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TopicPolitical killings

Topic: political killings

Kerala BJP leader’s widow finds peace as killers get death. Weary village says ‘it’s a closed chapter’

Ranjith Sreenivasan was killed in 2021, hours after SDPI’s K.S. Shan. SDPI has questioned why trial in Sreenivasan’s case is over, while suspects in Shan killing are out on bail.

Political murders or Maoist ‘desperation’? What’s behind killings of 3 BJP workers in Chhattisgarh

Murders of 3 BJP workers, allegedly by Maoists, have caused political firestorm in the poll-bound state. But data shows ‘political killings’ aren’t new, have claimed more Congress leaders.

Kerala RSS workers acquitted of murder by HC, Sangh & CPI(M) play blamegame over ‘false’ cases

Sangh demands review of all 'political' cases after Kerala HC acquits 13 RSS workers of murder of CPI(M) activist, pulls up cops. CPI(M) retorts that it's BJP govts that 'fabricate cases'.

West Bengal is not Kerala. BJP was naive to expect peace after TMC win

The political violence after the election result shows a greater need for Mamata Banerjee to change her attitude towards the Centre and the latter towards West Bengal.

Bengal BJP questions silence of ‘intellectuals’ on political killings of its workers

Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh, referring to an open letter by celebrities to Modi over lynching cases, says they have become silent supporters of Trinamool.

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.