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Chennai Publisher Arrested For Comments On Judiciary Over Manipur Violence
The police have filed a case for "provocation with intent to cause riot", "promote enmity between groups through words" and "causing fear and alarm in public" against him.
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Tamil Nadu Transfers Top District Officers After Riots Over Schoolgirl's Suicide
On July 13, the girl allegedly jumped off the third floor of her hostel on the private residential school's campus in Kallakurichi, about 260 km from Chennai.
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CBI Names 71 Anti-Vedanta Protesters For Tamil Nadu Violence: Report
India's federal police have charged 71 people for rioting and arson during deadly protests over environmental concerns at Vedanta Ltd's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu three years ago, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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PM Modi Slams Congress Over "Nyay", Talks About "60 Years Of Anyay"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today sought to corner the Congress on its showpiece poll promise of "Nyay", demanding justice for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the Bhopal gas tragedy and violence against Dalits.
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Tamil Nadu Minister Resigns After Conviction In Rioting Case
Hours after he was sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment by a special court in Chennai in a two-decades old riot case, Tamil Nadu minister P Balakrishna Reddy Monday resigned from the K Palaniswami-cabinet.
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Parliament Disrupted As Government, Opposition Spar Over Rafale Deal
Raucous opposition protests over Rafale deal and other issues forced adjournment in both houses of parliament for the fifth consecutive day without any business being conducted. The day started on a stormy note as the government and opposition sparred over Rafale and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK and the opposition DMK protes...
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Police Asked Not To Arrest Son, Brother Of O Panneerselvam Till April 17
The Madras High Court today directed police not to arrest till April 17, the son and brother of former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, in a rioting case related to the RK Nagar Assembly by-poll campaigning.
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It Was Suicide, Says Court On Tamil Nadu Man Whose Death Led To Rioting
The death of a man whose body was found on the tracks in Tamil Nadu days after he married an upper caste woman in 2013 was due to suicide, the Madras High Court ruled today.
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Stop Defiance, Share Cauvery Water Starting Tomorrow, Karnataka Is Ordered
Karnataka has been reprimanded by the Supreme Court for ignoring its order to share water with neighbour Tamil Nadu; it must urgently release water starting tomorrow for the next six days, said judges.
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Unable To Forge Cauvery Truce, Uma Bharti Offers A Hunger Strike Instead
Unable to broker a compromise in a raging water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Union Minister Uma Bharti has offered to "go on a hunger strike if there is any problem in either state".
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Karnataka Defies Supreme Court, Does Not Release Cauvery Water: 10 Facts
Karnataka will not comply just yet with a Supreme Court order to urgently release more water from the Cauvery river to neighboring Tamil Nadu. The dispute over water between the two states has triggered riots in Bengaluru this month.
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To Restore Peace Over Cauvery Water, A Meet In Delhi Tomorrow: 10 Facts
Karnataka's political leaders met this morning with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of the Congress to discuss how to handle the new Supreme Court order which calls for water to be released urgently to neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Karnataka was reprimanded by judges yesterday for defying the order, which was given last week.
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DMK President Karunanidhi Condemns Violence Against Lankan Muslims
DMK President M Karunanidhi today condemned the anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka and urged India to come forward to voice its concern for members of the minority community in the island nation.
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Singapore to impose alcohol ban along Hindu festival route
Singapore will impose an alcohol ban in the area where the Hindu religious festival Thaipusam is to be celebrated on Friday, police said.
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Tamil Nadu: Doctors conduct second autopsy on Dalit man's body
Doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences are conducting a second autopsy on the body of Ilavarasan, a Dalit man, who was found dead on July 4 in Dharmapuri in western Tamil Nadu. Yesterday, the Madras High Court ordered the second autopsy, adding that its order does not doubt or cast any aspersions on the first post mortem performed by ...
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Chennai Publisher Arrested For Comments On Judiciary Over Manipur Violence
The police have filed a case for "provocation with intent to cause riot", "promote enmity between groups through words" and "causing fear and alarm in public" against him.
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Tamil Nadu Transfers Top District Officers After Riots Over Schoolgirl's Suicide
On July 13, the girl allegedly jumped off the third floor of her hostel on the private residential school's campus in Kallakurichi, about 260 km from Chennai.
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CBI Names 71 Anti-Vedanta Protesters For Tamil Nadu Violence: Report
India's federal police have charged 71 people for rioting and arson during deadly protests over environmental concerns at Vedanta Ltd's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu three years ago, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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PM Modi Slams Congress Over "Nyay", Talks About "60 Years Of Anyay"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today sought to corner the Congress on its showpiece poll promise of "Nyay", demanding justice for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the Bhopal gas tragedy and violence against Dalits.
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Tamil Nadu Minister Resigns After Conviction In Rioting Case
Hours after he was sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment by a special court in Chennai in a two-decades old riot case, Tamil Nadu minister P Balakrishna Reddy Monday resigned from the K Palaniswami-cabinet.
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Parliament Disrupted As Government, Opposition Spar Over Rafale Deal
Raucous opposition protests over Rafale deal and other issues forced adjournment in both houses of parliament for the fifth consecutive day without any business being conducted. The day started on a stormy note as the government and opposition sparred over Rafale and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK and the opposition DMK protes...
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Police Asked Not To Arrest Son, Brother Of O Panneerselvam Till April 17
The Madras High Court today directed police not to arrest till April 17, the son and brother of former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, in a rioting case related to the RK Nagar Assembly by-poll campaigning.
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It Was Suicide, Says Court On Tamil Nadu Man Whose Death Led To Rioting
The death of a man whose body was found on the tracks in Tamil Nadu days after he married an upper caste woman in 2013 was due to suicide, the Madras High Court ruled today.
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Stop Defiance, Share Cauvery Water Starting Tomorrow, Karnataka Is Ordered
Karnataka has been reprimanded by the Supreme Court for ignoring its order to share water with neighbour Tamil Nadu; it must urgently release water starting tomorrow for the next six days, said judges.
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Unable To Forge Cauvery Truce, Uma Bharti Offers A Hunger Strike Instead
Unable to broker a compromise in a raging water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Union Minister Uma Bharti has offered to "go on a hunger strike if there is any problem in either state".
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Karnataka Defies Supreme Court, Does Not Release Cauvery Water: 10 Facts
Karnataka will not comply just yet with a Supreme Court order to urgently release more water from the Cauvery river to neighboring Tamil Nadu. The dispute over water between the two states has triggered riots in Bengaluru this month.
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To Restore Peace Over Cauvery Water, A Meet In Delhi Tomorrow: 10 Facts
Karnataka's political leaders met this morning with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of the Congress to discuss how to handle the new Supreme Court order which calls for water to be released urgently to neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Karnataka was reprimanded by judges yesterday for defying the order, which was given last week.
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DMK President Karunanidhi Condemns Violence Against Lankan Muslims
DMK President M Karunanidhi today condemned the anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka and urged India to come forward to voice its concern for members of the minority community in the island nation.
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Singapore to impose alcohol ban along Hindu festival route
Singapore will impose an alcohol ban in the area where the Hindu religious festival Thaipusam is to be celebrated on Friday, police said.
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Tamil Nadu: Doctors conduct second autopsy on Dalit man's body
Doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences are conducting a second autopsy on the body of Ilavarasan, a Dalit man, who was found dead on July 4 in Dharmapuri in western Tamil Nadu. Yesterday, the Madras High Court ordered the second autopsy, adding that its order does not doubt or cast any aspersions on the first post mortem performed by ...
