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HS Phoolka: Advocate who devoted life to justice for 1984 riot victims joins BJP, trains guns at AAP

After wandering through AAP and flirting with Akalis, the Padma Shri lawyer says returning to BJP felt less like a new chapter and more like closing a circle.

‘Suspicion, however strong, cannot take place of proof’—Sajjan Kumar acquitted in anti-Sikh riots case

Ex-Congress MP Kumar was named as accused in the Janakpuri case more than 3 decades after the riots, following a 2015 SIT re-investigation. The chargesheet was filed in 2022.

Delhi court closes dark chapter with life sentence for Sajjan Kumar in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

Congress ex-MP Sajjan Kumar has been convicted for leading mob that murdered two Sikh men in Delhi's Saraswati Vihar, and has been sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment.

Sajjan Kumar convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh riots murder case, Delhi court notes his role in mob violence

The ex-Congress MP was found guilty for murder of 2 Sikh men. Kumar has been behind bars for 6 yrs, serving life term in another 1984 case for burning a gurdwara & killing 5 Sikhs.

First acquittals, then 6-yr wait for retrial: How ‘truth became a casualty’ in five 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases

In 2017, Delhi HC criticised 1986 acquittals of 10 men in anti-Sikh riots cases and issued an interim order for a retrial. But there has been no relief for victims so far.

Akalis deface Rajiv Gandhi statue: Poll ploy or revival of call for justice post-Sajjan case?

Two Akali Dal youth leaders were arrested for blackening a bust of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Ludhiana to protest against his alleged...

In SC appeal, Sajjan Kumar says HC overlooked ‘major contradictions, inconsistencies’

Sajjan Kumar, sentenced in ’84 anti-Sikh riots case, has said Delhi HC did not consider that other political parties may have sought to secure his conviction.   

Why it took 34 years to convict Sajjan Kumar in 1984 riots case

Earlier this week, Delhi HC set aside a trial court order acquitting Sajjan Kumar and sentenced him to life imprisonment for his role 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Rahul ups farmer-friendly stance as little-known teen rakes in the bucks in the IPL auction

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India bars JPMorgan unit for alleged market manipulation

SEBI board member Kamlesh Varshney alleged Copthall Mauritius Investment and Mansi Share and Stock Broking over manipulative trading pattern on a newly launched ​closing-price mechanism.

Hafiz Saeed’s Muridke headquarters was hit by woman fighter pilot during Op Sindoor

ThePrint has learnt that more than one woman fighter pilot were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman