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.

Hyderabad

Greater Hyderabad: Check what areas come under which Commissionerate

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has reorganised the city’s three police Commissionerates – Hyderabad, Cyberabad, Rachakonda – into four new ones. The new development came after the Telangana government merged 27 municipal urban…
India

Another Kashmiri man assaulted, forced to chant Vande Mataram in Haryana

Barely a week after a 28-year-old Kashmiri shawl seller was assaulted and intimidated in Uttarakhand, another young man in Haryana’s Fatehabad was forced to chant “Vande Mataram.” A video of the incident…

World

Zia’s funeral draws dignitaries from South Asian nations

Dhaka: High-level dignitaries from South Asian countries, including ministers and parliamentary speakers converged in Dhaka on Wednesday to attend the funeral of former prime minister Khaleda Zia. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief…
Hyderabad

GHMC records overall decline in crime in 2025: Annual Report

Hyderabad: A comparative analysis of crime data for 2024 and 2025 across the three major police commissionerates of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) shows that Cyberabad saw the highest crime rate,…
Hyderabad

Class 7 boy assaulted with sticks at principal’s orders in Hyderabad govt school

Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, a Class 7 boy was beaten up with sticks by his seniors at the direction of their principal at a government school in Hyderabad on Monday, December…
Hyderabad

Cybercrime dips 19 pc in Rachakonda; Rs 40 crore refunded

Hyderabad: As many as 3,734 cybercrime cases were reported in the Rachakonda commissionerate this year, compared to 4,618 in 2024, indicating a 19 per cent dip, the Telangana police said in its…
India

Karnataka’s Hate Speech Bill explained: What we need to know

The Karnataka Assembly on Thursday, December 18, passed the much-contested Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, the first such law in India. The Bill was first cleared by the state Cabinet…

Business

After US, Mexico approves tariffs of up to 50 pc on goods from India

Washington: Mexico’s Congress has approved a bill that seeks to impose higher tariffs on imports from India, China, Brazil and several other countries with which the North American nation doesn’t have free…
Hyderabad

Video: Hyderabad cycling track turned into ritual site, cyclists seek action

Hyderabad: A group of people performed last rites on Hyderabad’s prestigious solar-covered cycling track along the ORR on Wednesday afternoon, December 10. A visual of the incident emerged on social media where…
Hyderabad

Osmania University students protest over stale food; traffic disrupted

Hyderabad: Protests erupted at Osmania University campus on Tuesday, December 2, after hostel students of University College of Law alleged stale food was served for dinner. Chanting slogans against the Vice Chancellor…
Hyderabad

Shahalibanda fire: Body of victim identified

Hyderabad: Authorities have identified the unidentified body of the Gomathi Electronics fire in Shahalibanda as Mir Sajjad Ali, a local. According to the Moghalpura police, Sajjad was passing through the area on his…
India

CJI Surya Kant says no to oral mentioning of cases, hears 17 cases on first day

New Delhi: On the first day as the Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, Monday set a new procedural norm that mentioning cases for urgent listing must be made in writing,…
Hyderabad

Police misbehave with Telugu woman journalist who tried to file a cybercrime plaint

Hyderabad: Hyderabad cybercrime officials, on Sunday, November 23, allegedly misbehaved with a female journalist working at Zee Telugu when she went to complain. The journalist’s father had recently undergone surgery. After hacking…
Hyderabad

Madinah bus tragedy: Hyderabad family loses 18 members

Hyderabad: On November 9, when Syed Rashid waved goodbye to his family at the Hyderabad airport for the Umrah pilgrimage, he never, in his wildest dream, thought those moments would be their…
India

Dalits, AIMIM, Prashant Kishor: What broke Mahagathbandhan and powered NDA

The 2025 Bihar elections were a litmus test for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Mahagathbandhan. And the former sweeped an overwhelming 202 seats while the latter barely scraped 35, a stark…