Khan has been sentenced for a 2019 hate speech case by the Rampur district court. He lost his post as his eventual imprisonment term is longer than two years.
Case was registered against Khan in Rampur on 9 April, 2019 for allegedly making provocative remarks Adityanath and IAS officer Aunjaneya Kumar Singh, the then district magistrate.
In an exclusive interview to ThePrint, the veteran Samajwadi Party leader spoke of the 93 cases in which he is an accused & alleged harassment of Muslim voters in last month's bypolls.
On 19 May, Supreme Court granted interim bail to Azam Khan, paving the way for his release from jail where he had been incarcerated for the last 27 months.
Rajya Sabha term of Kapil Sibal, who represents Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in court, ends in July. Sibal is known to be among the Congress voices seeking reform in the party.
Supreme Court is set to hear Azam Khan’s bail plea on 11 May in connection with the last of 87 cases filed against him by the UP Police until recently.
Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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