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Tejasvi Surya seeks NIA probe into Hindu activist Suhas Shetty's murder
Earlier, Karnataka minister G Parameshwara had said that eight people have been arrested in connection with Suhas Shetty's murder.
Published on May 04, 2025 09:16 AM IST
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Indian activist arrested in Poland after India-issued Interpol notice
Sanal Edamaruku, president and founder of the Rationalist International organisation, was arrested at Warsaw's airport on March 28.
Published on Apr 08, 2025 10:10 PM IST
Activist questions clean chit to Karnataka CM and family in MUDA case
CM Siddaramaiah and others are accused of receiving compensatory sites despite a clean chit from the IO, raising concerns about reported losses to MUDA.
Published on Mar 19, 2025 09:12 AM IST
PTI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath
Valentine's Day: Damdami Mai Puja absent at Hindu College! Is Virgin Tree gone?
V-Tree aka Damdami Mai Puja is a popular tradition of Hindu College, Delhi University. Is it fading into obscurity due to protests over its regressive nature?
Published on Feb 12, 2025 03:24 PM IST
Karan Sethi
MUDA scam: Activist files complaint with ED against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Activist Snehamayi Krishna, a complainant in the MUDA scam case, has filed a complaint with the ED against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah.
Published on Sep 29, 2024 04:20 PM IST
ANI | | Posted by Yamini C S
Special food for the rich, infested curries for others: Lawyer on Taloja graft
Sumit Gadling, lawyer and son of Surendra Gadling, said that they are planning to move the Bombay high court for a larger investigation into the matter
Updated on Aug 08, 2024 08:56 AM IST
Revu Suresh
Globetrotter who used his capital for local good
Sam may be gone, but he will be remembered by the thousands of families whose lives his efforts changed. Do people like Sam ever really die?
Published on Jul 28, 2024 10:59 PM IST
Aruna Roy – “The demonising of activists is unfortunate for the nation”
The author of The Personal is Political; An Activist’s Memoir on the role of people’s movements in a democracy, the shift towards neo-liberalism within the civil service, and attempts to impede the RTI Act
Updated on Jul 26, 2024 08:06 PM IST
Chittajit Mitra
The rattle of skeletons
We need to examine the principles with which a writer is identified. And then ask, how do these principles bear upon the violations in their personal life?
Published on Jul 26, 2024 09:00 AM IST
In death, a Pashtun poet’s message rings a lot louder
Gilaman Wazir stressed on the shared history of the Pashtuns on both sides of the Durand Line. This made him famous among Afghans
Published on Jul 20, 2024 09:14 PM IST
Baitullah Hameedi
British Indian art dealer to raise funds for LGBTQ rights in India
British Indian art dealer to raise funds for LGBTQ rights in India
Published on Jul 12, 2024 01:52 PM IST
PTI |
Few ministers are working against Marathas: Jarange-Patil's latest charge
Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil alleged on Friday that the state government was conspiring to create a divide between the two communities
Updated on Jun 22, 2024 08:58 AM IST
Manoj Jarange-Patil breaks hunger strike, gives govt a month to meet demands
Should the government fail to meet the deadline, the activist warned, he will field candidates in all 288 Assembly constituencies in the upcoming polls. The activist had been on a hunger strike demanding blanket reservation for Marathas in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category
Updated on Jun 14, 2024 07:40 AM IST
Pune Porsche accident: Told CP not to succumb to pressure, says Ajit Pawar
Pawar said that CM Shinde already clarified that there was no political pressure on police and that action had been taken against police officers and doctors
Updated on May 28, 2024 09:19 AM IST
Who is Chase Oliver? Libertarian Party's presidential nominee
After booeing and visibly rejecting Donald Trump and RFK, Libertarian Party nominated party activist Chase Oliver for president, find out who he is.
Updated on May 27, 2024 10:44 AM IST
Court convicts Medha Patkar in defamation case filed by Saxena
The case dates back to January 2001, when Saxena alleged that Patkar issued a press release in 2000, containing false imputations intended to harm his reputation
Updated on May 25, 2024 05:56 AM IST
Ads on highway pillars: Complaint filed as Ludhiana MC floats tenders sans NHAI nod
The tenders for outdoor media units, including the pillars under the elevated road project on Ferozepur road, were auctioned with a reserve price of ₹6.25 crore
Published on Apr 29, 2024 10:33 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Stop dumping waste into the Ganga: Activists
Clean Ganga activist Rajesh Shukla and team clean Manikarnika Ghat for World Earth Day, urging people to save environment by avoiding plastic pollution.
Updated on Apr 23, 2024 07:02 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Varanasi
‘Death to America’, ‘Death to Israel’ chants at a rally led by Tarek Bazzi in US
Michigan's Dearborn, that has been labelled America's Jihad Capital has been witnessing many pro-Hamas, anti-America and anti-Israel rallies.
Published on Apr 08, 2024 10:35 AM IST
Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Ashok Row Kavi, Mumbai’s Pied Piper
Row Kavi, the son of an upper-class Hindu family, residing in a conservative neighbourhood and the product of elite Christian educational establishments had come out as India’s first publicly self-acknowledged gay person in 1984, in an interview with a popular magazine. We’re talking about the Eighties here: a time when no one spoke publicly about being gay
Updated on Mar 31, 2024 07:16 AM IST
Malavika Sangghvi
BJP worker arrested for ‘Pak zindabad’ slogan in Dec 2022 in Karnataka’s Mandya
Mandya SP N Yetish said the Mandya West Police arrested Danayakapura Ravi and were looking Aradhya following the registration of a FIR
Updated on Mar 06, 2024 08:00 AM IST
'Don't test patience': CM Eknath Shinde on Maratha activist's claims
Asked about Jarange's aggressive stand and the use of expletives in his speeches, CM Shinde said that and appropriate action would be taken
Published on Feb 25, 2024 09:59 PM IST
Fadnavis wants to end Maratha influence in state, alleges Manoj Jarange-Patil
Accusing Fadnavis of hatching conspiracy against him, Jarange Patil threatened to march to the deputy chief minister’s residence at Mumbai
Updated on Feb 25, 2024 02:58 PM IST
Why Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil refusing to end hunger strike
Manoj Jarange-Patil said that he wanted reservation from the OBC quota rather than a special reservation for Marathas.
Published on Feb 21, 2024 12:31 PM IST
Kanchi Singh: We have more options and work in the OTT space
Actor Kanchi Singh will be coming back to the acting world after seven years through an OTT project
Published on Feb 20, 2024 06:19 PM IST
Shama Sikander plans to extend her family
Actor Shama Sikander opens up about her plans to embrace motherhood soon
Published on Feb 20, 2024 06:17 PM IST
Maratha activist Jarange-Patil’s health deteriorates on day 5 of hunger strike
Manoj Jarange-Patil went on hunger strike on February 10 to press his demand that a law be enacted along the lines of the draft notification issued by the state
Published on Feb 14, 2024 03:51 PM IST
Prabhas on a short break, to start work on his next in March
After getting positive response to his latest cinematic venture, Salaar, actor Prabhas is taking some off to rejuvenate and realign his thoughts
Published on Jan 30, 2024 06:51 PM IST
Yash in talks for another Bollywood project?
We have heard that actor Yash is planning to focus more on his career in Bollywood
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 04:16 PM IST
Hong Kong's top court restores activist's conviction over banned vigil on Tiananmen crackdown
Hong Kong's top court restores activist's conviction over banned vigil on Tiananmen crackdown
Updated on Jan 25, 2024 03:51 PM IST
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