Poet Varavara Rao arrested in case relating to conspiracy to assassinate PM Modi
6 years, 4 months ago

Poet Varavara Rao arrested in case relating to conspiracy to assassinate PM Modi

The Hindu  

Hyderabad-based revolutionary writer Varavara Rao was arrested by Pune police in Hyderabad on Tuesday, following raids on his flat in the city in a case relating to alleged conspiracy to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Special teams of Pune police, assisted by their local Telangana counterparts, also raided the flat of a senior journalist K.V. Displaying placards, they raised slogans describing the raids as an “attempt to suppress democratic voices questioning Modi.” "The Pune police sought our assistance. While no official announcement was made by any Pune police officials on the raids and the arrest of Mr. Rao, sources in Telangana police said they were given to understand that Mr. Rao was already made an accused in the case relating to “plan to kill Modi.” “They came here with a search warrant and followed due proceedings,” an intelligence officer said.

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Harish Rao detained in police station for over eight hours
1 month, 1 week ago

Harish Rao detained in police station for over eight hours

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A slew of arrests of BRS leaders, including former minister T. Harish Rao, and MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy led to widespread protests by opposition party leaders and workers in Hyderabad and in other parts of the state, with protesters in some places burning effigies of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy. Senior BRS leader Harish Rao was detained by the …

‘No gathering of visitors’: List of riders accompanying Varavara Rao’s bail
2 years, 4 months ago

‘No gathering of visitors’: List of riders accompanying Varavara Rao’s bail

Live Mint  

Poet-activist and 2017 Elgaar Parishad case accused P Varavara Rao was granted permanent bail on medical grounds by the Supreme Court of India on 10 August, this year. The directive restricted Rao from having a "gathering of visitors" at his residence in Mumbai, and asked him not to indulge in any "criminal activities, similar to the case against him or …

Varavara Rao Will Not Make Media Statements On Bhima Koregaon Case: NIA Court Sets Bail Conditions
2 years, 4 months ago

Varavara Rao Will Not Make Media Statements On Bhima Koregaon Case: NIA Court Sets Bail Conditions

Live Law  

A special NIA court in Mumbai set 12 bail conditions for Telugu poet Dr P Varavara Rao accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, including a restriction on talking about the case at any media forum. On August 10, the Supreme Court granted bail to Rao on medical grounds, and had imposed a condition that he should not leave the Greater …

Varavara Rao | Different shades of a poet
2 years, 5 months ago

Varavara Rao | Different shades of a poet

The Hindu  

Even at the ripe age of 82 and in fragile condition of health, his day starts with a brief morning walk. After completing MA from Osmania University, Mr. Rao taught at a couple private colleges before joining the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India as a publication assistant. Mr. Rao penned over 17 books of poems …

P Varavara Rao Granted Bail on Medical Grounds in Bhima Koregaon Case
2 years, 5 months ago

P Varavara Rao Granted Bail on Medical Grounds in Bhima Koregaon Case

News 18  

The Supreme Court Wednesday granted bail to poet and activist P Varavara Rao on medical grounds in the Bhima-Koregaon case. Rao, who had challenged the Bombay High Court’s April 13 order rejecting his plea for permanent bail on medical grounds, is currently on interim bail. The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches made at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in …

Activist Varavara Rao gets bail in Bhima Koregaon case on medical grounds
2 years, 5 months ago

Activist Varavara Rao gets bail in Bhima Koregaon case on medical grounds

India Today  

The Supreme Court has granted bail to Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, on medical grounds. In light of the observation, it granted bail for six months on medical conditions after considering that the Rao’s age and the fact that he had spent two and a half years in custody. In our view, …

Varavara Rao's Acts Were Against The State, Not Entitled To Bail : NIA To Supreme Court
2 years, 5 months ago

Varavara Rao's Acts Were Against The State, Not Entitled To Bail : NIA To Supreme Court

Live Law  

The National Investigation Agency on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is not justifiable for Telugu poet and Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad accused P Varavara Rao to seek bail on constitutional grounds when his acts are against the interest of the society and state. Varavara Rao had approached Supreme Court assailing Bombay High Court's order dated April 13 …

Varavara Rao’s deeds are against State and public; deserves no relief: NIA to SC
2 years, 5 months ago

