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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicDeath threats

Topic: death threats

In a first, judge holds court at NIA HQ in Anmol Bishnoi case after he cites threats from Pakistan

Days before his 11-day NIA custody was to end, Anmol Bishnoi, asked for protection from Pakistan-based gangster Shahzad Bhatti. He was recently deported from the US.

DMK leader says TN would improve only if ‘Narakasura’ Modi is ‘finished off’, BJP demands arrest

Party district secretary's remark at a protest in Tenkasi against SIR has drawn sharp condemnation from BJP, and comes hours before Modi's Coimbatore visit.

Himachal police launch probe after Deputy CM, Congress MLA get threat on social media

This was after a Facebook user brought up the names of Deputy CM Mukesh Agnihotri & Congress MLA Rakesh Kalia while discussing the arrest of a gangster.

25-year-old man held for giving death threat to Delhi CM Rekha Gupta

The accused made the threat on the emergency helpline 112 in neighbouring Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.

‘Bohot bolte ho, bas kar jao, nahi toh uda denge’—FIR lodged after 2 men threaten Dwarka court judge

This is the second such report this month, with another judge being threatened by the man she convicted in open court. No FIR has been filed in that case.

Cricket head coach & ex-MP Gautam Gambhir approaches Delhi Police over death threat from ‘ISIS Kashmir’

On 22 April, Gambhir reportedly received two threatening emails—one in the afternoon and another in the evening.

‘Tu bahar mil dekhte hai’: Delhi judge to approach NCW after threat by man she convicted

The judge's order came in April when she convicted the man of dishonour of cheque, with the convict then 'erupting with anger'.

‘Blow up actor Salman Khan’: Mumbai police helpline gets death threat, case lodged

The WhatsApp message also threatened to beat up the Bollywood actor. In 2024, Khan received similar messages allegedly from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

UP police detain man for sending death threat to CM Yogi in bid to frame rivals, grab their land

The letter sent by the accused claimed that brothers Naseem and Abid Ansari wanted to avenge the encounters of gangster-turned-politicians Mukhtar Ansari and Atiq Ahmed.

Kapil Sharma, Rajpal Yadav receive death threats

A threatening message was sent to Rajpal Yadav's email account from a person named Vishnu, who allegedly warned that Sharma, his family, his associates, and Yadav would be killed.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.