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Thursday, May 16, 2024
TopicBajrang Dal

Topic: Bajrang Dal

BJP leader named in Bulandshahr violence case releases video claiming innocence

A day after the key accused in the case, a Bajrang Dal leader, released a video claiming his innocence, a BJP leader has also done the same.

‘Yogesh Raj’, prime accused in Bulandshahr violence, pleads innocence in video message

Yogesh Raj, the Bajrang Dal leader accused of violence in Bulandshahr, says police is presenting him as someone with a long criminal history.

Four arrested in Bulandshahr violence case, local ‘Bajrang Dal leader’ is prime accused

Two ante-mortem injuries, including a bullet wound, caused inspector Subodh Kumar Singh's death, says police. 

No more justice delayed: Jharkhand shows India how to deal with snail-paced judiciary

In a pilot project, district courts decide 356 of assigned 501 'top priority' criminal cases in under a year. Buoyed by success, state to scale up initiative.

Taliban is a ‘political pressure group’ and India’s neighbours don’t have militants: CIA

In Pakistan, much to the surprise of many, only one entity makes the cut as a political pressure group — the Pakistan Ulema Council, whose chief had reportedly encouraged suicide attacks in 2013.

UN sets the clock back in Kashmir, and why Sunny Deol owes Muslims an apology

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Stung by militant tag, VHP calls CIA Factbook a ‘fakebook’, wants Modi govt to intervene

VHP wants the Centre to speak to the US government, threatens to launch worldwide agitation.

Veteran Kashmir journalist assassinated, and fresh hope for IIT aspirants

Shujaat Bukhari, senior journalist and editor of Rising Kashmir, was shot dead by three unidentified gunmen outside his office in Srinagar Thursday evening

CIA document tags VHP and Bajrang Dal as militant religious outfits

The CIA’s World Factbook calls the RSS a ‘nationalist’ body; also on the list is the Hurriyat Conference under the separatist groups tag. New Delhi:...

In Karnataka’s Mangaluru, ‘Hindutva warriors’ want to swap rowdy vigilantism for votes

Self-styled ‘Hindutva warriors’ have recalibrated their strategy since the BJP suffered a crushing blow in the 2013 polls in coastal stronghold following the 2009 pub assault on women.

On Camera

New Swift mileage shows Suzuki returning to ‘Kitna Deti Hai’. It can be so much more

The new Swift has been tested to deliver 25.75 kmpl. And after driving both the manual and AMT variants, the trip computer showed I was getting over 22 kmpl.

China overtakes US as India’s top trading partner in FY24, officials say ‘positions keep changing’

India-China trade stood at $118.41 billion in FY24, closely followed by the US with $118.29 billion, according to Indian govt data.

Retired Indian Army Colonel working with UN killed in Rafah, Israel orders probe

Eight months into the war, this is believed to be the first 'international' casualty to be reported. 46-year-old Waibhav Kale joined UNDSS two months ago ‘to make a difference’. 

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.