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Congress leader of the opposition Kerala Assembly writes to Modi, Fadnavis over arrest of a Malayali priest in Nagpur

In a strongly worded letter to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, V.D. Satheesan, Congress leader of the opposition Kerala Assembly has sought urgent intervention regarding the detention/arrest of twelve individuals, including Father Sudhir, a priest of the CSI South Kerala Diocese, arrested by the Maharashtra Police following a complaint filed by Bajrang Dal activists

Spate of Demolitions continue, 44 Muslim families asked to vacate homes: Kushinagar, UP

The state government, claiming that the homes of residents are built on encroached land, has sent eviction notices to 47 families of Nutan Hardo village in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar village, out of which 44 are Muslim.

Assam: Delimitation of Assembly, Parliamentary Seats, Merging of Districts Raise Apprehensions

The Assam government notification of December 31, 2022, suggests that almost 100 villages have been realigned with different districts from the existing ones.

J&K: Protest, Condemnations Against Rajouri Attack as Toll Reaches Six

A minor boy was killed, and seven others were injured in an explosion near one of the three houses where armed assailants targeted the locals, killing at least four people, including a father and son.

Assam: Massive evictions continue in Assam, 400 families displaced

In two eviction drives conducted within 2 weeks, the administration of two district claim that the drives were peaceful

2022: A year of the ‘Bulldozer injustice’

What started as Yogi Adityanath being dubbed as “bulldozer baba” caught on as a trend for being a mode of punishment for those accused in criminal offences, the target majorly being people from the minority community

Hindu woman found decapitated, maimed in Pakistan

She was also allegedly raped before being murdered and her body was dumped in a wheat field

Kabul University Prof Protests Taliban ban on Women’s Education, Tears Up Diplomas on TV

A viral clip shows the professor saying that if his mother and sister can’t study, he doesn’t accept the education system.

Same sex marriage is not an elitist concern: Akkai Padmashali

She wrote a letter to MP Sushil Modi after he opposed same sex marriages in his Parliament speech

Kashmiri students allege attacks in AMU, write to Shah for probe

They have been protesting for three days against alleged harassment faced by them on campus

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Congress leader of the opposition Kerala Assembly writes to Modi, Fadnavis over arrest of a Malayali priest in Nagpur

In a strongly worded letter to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, V.D. Satheesan, Congress leader of the opposition Kerala Assembly has sought urgent intervention regarding the detention/arrest of twelve individuals, including Father Sudhir, a priest of the CSI South Kerala Diocese, arrested by the Maharashtra Police following a complaint filed by Bajrang Dal activists

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West Bengal: SIR unravelled

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