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Friday, February 20, 2026
TopicAnti-CAA protests

Topic: Anti-CAA protests

Delhi riots acquittals: Hostile witnesses, unanswered questions & a ‘Kattar Hindu Ekta’ WhatsApp group

3 of the 9 murder cases involve the same set of accused. In these, all 12 Hindu men were acquitted by a Delhi court. Judgments in the remaining 6 cases are awaited.

Day after cops detained Jamia students, personal details of protesters put up at university gates

The students, suspended for protesting disciplinary action against 2 PhD scholars, claim they're getting threat calls & have slammed university for displaying their numbers, addresses.

Urdu press slams BJP’s ‘negative politics’ over CAA, says it creates psychological pressure on Muslims

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Shaheen Bagh roared against CAA 4 yrs ago. Now there’s an uneasy quiet, ‘no intentions to protest’

At Jamia Millia Islamia, students are speaking out against the implementation of the contentious law. Campus under heavy police and paramilitary deployment since govt announcement.

RJ defends Swara Bhasker’s marriage in a 2-word reply to Islamic scholar’s ‘unsolicited advice’

Bhasker and SP leader Fahad Ahmad registered their marriage on 6 January, 2023 in a court – three years after they first met at an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest in Mumbai.

‘No overt act or participation’ — why court discharged Sharjeel Imam, 10 others in 2019 Jamia case

Saket District Court Saturday discharged Imam, Safoora Zargar and others in anti-CAA protest-linked case. Court noted dissent needs to be encouraged, though its display should be peaceful.

‘Treated like criminal’ — Safoora Zargar denied MPhil thesis extension, Jamia says 3 already given

Zargar also claims her supervisor refused to help her, saying her admission was revoked. Jamia Millia Islamia says she submitted extension request late & her work was 'unsatisfactory'.

Male leadership won’t do. India’s Muslim community needs a woman in charge

India needs a modern Muslim woman who floats from English to Urdu, who is culturally Islamic but doesn’t necessarily dress the part. We need a hustler, not a rabble-rouser.

Party alliance with Assam Jatiya Parishad over, says Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi

The two newly floated regional parties, which were borne out of anti-CAA sentiment, had joined hands in February this year and contested the Assam assembly election in March-April.

Full text of NIA court judgment discharging Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi and others in UAPA cases

Independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi was released after special NIA court cleared him of all charges under UAPA for his alleged role in the violent anti-CAA stir in December 2019.

On Camera

India must govern AI with confidence. Use guardrails, not handcuffs

The good news is that India is not starting from zero. It knows how to innovate privately while also empowering innovation publicly.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.