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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicIshrat Jahan

Topic: Ishrat Jahan

Marriage, assault by inmates & 2 years in jail later, why court granted bail to Ishrat Jahan

Former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan was granted bail Monday in connection with an FIR over a conspiracy to hatch the Delhi riots. Here’s what led to the order.

‘No question of fake encounter’: What court said as it discharged 3 senior cops in Ishrat case

In its judgment Wednesday, the CBI court observed that there is nothing on record to suggest that Ishrat Jahan and the others killed in 2004 encounter were not terrorists.

Delhi HC rejects ex-councillor’s plea against extension of probe time in February riots case

Former Congress municipal councillor Ishrat Jahan was arrested on 26 February and booked under the UAPA in a case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February.

Body politics

Irrespective of which side you are on, you would have to admit that a fake encounter would always be illegal. That's where we start to get into problems.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.