconstitutional.
Elections 2024
Interview: Hindus are rejecting BJP’s Hindutva, says Karnataka Congress spokesperson MG Hegde
Hindus are rejecting Bharatiya Janata Party‘s Hindutva, says Karnataka Congress spokesperson MG Hegde in an interview to Maktoob.
Elections 2024
‘Blatant lies, Islamophobia’: BJP Karnataka joins PM Modi’s hate campaign against Muslims, posts lies to spread anti-Muslim hate
Joining an anti-Muslim campaign led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a social media post on X by the Bharatiya Janata Party Karnataka made false accusations against Congress and spread Islamophobic rhetoric.
India
Kerala: Thousands take to streets for Muslim League’s Waqf protection rally
Thousands of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)'s cadres joined a massive protest rally on Kozhikode beach on Thursday against the decision of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government to hand over Waqf Board appointments to the Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC).
India
Army chopper crash updates: 13 out of 14 dead, no info on CDS Bipin Rawat yet
A helicopter carrying India’s foremost military officer Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat crashed near Ooty in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
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India
Anti-Muslim slogans in Kerala: 4 BJP men arrested
5 Workers of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala’s Kannur district have been arrested a week after BJP activists raised hate slogans against Muslims during a rally in Thalassery town.
India
Kerala transwoman Sruthy Sithara crowned Miss Trans Global Universe
Sruthy Sithara, Kerala model-artist, has won the title of Miss Trans Global Universe 2021 at the annual pageant on Wednesday, 1 December.
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India
Critical of BJP; AIADMK expels its founding member, former MP Anwhar Raajhaa
Following remarks critical of the AIADMK alliance with the BJP, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has expelled senior leader and former MP A Anwar Raajhaa from the party’s primary membership.
Film and TV
124 (A) charged Aisha Sultana announces her second movie: ‘124 (A)’
Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana who was booked under section 124 A (sedition) after she criticised the BJP government-appointed island administrator, has announced her second movie "124 (A)."
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India
‘There won’t be any mosques’: Kerala BJP workers booked for hate slogans
Workers of BJP's youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in Kerala's Kannur have been booked for raising anti-Muslim slogans on Thursday.
India
Bengaluru: Muslim man’s hand amputated after torture in police custody
Salman, a 22-year-old Muslim youth in Karnataka's Bengaluru has lost his right arm during the brutal torture in police custody.
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India
‘Voice of oppressed not meant to be criminalised’: Court quashes FIR against Pa. Ranjith
The Madras High Court has quashed criminal proceedings initiated against filmmaker Pa. Ranjith for his statement on the Chola era during a public event in 2019.
India
Kerala: Arakkal Beevi passes away at 87
Sulthan Arakkal Adiraja Mariyumma, alias Cheriya Bikkunhu Beevi, the 39th head of Arakkal royal family, died at her residence in Kerala's Kannur district due to age-related ailments on Monday.
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Features
Lakshadweep: Admin crackdowns protests, intimidates students
Sailing the waters of the Arabian sea to Kochi or Mangalore is not a holiday for the islanders of Lakshadweep. They sail for education, trade and jobs. And the...
India
‘Will provide 3 lakh each to kin of deceased farmers, Union should give 25 lakh each’: Telangana CM
The Telangana's TRS government on Saturday announced a compensation of Rs 3 lakh each for the families of over 700 farmers who died during the year-long protest against the three farm laws.
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