Varavara Rao’s deeds are against State and public; deserves no relief: NIA to SC

Hindustan Times  

The National Investigation Agency has opposed the bail plea of P Varavara Rao in the Supreme Court, saying his alleged role in the Bhima Koregaon case “has a direct impact on unity, integrity, security and sovereignty of the country”. Ahead of the 83-year-old’s bail plea hearing on Wednesday, the counter-terrorist task force said a probe into the 2018 violence suggested …

Bhima Koregaon case: SC extends activist Varavara Rao's interim bail
2 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: SC extends activist Varavara Rao's interim bail

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to activist and poet Dr P Varavara Rao, an accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case who had sought permanent bail on medical grounds. Rao had challenged the April 13 order of Bombay high court rejecting his plea for permanent medical bail in the matter. In his plea filed against the …

Bombay HC refuses permanent bail to Varavara Rao, extends temporary one for 3 months
2 years, 9 months ago

Bombay HC refuses permanent bail to Varavara Rao, extends temporary one for 3 months

Hindustan Times  

The Bombay high court on Wednesday rejected applications filed by Elgar Parishad case accused P Varavara Rao seeking permanent bail on medical grounds and permission to shift to his native place in Telangana. P Varavara Rao who is out on temporary bail since February 2021, had moved high court seeking permanent bail on medical grounds and permission to shift to …

Bombay High Court dismisses Varavara Rao’s plea for permanent bail
2 years, 9 months ago

Bombay High Court dismisses Varavara Rao’s plea for permanent bail

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed 82-year-old activist-poet Varavara Rao's plea for permanent bail on medical grounds but extended his temporary medical bail by three months. Additional Solicitor-General Anil Singh, representing the National Investigation Agency, had earlier opposed the plea and pointed out Mr. Rao was granted interim bail in February 2021 for six months, and the period had …

HC Rejects Varavara Rao's Plea for Permanent Medical Bail, Extends His Temporary Bail by 3 Months
2 years, 9 months ago

HC Rejects Varavara Rao's Plea for Permanent Medical Bail, Extends His Temporary Bail by 3 Months

News 18  

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected poet-activist Varavara Rao’s plea seeking permanent medical bail in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. The HC also said it had found substance in several claims made by Rao’s counsel Anand Grover on the lack of medical facilities in the Taloja prison, located in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, and poor hygiene conditions there. Rao, who …

Karnataka Govt To Move Bombay High Court Seeking Permission To Produce Varavara Rao Before A Local Court In Alleged Naxal Attack Case
2 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka Govt To Move Bombay High Court Seeking Permission To Produce Varavara Rao Before A Local Court In Alleged Naxal Attack Case

Live Law  

The Karnataka government has informed the High Court that it would be moving an application before the Bombay High Court or the National Investigation Agency Court in Mumbai, seeking to relax the bail conditions imposed on Telugu poet P Varavara Rao's to allow him to appear before a court in Karnataka's Tumkuru district, and face a trial pending against him. …

Can Varavara Rao Be Sent To Prison Amid Covid-19 Surge? Bombay HC Extends Time To Surrender Till February 5
3 years ago

Can Varavara Rao Be Sent To Prison Amid Covid-19 Surge? Bombay HC Extends Time To Surrender Till February 5

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Friday extended Telugu poet Varavara Rao's time to surrender before prison authorities till February 5, while posting his application for extension of medical bail for further consideration on February 4. Granting Rao medical bail for six months on February 22, 2021, the High Court had held that placing the octogenarian back in custody would be …

Bombay High Court Extends Varavara Rao's Time To Surrender Till Jan 7, Permits Him To Respond To Private Hospital's Medical Reports
3 years ago

Bombay High Court Extends Varavara Rao's Time To Surrender Till Jan 7, Permits Him To Respond To Private Hospital's Medical Reports

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Monday extended Telugu poet Varavara Rao's time to surrender before prison authorities till January 7, while posting his application for extension of medical bail for further consideration on January 4. The court allowed submission of the affidavit after Senior Advocate Anand Grover pointed out Rao was granted medical bail despite the same private hospital filing …

Varavara Rao to return to jail by December 20
3 years, 1 month ago

Varavara Rao to return to jail by December 20

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Friday extended 82-year-old poet Varavara Rao’s date of surrender back to the jail till December 20. The Division Bench also extended the time given to the National Investigation Agency to file Mr. Rao’s medical report till December 17. The fresh medical plea filed by Mr. Rao’s lawyers mention an opinion by a neurologist of a …

[Bhima Koregaon- Elgar Parishad case] Private Hospital Seeks Two More Weeks To Examine Varavara Rao
3 years, 1 month ago

