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1 month ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Nidharshana Raju |Dhanya Rajendran
The F-1 student visa of Ranjani Srinivasan, a Chennai-based Doctoral candidate at Columbia University in the US, was revoked for participating in pro-Palestine protests by the State Department, the department responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. A press release from Homeland Security said that Ranjani self-deported from the US on March 11 after their (Ranjani uses the pronoun they) visa was revoked.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Nidharshana Raju |Vidya Sigamany
More than three months after the Thanjavur police were informed, through a written complaint, that the District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) Ranjith Kumar and the Chief Education Officer (CEO) R Madhan Kumar had failed to report the sexual harassment complaints from 43 government school students to the police, no criminal action has been initiated against them.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Nidharshana Raju |Ragamalika Karthikeyan
In Gopi and Chitra’s modest home in Chennai’s Pallikaranai, every wall is a testament to love. A selfie hangs on one wall, a wedding photo on another, both depicting Praveen and Sharmila — the love match whose lives were lost to caste hatred. What was once the young couple’s bedroom is today a memorial, with their portraits adorned with garlands and Kungumam sitting amidst their belongings. “It’s their love that gives us the strength to fight for justice,” says Chitra.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Nidharshana Raju |Nandini Chandrashekar
Parents of the four-year-old girl who was found dead in a private school’s septic tank in Vikravandi town in Villpuram district of Tamil Nadu on January 3, 2025, suspect foul play in the child’s death. The parents of the girl are seeking a CB-CID investigation as they feel the police have not adequately investigated the involvement of the private school staff in the girl’s death.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Nidharshana Raju |Shabbir Ahmed |Lakshmi Priya
Tamil Nadu’s principal opposition party, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), has alleged that its Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) were denied screentime during the ongoing Tamil Nadu Assembly session.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
newslaundry.com | Nidharshana Raju |Shivnarayan Rajpurohit
The absence of protocolsAs per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that CWCs are supposed to follow, when the committees learn of a child being abused by a family member, they are required to file a police complaint and ensure that the abuser is no longer in close proximity to the child. However, there are no general SoPs laid down for what the CWC should do in situations where one parent is accused of spousal violence.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
thenewsminute.com | Nidharshana Raju |Nikita Saxena
Bhavani* was 16 years old when she was married off by her parents to a 31-year-old man in Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu. The wedding, which was held in 2005, portended the beginning of a dark chapter in her life. “I was young and didn’t understand sexual relationships,” she recounted, “I used to be afraid, and didn’t consent to sleeping with him.” Her husband overcame her reluctance by beating her.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
thenewsminute.com | Nidharshana Raju |Binu Karunakaran
In a severe breach of privacy, sensitive personal details of POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) survivors, including names, contact numbers, addresses, and case information, were handed over to unvetted students and graduates during a government-commissioned study.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
thenewsminute.com | Nidharshana Raju |Sukanya Shaji
Vanitha, mother of a 17-year-old protestor who was gunned down by the Tamil Nadu police during the Thoothukudi anti-sterlite protest, joined actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) on Monday, November 11, hoping that justice will prevail for her child. Vanitha is among the 300 others who registered as TVK’s party cadres in the district.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
newslaundry.com | Nidharshana Raju
When 15-year-old Sumina was brought to Bengaluru from Odisha by an IT couple in June 2024, it was to take care of their toddler son. Merely four months later, her employer brutally assaulted her and left her to die in their home. On any normal day, a teenager eating chocolates would be considered a non-event. But not for 15-year-old Sumina, an orphan from Odisha, who the police say, paid for her ‘aberrance’ with her life itself.
