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TopicRahul Gandhi defamation case

Topic: Rahul Gandhi defamation case

Yogi strikes hard at gangster Atiq Ahmed’s reign, seizing his properties & giving them back to citizens

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Karnataka resort owners are ‘hung’ on fractured mandate & Rahul’s long walk away from Tughlak Lane

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

All the faces involved in corruption have come together — PM Modi hits out at opposition unity

Modi’s comments come as opposition puts up a united front in light of Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification as MP, amid a larger chorus surrounding ‘misuse’ of ED and CBI against rivals. 

BJP will take Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Modi insult’ to India’s villages in new campaign for OBC outreach

BJP OBC morcha chief K. Laxman said Tuesday that the party will demand an apology in every village chaupal ‘for the insult’ inflicted by Rahul Gandhi through his comments.

‘Will abide’: Disqualified, Rahul to vacate official bungalow following Lok Sabha directive

The party has slammed the haste behind the order, with chief Mallikarjun Kharge saying it was an attempt to humiliate.

Why didn’t senior Congress lawyers intervene in Rahul Gandhi defamation case, asks BJP

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal claimed that Rahul Gandhi was advised by senior Congress leaders to apologise but he did not do so because he is arrogant.

‘Sympathy for Rahul will go down if he insults Savarkar’ — Uddhav Shiv Sena hits out at ally

In an editorial in mouthpiece 'Saamana', Shiv Sena (UBT) says insulting V.D. Savarkar will make it difficult for Congress leaders in Maharashtra to face the public.

Rahul Gandhi disqualification poses question. Who owns Constitution: Parliament or courts?

Whether it is Law Minister Kiren Rijiju who rages against the judiciary or a colonial-era law that sees Rahul Gandhi ejected out of office, the law and politics relationship goes beyond any reform of a statute.

‘There is no Modi community, complaint raised on WhatsApp’ — Rahul’s lawyer Kirit Panwala on defamation case

Panwala feels that the case itself has no ground. He also says that two years' imprisonment over a line said in a rally is too harsh a punishment.

Don’t bar Rahul Gandhi from contesting election—or any convicted criminal for that matter

Rahul Gandhi's removal from Lok Sabha raises serious concerns about the possibility of political misuse of the disqualification process.

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Indians should adopt stray dogs. It’s what Hindu value system teaches

Compassion and cohabitation with animals are ingrained in the Indian value system. A humane solution must be found for the rising conflict between man and free-range animals.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Centre appoints Army ex-vice chief Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani as military adviser to NSC Secretariat

New Delhi: Former Indian Army Vice Chief Lt Gen N.S. Raja Subramani (Retd) has been appointed the new Military Advisor (MA) to the National...

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.