Rights groups seek return of land taken away in Sandeshkhali

Rights groups seek return of land taken away in Sandeshkhali

A fact-finding report, compiled by four human rights organisations on the basis of field research conducted and information gathered in the villages of Sandeshkhali block. was released at the Press Club, Kolkata on March 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri A collective of four civil rights organisations on Friday released a fact finding report … Read more

Why seek votes when you did not do anything for Tamil Nadu, Stalin asks Modi

Why seek votes when you did not do anything for Tamil Nadu, Stalin asks Modi

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin | Photo Credit: File photo Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for visiting Tamil Nadu “only for seeking votes” and said the DMK did not need anyone to teach it patriotism. “Like the AIADMK, the BJP government did not do anything for … Read more

TNCC chief promises party members that he would seek a Chennai LS seat from DMK

TNCC chief promises party members that he would seek a Chennai LS seat from DMK

The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president, K.S. Alagiri, on January 30, said some of the Lok Sabha seat aspirants in his party were urging the leadership to ask for seats that Dravidian parties generally do not allot to allies. Referring to DMK Minister R.S. Rajakannappan’s recent comments that the Congress existed only to get … Read more

Karnataka: Hegde likely to seek 15 more days to submit caste census report

Karnataka: Hegde likely to seek 15 more days to submit caste census report

With just two days left for the extended tenure of the chairman of Karnataka Permanent Commission for Backward Classes, K. Jayaprakash Hegde, to end, it is now learnt that he is likely to seek a little more time to complete the socio economic survey (census) report before it is submitted to the government. Sources in … Read more

'Irony died': BJP after Congress's Siddaramaiah takes luxury jet to seek drought aid

'Irony died': BJP after Congress's Siddaramaiah takes luxury jet to seek drought aid

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday criticised Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for travelling in a private jet while the state is facing a drought-like situation. This comes after Karnataka Congress minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan posted a video of himself along with Siddaramiah on board the aircraft. In the video, the minister is seen … Read more

Greens, political parties seek cancellation of fine imposed on farmers in Muttil case

Greens, political parties seek cancellation of fine imposed on farmers in Muttil case

Environmental organisations and political parties in Wayanad have urged the government to cancel the fine imposed by the Revenue department on farmers in the Muttil rosewood felling case. Besides imposing fine, officials had also served notices on farmers as per the Kerala Land Conservancy Act, according to N. Badusha, president, Wayanad Prakruthi Samarakshana Samiti. “Such … Read more

Three documentaries that seek to give a retrospective understanding farm protests

Three documentaries that seek to give a retrospective understanding farm protests

15th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala screened three documentaries on farmers’ protests of 2020-21. Bigger struggles, and events, in their immediacy, often drown us in a flurry of developments and their various strands and narratives. To make sense of them, one needs to look back at them in retrospect, after a few years, … Read more

Not paid for 3 months, guest lecturers in Karnataka seek rations, LPG cylinder

Not paid for 3 months, guest lecturers in Karnataka seek rations, LPG cylinder

Government First Grade College at Holehonnur in Bhadravati taluk of Karnataka. The delay in release of honorarium to guest lecturers in degree colleges in Karnataka has prompted them to seek rations and essentials, including rice, milk, an LPG cylinder, and tomatoes, among other items. Guest lecturers of the Government First Grade College at Holehonnur in … Read more

Morning Digest | ED does not have power to seek police remand: T.N. Minister Senthil Balaji argues in SC; NCW chief meets victims of sexual violence in Manipur, and more

Morning Digest | ED does not have power to seek police remand: T.N. Minister Senthil Balaji argues in SC; NCW chief meets victims of sexual violence in Manipur, and more

Tamil Nadu Minister for Electricity and Prohibition and Excise V Senthil Balaji addressing the media at Secretariat in Chennai. The Minister who is facing money-laundering charges in the cash-for-jobs scam, said on July 26, 2023 in the Supreme Court that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) does not have the power to seek his police custody. | … Read more