Veena Nair

Veena Nair is the Online Editor at Siasat.com, where she primarily reports on religious and community-based hate crimes across India. She holds a degree from Sathyabama University, Chennai, and began her career as a software professional before pursuing a Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media (IIJNM), Bengaluru. Before joining Siasat.com, Veena worked as a sub-editor at The New Indian Express in Coimbatore. A passionate observer of people and a devoted cat mom.

India

3-storey building collapses in Rajasthan’s Kota; several feared trapped

Jaipur: A three-storey building collapsed in Rajasthan‘s Kota on Saturday night, February 7, sparking fears that several people may be trapped under the debris, an official said. The incident occurred in the…
India

Union Budget 2026: States, UT going to polls this year get benefits

The central government has ensured all poll-bound states receive a substantial share in the Union Budget 2026-2027 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1. This year, Assembly elections will…

India

Hijab, saffron gamcha row disrupts Republic Day event at Jharkhand school

Republic Day celebrations at a school in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad were disrupted when right-wing aligned young boys took objection to hijab-clad Muslim students attending the event. One of their friends, who is also…
India

After Assam CM’s appeal, woman pays Muslim rickshaw puller Rs 4

Three days after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made a series of controversial statements targeting “Miya” voters, particularly him saying, “If a rickshaw asks Rs 5 as fare, give them Rs…
India

60-year-old farmer kills leopard with sickle, spear in Gujarat

Veraval: A 60-year-old farmer killed a leopard with a sickle and a spear to save himself and his son after the wild animal attacked them in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district, officials said…
India

Musalmaan hai, maaro: Kashmiri teen attacked with iron rod in Uttarakhand

A 17-year-old Kashmiri boy was attacked by a shopkeeper in Uttarakhand‘s Dehradun district, with the teenager suffering serious injuries after being hit on the head with an iron rod. According to reports,…
Hyderabad

Locals beat up gau rakshaks for attacking cattle traders near Hyderabad Airport

Hyderabad: Tension prevailed at Shamshabad (near Hyderabad Airport) on Tuesday, January 27, when a group of self-proclaimed gau rakshaks (cow vigilantes) allegedly attacked cattle traders transporting bovines, triggering a scuffle with the…

News

Phone tapping case: SIT summons BRS General Secy J Santosh Rao

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) General Secretary Joginapally Santosh Rao has been summoned by the Telangana Police Special Investigation Team (SIT) for questioning in the phone-tapping case. The nephew of party supremo and former…
Middle East

US urge Israel to move into second phase of Gaza ceasefire

Cairo: American officials met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, urging Israel to move into the second phase of the ceasefire that stopped the war in Gaza. Netanyahu met with President…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Owaisi completed just 8 of 69 civic work in last term

Hyderabad: In the current Lok Sabha term, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Member of Parliament (MP) Asaduddin Owaisi has spent only Rs 57.66 lakh from the Rs 9.80 crore provided by…
Hyderabad

A damaged temple flexi, graves smashed: What unfolded at Puranapul Darwaza

Hyderabad: A communal clash jolted the city’s Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb on Wednesday night, January 14, after a tattered flexi board and a damaged deity idol were allegedly found inside the Mysamma Temple at…
India

Landmark judgments to crushing orders, 2025 was topsy-turvy for Indian courts

A High Court judge’s home goes up in flames on Holi and Rs 15 crore in cash tumbles out. A lush forest is razed overnight for an IT park until students block…
Telangana

Telangana Assembly Day 5: BRS continues boycott; AIMIM, BJP spar over SIR

Hyderabad: Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Tuesday, January 6, continued its boycott of the Winter Session of the Telangana Assembly over Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s unparliamentary words against its leaders KT…
India

Disasters in the making: A lookback at major accidents of 2025

From the holy Maha Kumbh where devotees were seeking blessings, to the jubilant streets of Bengaluru celebrating an iconic win, to the catastrophic ending for people going on a foreign holiday, to…
India

‘I will get you raped’: Couple faces religious abuse at Mumbai D Mart

A Muslim couple allegedly faced religious discrimination by a Hindu couple while shopping at D Mart in the Yashwant Gaurav residential area of Mumbai’s Virar. A video of the argument between them surfaced…