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TopicAnti-CAA protests

Topic: Anti-CAA protests

Court rejects bail plea of 4 men accused of killing 85-year-old Muslim woman in Delhi riots

A trial court in Delhi has held that prima facie, it was apparent the four accused were part of a 'riotous mob' that specifically targeted the victim’s house.

Special NIA court rejects anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi’s bail plea

Gogoi was arrested on 12 December last year as a 'preventive measure' in view of deteriorating law and order situation in Assam. He was also booked under UAPA.

‘Inconsistent with India’s Constitution’ — San Francisco 6th US city to denounce CAA-NRC

Seattle, Albany, St. Paul, Hamtramck and Cambridge have also denounced the laws, more than seven months after they were passed in the Lok Sabha.

Sharjeel Imam tests positive for Covid-19, admitted to Guwahati Central Jail’s care facility

Sharjeel Imam was to be brought to Delhi for investigations but his transfer has now been delayed.

Anil Baijal gives Kejriwal 7 days to decide on Delhi Police’s lawyer request in riot cases

Baijal requested Manish Sisodia to reconsider his decision & agree to Delhi Police's proposal of 6 senior advocates arguing on its behalf in riot cases.

Ex-AMU student leader Sharjeel Usmani arrested for alleged role in 15 Dec campus violence

Usmani was picked by UP's anti-terrorist squad (ATS) sleuths from Azamgarh on Wednesday and was subsequently produced in a court which remanded him in judicial custody.

Extended probe into Sharjeel Imam’s speeches at anti-CAA protests justifiable: Delhi HC

Imam was arrested on 28 January from Bihar's Jehanabad district in a case related to violence near Jamia Millia Islamia university in December 2019.

HC refuses to drop dacoity charges against anti-CAA protestor for ‘stealing’ keys of state bus

The Gujarat High Court said that during the course of committing theft of the keys, the petitioner had placed the driver under the fear of instant death.

United Against Hate, the ‘fact-finding’ group accused of conspiracy in Delhi riots

Delhi Police charge sheet names United Against Hate & its members Khalid Saifi & Umar Khalid alleging their link to 'deep-rooted conspiracy' that resulted in riots.

Delhi, UP oppose Sharjeel Imam’s plea to consolidate sedition FIRs for his AMU speech

Delhi Police said local incidents of violence after Imam’s speech can only be probed by respective state authorities, while UP govt said it should investigate Aligarh clashes.

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.