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TopicPalghar lynching

Topic: palghar lynching

Eknath Shinde gives Rs 5 lakh each to kin of three victims of 2020 Palghar mob lynching case

Two ascetics and their driver were killed, allegedly by a 500-strong mob, while passing through Gadchinchale late night on 16 April, 2020. Maharashtra CM's assistance 'paid from party funds'.

SC asks Maharashtra Police to file fresh charge sheet on record in Palghar lynching case

The bench was hearing pleas including one filed by Shri Panch Dashban Juna Akhara sadhus & family of deceased seers, alleging that the probe was conducted in a biased manner.

Action initiated against policemen in Palghar lynching case, Maharashtra govt tells SC

The state government said it had last month filed an affidavit saying that action has been taken against 18 personnel, ranging from dismissal from service to salary cuts.

RSS-backed NGO blames Left-wing, Christian missionary groups for Palghar lynching

Vivek Vichar Manch’s fact-finding inquiry reports says the incident was not spontaneous, and that ‘real culprits aligned to Left-wing or other political parties are not yet touched’.

Maharashtra CID files chargesheet against two minors in Palghar lynching case

Till now, 154 people have been arrested and 11 juveniles detained in connection with the incident in which 3 men were lynched in April on their way to Surat during the lockdown.

SC asks Maharashtra govt what action it has taken against policemen in Palghar lynching case

Maharashtra govt has opposed a batch of petitions filed in SC seeking transfer of Palghar lynching case to a central investigation agency.

‘Baaghi’ Pilot case in court & on ABP News, ‘murder ki saza’ for Palghar on News Nation

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

HC stays FIRs against Arnab Goswami, says sword of Damocles can’t hang over a journalist

The Bombay High Court said no coercive steps should be taken against Arnab Goswami until further orders.

SC notice to Maharashtra on pleas seeking CBI, NIA probe into Palghar lynching case

While one petition has sought a CBI probe, the other wants the NIA to take over the investigation in the case. 

VHP to send fact-finding team to Palghar to probe ‘Christian missionary angle’ in lynching 

VHP claims its team will also investigate the possibility of ‘Communists being involved’ in the lynching that left two sadhus and their driver dead.  

On Camera

Hindu temples belong to deities & devotees, not the govt. Himachal Pradesh HC got it right

Just as India’s educated elite have benefited from missionary-run schools, temple donations could be channelled for the economic and educational upliftment of Hindus.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.