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.
Pakistan’s reported air strikes on Kabul last night, coinciding with Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to India, seem intended to send...
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
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