India
Over 200 Madras HC lawyers write against transfer of justice Sanjib Banerjee
Concerned over the transfer of Madras High Court Chief Justice, Sanjib Banerjee to Meghalaya, 200 plus advocates have written a letter to Chief Justice, N.V Ramana, and Supreme Court collegium seeking reconsideration.
India
Tamil Nadu rains: 14 dead so far, red alert in 20 districts
The Meteorological Department has issued red alert for eight districts in Tamil Nadu — Chennai, Tiruvallur, Ranipet, Vellore, Salem, Kallakurichi, Tirupattur, and Tiruvannamalai — on Thursday as extremely heavy rainfall measuring above 20.4 cm is expected.
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India
Impossible to walk without exposure to facial recognition in Hyderabad, alleges Amnesty
Extensive surveillance of Hyderabad is putting human rights at risk, Amnesty International said Tuesday in an update to the ongoing Ban The Scan campaign to ban intrusive facial recognition technology.
India
Orange vendor who built school from savings, now charting his next step-a college
66-year-old Muslim orange vendor Harekala Hajabba, having no schooling, received India's second-highest civilian award Padma Shri for bringing a revolution in rural education by constructing a school in a Mangalore village which now has 175 underprivileged students studying there.
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Features
“Never a suicide,” says Fathima Latheef’s twin sister, no progress in CBI probe
“It is unbelievable that she chose suicide. She would never do that,” says Aysha Latheef, unable to find closure about the death of her twin sister Fathima Latheef.
India
Survived many suicidal stages due to CPI(M)’s casteism: Kerala Dalit research scholar
Deepa P. Mohanan, a Dalit research scholar at Kerala’s Mahatma Gandhi University has been alleging that she was facing caste discrimination from her Ph.D. Guide Dr. Nandakumar Kalarikkal, university authorities, and ruling CPIM leaders for the last 10 years.
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India
CM Stalin meets tribal woman after she raised voice against casteism
Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Thursday visited Ashwini, a Narikuravar woman who had raised the issue of discrimination after her community was prevented from having Annadhanam (concept of temples offering free food for the poor) along with others at a temple in Mamallapuram, 50 km from Chennai, about two weeks ago.
India
For political prisoners, pandemic period was worst: Kerala student accused in UAPA case
The Supreme Court on 28 October granted bail to Thwaha Fasal, a journalism student in Kerala, accused under the draconian UAPA for allegedly having Maoist links.
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Features
13 Tamil families “survive” on bus depot pavement for four generations
For 13 Tamil families, the bus depot is home for the last four generations.
India
Kerala women, child locked up in UP jail returns home after a month
Muhsina, a mother of three, boarded her flight to Kerala on Monday, after a haunting month in Lucknow district jail, Uttar Pradesh, with her mother-in-law Naseema and her seven-year-old child Athif.
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India
100 years later, only image of Malabar rebellion leader unveiled
A century later, the only image of 1921 Malabar rebellion hero Variamkunnath Kunhammad Haji got unveiled in Malappuram. The photo accessed from 1922 french magazine, Sciences et Voyages is the cover of the book — Sultan authored by Ramees Mohammed O — launched on Friday.
Film and TV
Kannada’s ‘Powerstar’ Puneeth Rajkumar dies at 46
Kannada film star Puneeth Rajkumar dies after suffering cardiac arrest on Friday. He was 46.
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