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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicAnkit Saxena

Topic: Ankit Saxena

Abused, throat slit but not ‘rarest of rare’ case — Why killers of Ankit Saxena got life term

A photographer by profession, Ankit was near his house in Raghubir Nagar when he was attacked fatally by parents & uncle of his Muslim girlfriend on the night of 1 February, 2018.

‘This isn’t justice’ — Ankit Saxena’s mother demands death penalty after 3 get life term for his murder

Six yrs after murder, Delhi court says prosecution managed to prove that manner of Saxena's death was 'homicidal', handed life term to his Muslim girlfriend’s parents & uncle.

This Ramzan, let us learn from Ankit Saxena’s father

The time has come to actively try and write the next chapter of history in the tone of amity, and not strife.

A message of love and tolerance through soya biryani

Delhi father Yashpal Saxena’s ‘iftar for love’ in honour of murdered son proves a raging success as hundreds turn up in solidarity with inter-faith relationships.

Months after son’s murder by his Muslim lover’s family, Delhi man plans iftar for love

Yashpal Saxena has continued to reject the attempts to politicise his son’s death, and wants Ankit to be an inspiration for those in inter-faith...

Why did Ankit Saxena and Shehzadi have to pay for falling in love in a free India?

Time and again, the intolerant is hurting the tolerant, cowards are hacking the brave to death. Be it Rizwanur in Kolkata, Afrazul in Rajasthan, or now Ankit.

TalkPoint: Why is New India still rattled by inter-caste/inter-faith marriages?

Experts and lawyers weigh in on inter caste and inter faith marriages in India, in light of the killing of Ankit Saxena in New Delhi.

Ankit Saxena murder shows it’s Muzaffarnagar everywhere now

We are living in the times of a 'hate epidemic' where the price of making the mistake of loving is paid by innocent lives such as that of Ankit Saxena.

On Camera

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.