Activists
- Telangana
Telangana: Four held for murder of MRPS activist
Hyderabad: Four persons were arrested by LB Nagar Police station for killing a Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) activist on Thursday. The victim, P Bhanuchandar’s body was found in the Khammam lake…
- India
Karnataka govt announces Rs 25L compensation to Harsha Hindu’s family
Shivamogga: The Karnataka government has announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the family of Bajrang Dal activist Harsha, who was killed on February 20. Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Khajaguda Hills under grave threat due to debris dumping
Hyderabad: In a bid to save the protected site of Khajaguda Hills, a group of citizens stopped a tractor that arrived to dump debris in the precious rock formation areas on Thursday.…
- India
VHP members gather to chant ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ in Taj Mahal, detained
Agra: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists were detained after they made an attempt to enter the Taj Mahal premises to recite the Hanuman Chalisa there. The programme was designed as a counter-protest…
- Telangana
Manikonda lands issue: Waqf activists protest against SC ruling
HYDERABAD: Civil society groups from the Muslim community on Friday protested against the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Manikonda Waqf land parcel of 1654.32 acres, which the apex court said belongs to…
- India
‘Arrest is prior, riot is later’: Sharjeel Imam’s lawyer argues for bail
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru Univesity (JNU) student and activist Sharjeel Imam’s lawyer on Thursday told a Delhi court that no allegation of conspiracy can be attributed to Imam after his arrest in…
- India
Elgar case: Varavara Rao gets time till Feb 28 to surrender
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday extended till February 28 the time granted to poet-activist Varavara Rao to surrender in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. Rao (83), an accused in the…
- Afghanistan
Afghan women submit demands to Taliban delegates in Oslo
New Delhi: Afghan women’s rights activists have submitted a paper to the Taliban delegation visiting Norway demanding rights. Hoda Khamosh, one of the women’s rights representatives at the meeting, called for the…
- India
Hindu activists allege mass religious conversion in Karnataka
Belagavi (Karnataka) Tension prevailed in Maratha Colony in Karnataka’s Belagavi district on Sunday after Hindu activists laid siege to a residential building alleging mass religious conversion. The protesters claimed that as many…
- Hyderabad
Activists in Hyderabad condemn Kaleem Siddiqui’s arrest
Hyderabad: Different social organizations on Thursday strongly condemned the arrest of noted Islamic scholar Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui. Addressing media persons at Media Plus Auditorium in Hyderabad, representatives from different organizations termed Maulana Kaleem…
- Technology
All allegations, all finger-pointing should be at the customer: Pegasus spyware seller
London: The maker of the powerful spy software allegedly used to hack the phones of various people around the globe says blaming the company is like “criticising a car manufacturer when a…
- Featured News
Opinion: Stan Swamy, a saint of modern times
Ram Puniyani On 5th July 2021, India’s human rights movement lost one of its dogged and principled workers Fr. Stanislaus Lourduswamy, popularly call Stan Swamy. He breathed his last in Holy Spirit…