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TopicDr Kafeel Khan

Topic: Dr Kafeel Khan

Dr Kafeel urges CM Yogi to let him help in Covid fight, told to apply on public hearing portal

Dr Kafeel Khan, suspended in connection with oxygen shortage that killed 60 children in 2017 in Gorakhpur hospital, said Yogi govt can put him under suspension again once the crisis is over.

‘Name & shame’ posters, Kafeel Khan case, Hathras — 5 times Allahabad HC pulled up UP govt

In past one year, the Allahabad HC has passed several orders questioning the Yogi Adityanath government and its functionaries for several of its actions.

Priyanka’s support to Kafeel Khan part of larger strategy to tap into ‘distanced’ UP Muslims 

Congress says it is reaching out to UP Muslims ‘abandoned' by SP & BSP, a move analysts describe as bold but one that will require consistent efforts.

How Priyanka Gandhi and Congress helped Kafeel Khan’s family move to ‘safe’ Rajasthan

Congress leaders from UP coordinated with those in Rajasthan to send Kafeel Khan and his family to Jaipur upon his release from Mathura jail.

Got only PDFs of Kafeel Khan case from SC in May, not original case record, says Allahabad HC

While the SC had on 18 March ordered transfer of the case to the Allahabad High Court, the latter has now said it received an email from the apex court only two months later. 

Kafeel Khan’s detention extended under NSA for 3 months in CAA-speech case

Kafeel Khan, a doctor in UP, was arrested in January for a speech he delivered at Aligarh Muslim University during protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

There will be no ‘Babri Hospital’ on Sunni Waqf Board land & Kafeel Khan won’t be director

The Sunni Waqf Board was allotted five acres of land by the Supreme Court in its November 2019 verdict on the Ram janambhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case.

‘Bring justice to doctor Kafeel Khan’ — Priyanka Gandhi writes to UP CM Adityanath 

Priyanka Gandhi says Kafeel Khan has worked selflessly to serve people. Khan was arrested on 29 January for an alleged inflammatory speech made last year.

Why Dr Kafeel Khan is still in jail — a 40-yr-old law, judicial delays, Covid & ‘retribution’

National Security Act was invoked against Dr Kafeel Khan in February after he was granted bail in the case of anti-CAA speech at Aligarh Muslim University in December.

Congress plans campaign for Dr Kafeel Khan’s release with signature drives & hunger strikes

As part of the campaign, Congress started collecting signatures Friday. The party said this is also an effort to show Muslims in UP that Congress stands with them.

On Camera

Imagine if Epstein files named Rahul Gandhi or MK Stalin. What would BJP and TV media do?

The questions are not going to go away. But future generations will know who refused to ask the tough questions and who didn’t.

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.