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With Christmas around the corner, festivities for Christians in India have been overshadowed by reports of targeted attacks on the community by Hindutva right-wing groups. Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, and other states saw mobs harassing or assaulting Christian groups during prayer meetings and carol processions. In Kerala, a group of carolling…

It was with dreams of finding a job and financially securing his family that Ram Narayan Baghel, a 40-year-old construction worker from Karhi village in Chhattisgarh, arrived in Kerala’s Palakkad on December 13. Just five days after his arrival, on December 17, he was brutally lynched to death by a…

Not every citizen in this country is treated equally before the law.

A week after the verdict in the 2017 Kerala actor assault case, the survivor has lodged a complaint with the Kerala Police alleging cyber harassment and the circulation of a video linked to one of the convicts. Police sources said a case is likely to be registered soon based on…

Researcher in Kerala rainforest sounds alarm after being told frogs had died after being handled by humans

As the Ernakulam Additional Special Sessions Court heard final arguments before sentencing in the 2017 Kerala actor abduction and assault case, the courtroom became the site of a pointed debate over how accountability should be measured in a gangrape conviction. Both sides invoked the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder (Nirbhaya…

Earlier this week, the Additional Special Sessions Court in Ernakulam delivered its verdict in a case that became one of Kerala’s most closely watched trials in recent memory. After a five-year trial, actor Dileep, accused of masterminding the abduction and sexual assault of an actor, was found not guilty in…

Formerly known as the International Film Market of Kerala, the Kerala Film Market has unveiled its lineup of films and documentaries for this year's showcase

Malayalam actor was accused of conspiring in abduction and sexual assault of leading actress

In a deeply troubling turn of events, a Kerala sessions court has convicted prime accused Pulsar Suni but acquitted Malayalam actor Dileep in the horrific 2017 sexual assault case of a woman actor. 

Eight years ago, a top female actor was kidnapped and sexually assaulted in a moving car in Kerala’s Kochi. A couple of months later, Dileep, a superstar in the Malayalam industry, was arrested, accused of masterminding the crime.