[Bhima Koregaon- Elgar Parishad case] Private Hospital Seeks Two More Weeks To Examine Varavara Rao

Live Law  

The private hospital asked to examine Varavara Rao, the ailing Telugu poet and accused in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad case, sought two more weeks from the Bombay High Court owing to the numerous tests he would be required to undergo. A division bench of Justice Nitin Jamdar and Sarang Kotwal granted Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital till December 16 …

Will take Varavara Rao for medical checkup at private hospital in Mumbai: NIA tells Bombay HC
3 years, 1 month ago

Will take Varavara Rao for medical checkup at private hospital in Mumbai: NIA tells Bombay HC

India Today  

The National Investigating Agency has told the Bombay High Court that they will take Elgar Parishad accused Varavara Rao for a medical check-up at their own expense to a private hospital in suburban Mumbai. Rao also moved his fresh petition seeking extension of medical bail and permission to move to Hyderabad instead of Mumbai. Rao’s petition essentially sought modification of …

Bhima Koregaon case: Varavara Rao needn't surrender till November 18, says Bombay HC
3 years, 2 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Varavara Rao needn't surrender till November 18, says Bombay HC

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said poet Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case who is on interim bail, need not surrender before the Taloja prison authorities until November 18 and adjourned the hearing on a plea filed by him to next month. However, the National Investigation Agency, the probe agency in the case, opposed Rao's …

Varavara Rao's Plea For Extension Of Medical Bail; Bombay HC Adjourns The Matter Due To Paucity Of Time, Grants Interim Protection
3 years, 3 months ago

Varavara Rao's Plea For Extension Of Medical Bail; Bombay HC Adjourns The Matter Due To Paucity Of Time, Grants Interim Protection

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Friday extended interim protection to Telugu Poet PV Varavara Rao from surrendering before prison officials in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad Case after his petition could not be heard due to paucity of time. On Friday, after Rao's counsel informed the court that the octogenarian is protected only until tomorrow, Justices SS Shinde and …

Bombay HC Says Varavara Rao Need Not Surrender Till Sep 25; NIA Opposes His Bail Extension Plea
3 years, 4 months ago

Bombay HC Says Varavara Rao Need Not Surrender Till Sep 25; NIA Opposes His Bail Extension Plea

News 18  

The Bombay High Court on Monday adjourned till September 24 the hearing on the plea for interim bail extension of poet-activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, and said he need not surrender to Taloja prison authorities till September 25. In its affidavit filed before the HC on Monday, the NIA said, “The medical reports filed …

Varavara Rao Approaches Bombay High Court For Extension Of Medical Bail & Permission To Reside At Home
3 years, 4 months ago

Varavara Rao Approaches Bombay High Court For Extension Of Medical Bail & Permission To Reside At Home

Live Law  

Telugu poet PV Varavara Rao, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad caste violence case has approached the Bombay High Court to extend his medical bail and for permission to reside at his home in Telangana. "With all humility at our command, keeping in view of the human condition, in view of advanced age and inadequate facilities at …

Bombay High Court Grants Varavara Rao Bail For 6 Months On Medical Grounds In Bhima Koregaon Case
3 years, 10 months ago

Bombay High Court Grants Varavara Rao Bail For 6 Months On Medical Grounds In Bhima Koregaon Case

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail on medical grounds to 81-year-old Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case, who has been under custody awaiting trial since August 28, 2018.The High Court observed that it was a "genuine and fit" case for granting relief in view of the advanced age of the petitioner and inadequate facilities …

Varavara Rao granted bail: Here's what Bombay High Court said
3 years, 10 months ago

Varavara Rao granted bail: Here's what Bombay High Court said

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted interim bail for six months on medical grounds to ailing poet and activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case. While granting bail to Telugu poet Varavara Rao, the Bombay High Court considered seven questions that revolved around the constitutional rights of an under-trial. VARAVARA RAO BARRED FROM SPEAKING TO MEDIA …

Willing to Shift Poet Varavara Rao to JJ Hospital Prison Ward: Maha Govt to Bombay HC
3 years, 11 months ago

Willing to Shift Poet Varavara Rao to JJ Hospital Prison Ward: Maha Govt to Bombay HC

News 18  

The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that the state was willing to shift jailed poet Varavara Rao to the prison ward of the JJ Hospital in Mumbai from a private facility. On Thursday, state's counsel Deepak Thakare, however, told the HC that the instructions from the state were that once discharged, Rao could instead be sent …

