In its report, judicial panel set up by Yogi govt says the murders, carried out when the two were in police custody, couldn't be ‘result of premeditated conspiracy of state or police’.
Bench of justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta issue direction on petition filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari seeking independent inquiry into killing that was telecast live.
The hearing was deferred by the chief judicial magistrate's court in Prayagraj Monday, after the city's Dhoomanganj police failed to file a report in response to Ayesha Noori's plea.
UP Police have launched manhunt for Guddu Muslim, 'bambaaz' in the Umesh Pal murder case who Atiq Ahmed's brother Ashraf mentioned moments before death.
At a Delhi event, ex-IPS officer Meeran Chadha Borwankar said people tend to justify the actions of such police personnel and conflate aggression with bravery.
The Congress had Wednesday included Pratapgarhi's name in a list of 40 star campaigners for the party ahead of next month's assembly elections in Karnataka.
Hindi and English news channels replayed Atiq Ahmed’s murder on live TV for over 72 hours, in slow-motion shots too. Nothing was blurred, except perhaps the line of decency.
The public has lost faith in the ability of the legal system. It is convinced that because powerful criminals will never face justice, it is easier and quicker to bump them off.
UPA faced trust vote in July 2008 after Left withdrew support over Indo-US nuclear deal. Records show that Atiq Ahmed, then an SP MP, defied his party whip to vote against govt.
76% of Centre’s deregulation reforms implemented across states under Phase-I of compliance reduction exercise. Several states & UTs adopted flexible land use, 3rd party inspections, labour reforms.
NSE CEO Ashish Kumar Chauhan was speaking at Off The Cuff event hosted by ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta. He said that NSE, on average, sees 20 crore cyberattacks each day.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
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