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‘So you won’t sing, eh?’ & if 2026 were a shopping mall

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Why Guwahati court granted bail to UAPA accused ‘ULFA operative’ despite ‘grave charges’

Accused was allegedly involved in grenade attack on military station in Assam’s Jorhat in December 2023. Court noted that 5 of 196 witnesses examined so far in case.

Behind bail to 7 accused of running fake Apple Support call centre, glaring gaps in Delhi Police’s probe

Delhi Police had raided & arrested the accused, seizing devices, on the basis of a tip-off three weeks ago. Cops told court they were awaiting help from FBI on foreigners targeted.

After Mamdani, 8 US lawmakers seek bail for Umar Khalid, say incarceration ‘linked to Muslim identity’

A letter to the Indian envoy to the US called the probe into the charges against Khalid under UAPA 'dubious'. Mamdani had shared a note with Khalid’s parents during their visit to the US last month.

Haryana judicial magistrate under lens for granting bail to ‘cousin’ as HC seeks her response

Punjab & Haryana HC was hearing plea by one Akash Walia, who prayed for revocation of bail to one Rishab Walia by judicial magistrate Vandana Walia. Court has sought the inquiry report.

4.5 yrs custody, 43 adjournments & a bail petition: Why SC slammed Allahabad HC for delayed hearing

A SC bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice N V Anjaria expressed its disapproval of such repeated delays in matters concerning personal liberty.

Why POCSO court granted bail to Mumbai teacher arrested for ‘sexually assaulting’ her teen student

Court decides relationship was 'consensual' and as teacher had resigned from school, teacher-student relationship did not exist anymore, so 'allegation of influence was diluted'.  

As CJI Gavai reiterates ‘bail is the rule’, a look at landmark ruling & the challenges it faces

CJI B.R. Gavai has called for a return to the landmark principle, calls for courts to reassert it even in stringent UAPA and PMLA cases.

VVIP chopper scam: Christian Michel refuses to accept bail in fresh twist, says Delhi unsafe for him

Delhi High Court granted the British national bail, earlier on Tuesday, considering his prolonged incarceration of over six years since his extradition to India from the UAE.

Accused not informed of grounds of arrest is entitled to bail even where law restricts it, says SC

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and N Kotiswar Singh said that a citizen’s right to be informed about grounds of arrest is mandatory under Article 22(1) of the Constitution.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.