Activists
- Telangana
VHP, Bajrang Dal to launch a helpline for Hindus of Telangana
Hyderabad: Hindutva groups Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal are planning on launching the “Telangana Hindu Helpline.” The helpline is being launched to allegedly counter the “anti-Hindu policies” taken up by…
- Hyderabad
Ahead of Eid, Hyderabad cops warn activists against taking law into hands
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police Commissioner C.V. Anand on Wednesday asked animal activists and Hindu organisations not to chase vehicles carrying cattle for sacrifice on Bakrid. During a meeting with them, he appealed to…
- India
Absolute hypocrisy: Activists slam govt for arresting Zubair
New Delhi: Condemning the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, a group of activists on Tuesday said it was “absolute hypocrisy” of the government that his arrest came on a day…
- India
Javed Muhammad located despite lack of assistance from UP cops
Family members of the jailed activist of the Welfare Party of India Javed Muhammad were able to locate and meet him, on Tuesday, despite no official confirmation from the authorities or the…
- Photos
Hyderabad doctors, activists meet Harish Rao, express gratitude over govt’s decision to restore OGH
Hyderabad: A group of activists and doctors on Thursday met with Telangana finance minister Harish Rao to express their gratitude and happiness about the decision of the government to restore and renovate…
- 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…