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Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicPolice raid

Topic: Police raid

Headlines say it all—NewsClick coverage shows a deeply divided Indian media

Politicians strike us and we watch the flames engulf journalism—we don’t douse them.

After BJP leader’s wife dies in Kashipur ‘crossfire’, cops booked in Uttarakhand-UP face-off

Uttarakhand police have booked 10-12 UP cops for murder, among other things, after the death of a BJP block pramukh’s wife during a ‘raid’. UP Police say due process was followed.

Two ‘crackdowns’, 106 arrests, 250 detained — how agencies ‘set the stage’ to ban PFI

In a 2nd raid Tuesday, NIA & ED targeted mid-rung PFI members, including lawyers, teachers & students. Ministry of Home Affairs Wednesday banned the organisation, its affiliates.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

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.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

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.