Kozhikode Protests

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said in Kerala's Kozhikode that the ongoing protests in the country over the citizenship law could be defused if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah assure that they would "drop the idea of the National Register of Citizens" and will no longer go to every door asking for documentary proof of "wher...

Days after Kerala moved the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA amid nationwide protests, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who was in Kozhikode on Saturday, said it would be "difficult for any state government to say that 'I will not follow a law passed by the parliament'".

Aparna, a 39-year-old teacher and cancer survivor, was fast asleep with her teenage daughter at their Kozhikode home in the early hours of Thursday when the sound of shattering glass pierced the darkness. It didn't take long for the petrified woman to realise that somebody had thrown stones at their residence, smashing its windows.

A case has been registered against Malayalam actor Joy Mathew and 24 others for taking out a march in a prohibited area of Kozhikode, in support of the nuns demanding arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun.

Using the watermelon as a metaphor, a college professor in Kerala's Kozhikode spoke about the need for women to cover up their breasts "properly". Far from having the effect he desired, as the speech went viral in the last few days, protests flared across the state.

A college magazine in Kerala is back in the news, this time because students are protesting the college authorities banning words such as beef, dalit and fascism from the publication.

A 21-year old man was killed when a private bus ran over him just as he overtook it in a bid to pull up the driver after the vehicle allegedly brushed against his two-wheeler, triggering a protest by CPI-M and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DFYI) activists seeking action against the crew yesterday.

A first year student was suspended last month for allegedly violating the college code of conduct in Kozhikode. His fault: he was part of a group sitting in a classroom which also had girl students.

Police took 50 Kiss of Love protestors into preventive custody at Kozhikode, lathi-charge mob that had gathered to watch.

Police took into preventive custody some activists of the 'Kiss of Love' campaign, who had converged at the moffusil bus-stand in Kozhikokode today. The activists had come together to protest against moral policing and workers of 'Hanuman Sena' who were opposing them.

To take on moral policing, another Kiss protest called 'Kiss in the Street' will be organised in Kozhikode at different venues tomorrow.

CPI-M led LDF Opposition members in Kerala today walked out of the assembly in protest against government's refusal to hold a discussion on alleged police inaction on BJP-RSS workers who attacked CPI(M) activists and their homes in Kozhikode district.

With the Centre's decision to implement key suggestions of the Kasturirangan panel on Western Ghats conservation triggering protests in the state, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said there was no question of implementing it in haste.

The Central notification on implementing the Kasturirangan panel report on conservation of Western Ghats has triggered a fresh bout of protests in Kerala with the opposition CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) observing a 'hartal' in some parts of Kozhikode district, today.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said in Kerala's Kozhikode that the ongoing protests in the country over the citizenship law could be defused if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah assure that they would "drop the idea of the National Register of Citizens" and will no longer go to every door asking for documentary proof of "wher...

Days after Kerala moved the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA amid nationwide protests, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who was in Kozhikode on Saturday, said it would be "difficult for any state government to say that 'I will not follow a law passed by the parliament'".

Aparna, a 39-year-old teacher and cancer survivor, was fast asleep with her teenage daughter at their Kozhikode home in the early hours of Thursday when the sound of shattering glass pierced the darkness. It didn't take long for the petrified woman to realise that somebody had thrown stones at their residence, smashing its windows.

A case has been registered against Malayalam actor Joy Mathew and 24 others for taking out a march in a prohibited area of Kozhikode, in support of the nuns demanding arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun.

Using the watermelon as a metaphor, a college professor in Kerala's Kozhikode spoke about the need for women to cover up their breasts "properly". Far from having the effect he desired, as the speech went viral in the last few days, protests flared across the state.

A college magazine in Kerala is back in the news, this time because students are protesting the college authorities banning words such as beef, dalit and fascism from the publication.

A 21-year old man was killed when a private bus ran over him just as he overtook it in a bid to pull up the driver after the vehicle allegedly brushed against his two-wheeler, triggering a protest by CPI-M and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DFYI) activists seeking action against the crew yesterday.

A first year student was suspended last month for allegedly violating the college code of conduct in Kozhikode. His fault: he was part of a group sitting in a classroom which also had girl students.

Police took 50 Kiss of Love protestors into preventive custody at Kozhikode, lathi-charge mob that had gathered to watch.

Police took into preventive custody some activists of the 'Kiss of Love' campaign, who had converged at the moffusil bus-stand in Kozhikokode today. The activists had come together to protest against moral policing and workers of 'Hanuman Sena' who were opposing them.

To take on moral policing, another Kiss protest called 'Kiss in the Street' will be organised in Kozhikode at different venues tomorrow.

CPI-M led LDF Opposition members in Kerala today walked out of the assembly in protest against government's refusal to hold a discussion on alleged police inaction on BJP-RSS workers who attacked CPI(M) activists and their homes in Kozhikode district.

With the Centre's decision to implement key suggestions of the Kasturirangan panel on Western Ghats conservation triggering protests in the state, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said there was no question of implementing it in haste.

The Central notification on implementing the Kasturirangan panel report on conservation of Western Ghats has triggered a fresh bout of protests in Kerala with the opposition CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) observing a 'hartal' in some parts of Kozhikode district, today.