Who is Varavara Rao?
6 years, 4 months ago

Who is Varavara Rao?

India Today  

The police have arrested writer Varavara Rao in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence that erupted in Maharashtra last year. Rao was also an accused in the Ramnagar conspiracy case where he was alleged to have attended a meeting where the plan to kill Andhra Pradesh Police constable Sambaiah and inspector Yadagiri Reddy was hatched. Rao's name had surfaced in the investigation when Pune police arrested Surendra Gadling from Nagpur in June in connection with the Elgaar Parishad rally case. READ| Raids in 5 states in connection with Maoist plot to assassinate PM Modi READ| Maoist plot to kill PM Modi: Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha and others arrested WATCH| Govt has sold forests to multinational companies, says Naxal sympathiser Varvara Rao

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

'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 …

Police raids Osmania University professor C Kasim's residence in Hyderabad, detains him for suspected Maoist links
4 years, 11 months ago

Police raids Osmania University professor C Kasim's residence in Hyderabad, detains him for suspected Maoist links

Firstpost  

A professor of the Osmania University in Hyderabad was arrested on Saturday for suspected links with the Maoists, police said Hyderabad: A professor of the Osmania University here was arrested on Saturday for suspected links with the Maoists, police said. Associate Professor of Telugu department, C Kasim was allegedly involved in a case registered under Unlawful Activities Act among other …

FBI to help retrieving data from 'Urban Naxal' Varavarao Rao hard disk
5 years ago

FBI to help retrieving data from 'Urban Naxal' Varavarao Rao hard disk

Op India  

The Pune Police have decided to seek help from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the domestic intelligence and security service of the US, to retrieve data from a damaged hard disk seized from the house of ‘Urban Naxal’ Varavara Rao, who is accused plotting to kill PM Modi and Elgar Parishad violence. Read: ‘Urban Naxals’ wanted to kill PM Modi …

Pune police to seek FBI's help in Elgar Parishad case
5 years ago

Pune police to seek FBI's help in Elgar Parishad case

India TV News  

Pune police may seek Federal Bureau of Investigation help to retrieve information from a computer disc that was seized in August 2018 from one of the accused in the Elgar Parishad case last year. After a go ahead from the Union Home Ministry, a two-member Pune police team comprising of a cop and forensic expert will take the disc to …

Koregaon Bhima case: Telugu poet Varavara Rao taken into custody by Pune Police
6 years, 1 month ago

Koregaon Bhima case: Telugu poet Varavara Rao taken into custody by Pune Police

India TV News  

Telugu poet Varavara Rao, accused of having Maoist links, was taken into custody Saturday by Pune police from Hyderabad in a case related to Elgar Parishad conclave, a senior official said here. On October 26, Pune police had taken into custody co-accused Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves, while Sudha Bharadwaj was taken into custody the next day. Left-leaning activists Rao, …

Urban Naxal case: ‘Activist’ Varavara Rao arrested from Hyderabad, being taken to Pune
6 years, 1 month ago

Urban Naxal case: ‘Activist’ Varavara Rao arrested from Hyderabad, being taken to Pune

Op India  

The Pune police have made another arrest in the Koregaon Bhima Urban Naxal case. Late evening today, 17th November 2018, the police has arrested ‘activist’ Varavara Rao from his Hyderabad residence. The arrest of Varavara Rao comes after his house arrest extension granted by the Hyderabad High Court comes to an end today. There is heavy police security outside the …

Fighters for rights
6 years, 4 months ago

Fighters for rights

The Hindu  

P. VARAVARA RAO Poet activist By Venkitesh Ramakrishnan “The poet is by no means a lion But a stream It is in the nature of a river Not only to leap from peaks but Also to flow steadily in plains, Circumventing the hurdles Stopping at dams And if time favours, Breaking them down and move on In branches and in …

Activists arrested not for dissenting views but for 'cogent evidence' of having Maoist links, Maharashtra Police tells SC
6 years, 4 months ago

Activists arrested not for dissenting views but for 'cogent evidence' of having Maoist links, Maharashtra Police tells SC

Firstpost  

Maharashtra police filed an affidavit in response to a plea of historian Romila Thapar and four others challenging the arrest of the five activists in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence case New Delhi: Maharashtra government Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the five rights activists were arrested due to the cogent evidence linking them with the banned Communist Party …