Bhima-Koregaon case: Can keep Varavara Rao in JJ Hospital's prison ward, Maharashtra govt tells HC
3 years, 11 months ago

Bhima-Koregaon case: Can keep Varavara Rao in JJ Hospital's prison ward, Maharashtra govt tells HC

India Today  

Maharashtra government says Elgar Parishad accused Varavara Rao can be shifted to state-run JJ hospital where he would be taken care of just as well as he is being taken care of at privately-run Nanavati Hospital. Until now, the Maharashtra government has been bearing the expenses of Rao's medical bills since he was shifted out of Taloja jail due to …

Conditions of Poet Activist Varavara Rao's Detention Cruel, Inhuman: Bombay HC Told
3 years, 11 months ago

Conditions of Poet Activist Varavara Rao's Detention Cruel, Inhuman: Bombay HC Told

News 18  

The conditions of poet Varavara Rao's detention are "cruel, inhuman, and degrading", senior lawyer Indira Jaising told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, and urged it to exercise its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution to release him from prison. Jaising is the counsel for Rao's wife Hemlatha in a writ petition filed last year by the latter, alleging …

Jailed Activist Varavara Rao to Stay in Private Hospital Till Next Week, Says Bombay HC
4 years ago

Jailed Activist Varavara Rao to Stay in Private Hospital Till Next Week, Says Bombay HC

News 18  

Jailed Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao will continue to stay at a private hospital in Mumbai till January 13, the Bombay High Court said on Thursday. Rao, 80, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, was admitted to Nanavati Hospital in the city owing to his health issues in November following the court's orders. A division bench of …

Bombay HC Orders Examination of Varavara Rao by Nanavati Hospital
4 years, 2 months ago

Bombay HC Orders Examination of Varavara Rao by Nanavati Hospital

The Quint  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday, 12 November, ordered an immediate medical examination of 80-year-old poet-activist Varavara Rao by doctors from the super-speciality Nanavati Hospital. Rao is accused of having Maoist links and being involved with Maoist plots across the country, and as a result is one of the 16 activists arrested in the Bhima Koregaon matter, which is being …

"Varavara Rao's Health Deteriorating Again"; Bombay HC To Hear Today Plea Filed By His Wife Seeking His Immediate Release
4 years, 2 months ago

"Varavara Rao's Health Deteriorating Again"; Bombay HC To Hear Today Plea Filed By His Wife Seeking His Immediate Release

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court will be hearing today a plea filed by Pendyala Hemalatha Rao, wife of telugu poet Varavara Rao, seeking his immediate release from Taloja jail so that the 81-year-old can be under his family's care at Hyderabad. The Apex Court also directed the High Court to take up the plea filed on behalf of Varavara Rao's wife …

Bhima Koregaon Case : Supreme Court Asks Bombay High Court To Consider Varavara Rao's Bail Application At The Earliest
4 years, 2 months ago

Bhima Koregaon Case : Supreme Court Asks Bombay High Court To Consider Varavara Rao's Bail Application At The Earliest

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Bombay High Court to list the bail application of 81-year-old poet P. Varavara Rao, who is an undetrail in the Bhima Koregaon case, before the appropriate Bench and hear it at the earliest. A Bench comprising of Justices UU Lalit, Vineet Saran and S. Ravindra Bhat expressed concern about the bail application filed …

'Dr. Varavara Rao's Health Condition Feeble': Wife Moves SC For His Release On Medical Grounds
4 years, 3 months ago

'Dr. Varavara Rao's Health Condition Feeble': Wife Moves SC For His Release On Medical Grounds

Live Law  

Dr. P. Varavara Rao's wife, Pendaya Hemlatha, has moved the Supreme Court in a writ petition for the immediate release of her husband basis medical grounds.It is stated that his continued custody amounts to cruel and inhuman treatment, violating Article 21 of the Constitution of India and violative of his dignity in custody.Filed on behalf of Senior Advocate Sunil Fernandes, …

Elgar Parishad case: Varavara Rao’s sons-in-law get NIA summons
4 years, 4 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Varavara Rao’s sons-in-law get NIA summons

Deccan Chronicle  

The National Investigation Agency sent legal notices to two relatives of Telugu poet and writer Varavara Rao, currently in custody over a case filed in connection with Elgar Parishad. NIA notice adds to our family distress at a time when Varavara Rao’s health condition is not very good and the pandemic is fast spreading in Mumbai,” claimed Satyanarayana, in a …

