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.

Kerala: CPIM secretary, minister back bishop’s ‘narcotic jihad’ speech, call critics ‘terrorists’

On Friday, VN Vasavan, minister for Cooperation and Registration in Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader visited Pala Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt, who had made the anti-Muslim 'narcotic jihad' speech, and posted an appraisal Facebook post calling the bishop "scholarly" and accusing the ones protesting against him as "terrorists."

Schools in Kerala set to reopen on November 1

Schools in Kerala will reopen on November 1, after a one-and-a-half-year interval, even as the southern state reported 19,325 fresh coronavirus infections on Saturday.
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Hyderabad Police action 1948: Survivor recalls Operation Polo

Gulnar Khanum, was 16-years-old when India forcefully annexed the then Independent princely state of Hyderabad in September 1948.

‘Your lives are priceless’: CM Stalin after three NEET aspirants die by suicide

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday urged students in the state to not kill themselves, hours after another National Entrance cum Eligibility Test aspirant died of suicide in Vellore district.
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Student group releases “Dictionary of Mappila Martyrs”, protests distorted history

Following Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) removal of Malabar Rebellion martyrs from ‘Dictionary of Martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle’, Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) Kerala unit launched the same in protest adding the omitted 387 martyrs on Monday.

Kerala: Nuns walk out protesting against anti-Muslim speech by priest

At least four nuns in Kerala's Kuruvilangad convent staged a walkout from Sunday's holy mass, protesting against anti-Muslim comments made by the priest during the service. 
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Thoothukudi firing a scar on democracy, we should never forget: Madras HC

The 2018 police firing on civilians protesting against Vedanta Sterlite's copper smelting plant at Thoothukudi is a scar on democracy and must not be forgotten, the Madras High Court said on Monday.

Calicut plane crash: Investigation blames human error

India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Saturday released its probe report into the plane crash at Kozhikode airport in August last year that killed 21 people and injured several others.
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Kerala: Dalit family of a child sexual abuse survivor faces social boycott from CPIM

"An unwritten social boycott existed against us. People stopped talking to us. Nobody is visiting my home. In tea shops, grocery shops wherever I go, I feel boycotted," says Unnikrishnan, father of a POCSO offence survivor, who hails from Kattoor village in Kerala’s Thrissur district.

Kerala Bishop warns Christians against ‘love jihad’ & ‘narcotic jihad’

Mar Joseph Kallarangatt, Bishop of Palai, has publicly accused a section of the Muslim community of targeting Christians through 'love jihad' and 'narcotic jihad'. Addressing the laity on the...
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Professor called RSS ‘proto-fascist,’ university bans ‘anti-national’ lectures

The Central University of Kerala has warned its faculty members from making "provocative statements" that are "anti-national" in nature and "against the country’s interests."

iD Fresh Foods files complaint against anti-Muslim campaign

Ready-to-cook food brand, ID Fresh Foods, has filed a case against communal accusations against it as false Whatsapp forwards by Hindutva groups accused the brand of mixing cow bones and calf rennet in their batter alleged the food start-up of employing only Muslims'.
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