Thursday, April 25, 2024

South India

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.

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.

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.

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.

‘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.

Citizenship Bill: Amit Shah effigy burnt in Kerala

The students of Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, under the banner of Fraternity Movement, gathered with the effigy of the Home Minister inside the campus and set it on fire by raising slogans.

4 Maoists were shot and killed by Kerala Police

On October 29, the Kerala Police gunned down three Maoists near Agali in Kerala’s Palakkad district. They killed Manivasakam and Karthik from Tamil Nadu and Sreemati and Suresh from Karnataka
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Friends blame Manorama and Marunadan report for death of St Stephen’s prof, mother

Friends and colleagues of Delhi University professor Alan Stanley, who allegedly committed suicide, on Monday blamed malicious a news report published in Malayalam media against Stanley and his mother for the tragedy.

Zakariya meets his ailing mother

Zakariya, an under-trial prisoner in the 2008 Bangalore blasts visited his ailing mother Beyummah for a day after the news of depleting health. Zakariya Koniyath, who is under trial...
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Right to access internet is fundamental right; Kerala student expelled from hostel wins legal fight over mobile phone usage

In a landmark judgment, the High Court of Kerala on Thursday declared that right to access internet is a fundamental right forming part of right to education. The declaration was...

Heidi Saadiya; Kerala’s first trans woman broadcast journalist

22-year-old trans woman Heidi Saadiya made debut as TV news reporter in Kairali News TV, a Malayalam television channel. The reportage on Chandrayaan-2 was her first assignment after...
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Kerala and its floods, an opinion note

Noufa C.K As of the official records on 19th of August, 2019, the death toll from the severe floods that caused widespread damage to the state of Kerala has risen...

Kerala: Court rules Kevin Joseph death was ‘honour killing’

Honor killings are familiar in northern states of India and had been unheard of in Kerala.
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Chant your Dua but privately

Shafeeq Thamarassery On 4th August 2012 the life of 23 year old Satnam Singh Mann, a law under graduate from National Law university, Lucknow, came to an abrupt end due...

Kerala floods LIVE updates

Death toll Kerala Flood: Heavy rains and landslides have so far killed 71 people (11th Aug 01.40 PM) As Kerala continues to remain on edge while battling the heavy downpour,...
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Kerala: Adivasi policeman who was found dead recently, subjected to severe abuse by authorities, alleges family

His family has alleged that Kumar was teased and tortured for his Adivasi identity and the authorities alleged Kumar of being dumb and stupid, siting his identity as the reason.

Red alert declared in five districts of Kerala, ten dead and two missing after heavy monsoon rainfall

Four deaths were reported on Sunday. Reports of drowning came from Kottayam, Kasarkkode and Ernakulam districts, police said. Four others were missing after the monsoon intensified in the state three days ago.
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