NIA Summons Sons-in-Law of Poet and Activist Varavara Rao in Elgar Parishad Case
4 years, 4 months ago

NIA Summons Sons-in-Law of Poet and Activist Varavara Rao in Elgar Parishad Case

News 18  

Two sons-in-law of Telugu poet and writer Varavara Rao, who has been arrested in connection with the Elgar Parishad case, on Monday said they have been issued notices by the NIA seeking their appearance before the agency. Varavara Rao and nine other activists have been arrested by Maharashtra police in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case which was initially probed by …

Bombay HC Directs Nanavati Hospital to Submit Report on Jailed Activist-poet Varavara Rao's Health
4 years, 5 months ago

Bombay HC Directs Nanavati Hospital to Submit Report on Jailed Activist-poet Varavara Rao's Health

News 18  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed Nanavati Hospital in the metropolis to submit a report in court on the health condition of jailed poet-activist Varavara Rao. A bench led by Justice RD Dhanuka also directed the hospital authorities to submit details of the "nature of medical treatment" being provided to Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima case, …

How Varavara Rao and Telugu revolutionary poetry influenced each other over six decades: A historical overview
4 years, 5 months ago

How Varavara Rao and Telugu revolutionary poetry influenced each other over six decades: A historical overview

Firstpost  

Varavara Rao’s poetry, which evolved over six decades, reflects and critiques modern social history, balancing it with a consistent and hopeful quest for freedom. By then, in Warangal, poet and Telugu lecturer Varavara Rao established Srjana, a literary and cultural magazine and Tiragabadu Kavulu, a collective of poets inspired by peasant struggles in Telangana. When forces opposing the people’s movements …

Varavara Rao Taking Undue Advantage Of COVID-19 To Seek Bail : NIA Tells Bombay HC
4 years, 5 months ago

Varavara Rao Taking Undue Advantage Of COVID-19 To Seek Bail : NIA Tells Bombay HC

Live Law  

The National Investigation Agency, which took over the probe in the Bhima Koregaon violence from Pune police in January this year, has reiterated that Varavara Rao, the octogenarian Telugu poet who tested positive for Covid-19 last week, is trying to take undue benefit under the garb of Covid-19 and his old age in seeking bail on medical grounds. Vikram Khalate, …

Varavara Rao, Speaker Of Truth To Power; Eminent Scholars From All Over The World Seek Release Of Varvara Rao And All Other Bhima Koregaon Accused [Read Statement]
4 years, 5 months ago

Varavara Rao, Speaker Of Truth To Power; Eminent Scholars From All Over The World Seek Release Of Varvara Rao And All Other Bhima Koregaon Accused [Read Statement]

Live Law  

A total of one hundred and forty five eminent scholars and academicians from around the world have appealed for the immediate release of 81-year-old Telugu poet, literary critic Varavara Rao, who tested positive for Covid-19 and has been accused of inciting caste-based violence at Bhima Koregaon which took place on January 1, 2018 along with 10 other activists and. A …

Varavara Rao's family demands 'transparent' health updates, medical records and permission to attend to jailed poet
4 years, 5 months ago

Varavara Rao's family demands 'transparent' health updates, medical records and permission to attend to jailed poet

Firstpost  

The family said that while Varavara Rao was shifted from hospital to hospital in the last week as his health deteriorated, they received information about these developments “through secondary sources”. The family said that while Rao was shifted from hospital to hospital in the last week as his health deteriorated, they received information about these developments “through secondary sources”. The …

What Telugu poet Varavara Rao’s prison diaries tell us about his politics
4 years, 5 months ago

What Telugu poet Varavara Rao’s prison diaries tell us about his politics

Live Mint  

It took testing positive for covid-19 to get noted Telugu writer and activist Varavara Rao the medical attention he sorely needed. In 2010, an English translation titled, Captive Imagination: Letters From Prison, was prepared by various writers—it remains, to this day, one of Rao’s few full-length books available to readers in English. As the title of book indicates, and the …

Varavara Rao is an anti-national and possibly a terrorist
4 years, 5 months ago

Varavara Rao is an anti-national and possibly a terrorist

Op India  

Don’t let liberal media tell you otherwise. This past week you might have seen a clutch of news articles, tweets, reports, etc, crying over some “revolutionary poet” named Varavara Rao. Okay, but if they do take this principled stand, why do their articles and tweets and open letters try to hide who Varavara Rao really is? Varavara Rao taken into …

Activist Varavara Rao shifted to Nanavati for neurological treatment
4 years, 5 months ago

