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.
South India
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.
South India
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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South India
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.
South India
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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South India
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...
South India
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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Opinion
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...
South India
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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South India
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...
South India
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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South India
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.
South India
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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