Intelligence report says Varavara Rao attended funeral of Maoist terrorist killed in Gadchiroli encounter
6 years, 4 months ago

Intelligence report says Varavara Rao attended funeral of Maoist terrorist killed in Gadchiroli encounter

Op India  

Varavara Rao, one of the five Urban Naxals who have been put under house arrest by Pune police in Bhima Koregaon case, had allegedly attended the funeral of a top Maoist terrorist killed in the Gadchiroli encounter in April this year. The TOI report also states that Varavara Rao was also a part of the commemoration meeting organised in October …

Activists arrest: Pune court orders police to comply with Supreme Court direction
6 years, 4 months ago

Activists arrest: Pune court orders police to comply with Supreme Court direction

The Hindu  

The sessions court at Shivaji Nagar here on Wednesday directed the Pune police to place under “house arrest” three of the alleged “urban Maoists” arrested on Tuesday, following a Supreme Court order. Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves and Varavara Rao were produced in the Pune court, where police sought 15-day custody for further interrogation. Accusing the three of waging war against …

Bhima Koregaon raids: Gautam Navlakha says action against him is 'political ploy' of govt targeting dissent
6 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon raids: Gautam Navlakha says action against him is 'political ploy' of govt targeting dissent

Firstpost  

Navlakha was arrested by Maharashtra Police Tuesday along with four other Left-wing activists for alleged unlawful activities. The Delhi High Court has ordered that he will be confined at his Delhi residence New Delhi: Civil liberties activist, Gautam Navlakha arrested for suspected links with Maoists, Wednesday alleged that the case against him was a “political ploy” of the government to …

Varavara Rao, wife forced to sign punchnama in Marathi, alleges relative
6 years, 4 months ago

Varavara Rao, wife forced to sign punchnama in Marathi, alleges relative

Hindustan Times  

A relative of poet Varavara Rao on Tuesday accused Pune Police of “forcing” him and his wife Hemalatha to sign a ‘punchnama’ in Marathi language. Varavara Rao was arrested from his residence in Hyderabad by police from Pune and presented before a Nampally criminal court. they were forced to sign on the punchnama written in Marathi,” journalist N. Venugopal, the …

A brief profile of the activists who were arrested
6 years, 4 months ago

A brief profile of the activists who were arrested

The Hindu  

The Pune Police on Tuesday raided rights activists and academicians across the country and arrested five top activists, while raiding the houses of a host of others. A vocal advocate of tribal rights, he has been arrested by successive governments for his views Vernon Gonsalves He is a writer, social activist and trade unionist, who was arrested in 2007 under …

Varavara Rao to Sudha Bhardwaj, who are the activists arrested over alleged Maoist links
6 years, 4 months ago

Varavara Rao to Sudha Bhardwaj, who are the activists arrested over alleged Maoist links

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra police on Tuesday raided the homes of prominent Left-wing activists in several states and arrested at least four of them for suspected Maoist links. Near simultaneous searches were carried out at the residences of prominent Telugu poet Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, activists Vernon Gonzalves and Arun Ferreira in Mumbai, trade union activist Sudha Bhardwaj in Faridabad, and civil liberties …

Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao arrested for involvement in plot to assassinate PM Modi
6 years, 4 months ago

Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao arrested for involvement in plot to assassinate PM Modi

India TV News  

The Maharashtra Police on Tuesday arrested Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao here for his alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his family members said. A police team from Pune arrested the revolutionary writer after searching his house and the houses of his family members and friends including a journalist. In June, police in Pune had allegedly …

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 …

Raids in 5 states in connection with Maoist plot to assassinate PM Modi
6 years, 4 months ago

Raids in 5 states in connection with Maoist plot to assassinate PM Modi

India Today  

Synchronised raids were conducted today at eight locations across five states in connection with an alleged plot by the Maoist extremists to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the latest series of raids, police searched houses of a well-known revolutionary writer and Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao and his daughter in Pune. More inputs from Saurabh Vaktania and Divyesh Singh: Poet …

Maoist plot to kill PM Modi: Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha and others arrested
6 years, 4 months ago

Maoist plot to kill PM Modi: Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha and others arrested

India Today  

Following multiple raids across five states, police have arrested several activists including P Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha, Sudha Bhardwaj, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves for their suspected Maoist link. Renowned Human Rights activist and lawyer Sudha Bhardawaj was picked up from Faridabad and produced before a local court by a team of Maharashtra police. Raids were conducted by the police …

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