Activist Varavara Rao shifted to Nanavati for neurological treatment

India Today  

Activist Varavara Rao, who has been arrested and in jail in Maharashtra in the Elgar Parishad case, was admitted to Nanavati hospital, Mumbai early on Sunday. National Human Rights Commission issued notices to the Maharashtra government on Friday for giving proper treatment to Rao. As he required neurological and urological treatment, he was shifted to the private Nanavati Hospital in …

'For Varavara Rao, hospital has proved as hellish as jail': Writers, politicians seek poet's release from custody
4 years, 5 months ago

'For Varavara Rao, hospital has proved as hellish as jail': Writers, politicians seek poet's release from custody

Firstpost  

Writers, activists as well as politicians took to Twitter to express their dismay over the conditions in which jailed poet and activist Varavara Rao is kept at a government hospital in Mumbai Writers, activists as well as Opposition leaders took to Twitter to express their dismay over the conditions in which jailed poet and activist Varavara Rao is being held …

Bhima Koregaon violence accused activist Varavara Rao tests positive for coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence accused activist Varavara Rao tests positive for coronavirus

India Today  

Varavara Rao, activist and poet currently behind bars in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. "Rao is asymptomatic and has general weakness," Dr Makeshwar added saying that the jailed activist's condition is stable and he is being treated. "We are providing best health facilities to him and by late night he may be …

Jailed poet Varavara Rao isn't a mercenary; he should receive justice, not just sympathy, writes Padmaja Shaw
4 years, 6 months ago

Jailed poet Varavara Rao isn't a mercenary; he should receive justice, not just sympathy, writes Padmaja Shaw

Firstpost  

The truth is, time and again, Indian Republic that guarantees free speech and calls itself a socialist and secular democracy incarcerated Varavara Rao for his political beliefs. The last week saw frantic efforts to somehow reach medical assistance to the Telugu revolutionary poet Varavara Rao who is currently being held in Taloja jail in Maharashtra. In his poem Reflection, written …

Jailed activist Varavara Rao admitted to Mumbai's JJ Hospital after complaining of dizziness
4 years, 6 months ago

Jailed activist Varavara Rao admitted to Mumbai's JJ Hospital after complaining of dizziness

Firstpost  

The activist and his family members have claimed Rao has been unwell for some time and requested the jail authorities to provide him immediate medical care Mumbai: Poet and activist Varavara Rao, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, has been taken to the state-run JJ Hospital here after he complained of dizziness, his lawyer said on Tuesday. The activist …

Varavara Rao Challenges Spl Court Order Rejecting Bail On Medical Grounds Before Bombay HC
4 years, 6 months ago

Varavara Rao Challenges Spl Court Order Rejecting Bail On Medical Grounds Before Bombay HC

Live Law  

Varavara Rao, the 81-year-old poet and literary critic from Telangana, accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, challenged the order passed by a special court on June 26 rejecting temporary bail sought on medical grounds, before the Bombay High Court. Judge DE Kothalikar had for a second time, in an order dated June 26, rejected the interim bail pleas filed by …

'Don't kill Varavara Rao in jail': Health of 80-yr-old accused in Elgar Parishad case deteriorating, authorities negligent, says family
4 years, 6 months ago

'Don't kill Varavara Rao in jail': Health of 80-yr-old accused in Elgar Parishad case deteriorating, authorities negligent, says family

Firstpost  

Rao has been in jail for over 22 months. His bail pleas, including those filed for relief on the ground of his age, ill-health and risk of COVID-19, have been rejected on multiple occasion The family of Telugu poet Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, on Sunday claimed that his health is deteriorating in jail and that …

Elgar Parishad case: Varavara Rao's kin demands his release, says health condition worrisome
4 years, 6 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Varavara Rao's kin demands his release, says health condition worrisome

India Today  

The family of the arrested poet and activist Varavara Rao has demanded his immediate release saying that his health condition is deteriorating fast and that the state is trying to kill him in jail. On Saturday, his family in Hyderabad learnt about his worsening health condition and demanded MoS Home Kishan Reddy and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao to …

Poet, journalist arrested in Karnataka after complaint by BJP leader over anti-CAA poem
4 years, 10 months ago

Poet, journalist arrested in Karnataka after complaint by BJP leader over anti-CAA poem

Firstpost  

A poet and a journalist have been arrested in connection with recital of a poem against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizen at a government A poet and a journalist have been arrested in connection with recital of a poem against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizen at a government The arrests …

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