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TopicDadri lynching

Topic: Dadri lynching

UP court junks Dadri lynching accused’s plea, says can’t transfer criminal trials ‘for convenience’

The 2015 mob lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq that shocked the nation would continue to be heard by same judge of fast-track court.

Dadri lynching case: After UP govt bid to withdraw charges rejected, Noida court to decide transfer plea

Accused's plea claims current judge in fast-track court not hearing them properly. Court's decision on 22 January will decide if case will be shifted to another court.

As UP moves to free Dadri lynching accused, how BJP-ruled Haryana is dealing with cow vigilantes

From killings of Nasir Hussain and Junaid Khan in 2023, to the murder of Aryan Mishra in 2024, Haryana has seen a spate of cases involving cow vigilantes.

10 yrs on, UP govt wants to drop charges against all accused in Dadri lynching case. What happens now

A group led by Vishal Rana—the son of local BJP leader Sanjay Rana—was arrested for Akhlaq’s lynching in the aftermath of the 28 September 2015 crime.

In world of govt compensation, Akhlaq & Akbar aren’t same, nor are Pulwama & Sukma soldiers

One might argue that families of soldiers deserve better compensation than farmers because the latter don't die in the line of ‘duty’. But what about sanitation workers?

Mainstreaming the lynch-fringe

Dadri killing is a chilling turning point in our politics, as no one condemns the mob outright

PM Modi’s silence on Akhlaq murder in 2015 broke his global momentum

Reason why Time Magazine’s 2015 cover was a paean by Obama and its recent edition headlined Divider-in-Chief by Atish Taseer.

Even cops not safe in UP: NHRC pulls up govt, police over Bulandshahr violence

NHRC issues notices to UP chief secretary and state DGP, asking for a detailed report within four weeks. New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission...

Mainstreaming the lynch-fringe

Dadri killing is a chilling turning point in our politics, as no one condemns the mob outright

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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.