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Topic: Surat Court

Rahul Gandhi vacates Tughlak Lane bungalow after 19 yrs, says ‘ready to pay price for speaking the truth’

After his disqualification as MP, the Congress leader was asked to vacate his allotted Delhi bungalow. He’ll be staying with his mother Sonia Gandhi at 10, Janpath Road, 'for some time'.

Rahul Gandhi should never speak without script. Off-the-cuff gaffes repeatedly embarrass him

Rahul Gandhi's criminal defamation case is turning out badly for him. The latest ironic twist is Surat court’s view that he is not an ordinary person.

Surat court rejects Rahul’s plea to put on hold defamation conviction in ‘Modi surname’ case

On 23 March, a metropolitan magistrate’s court in Gujarat’s Surat sentenced the 52-year-old to two years in jail for a derogatory remark he made in the run-up to the 2019 elections.

‘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.

Insult intentional, reduced sentence will send wrong message — Surat court on Rahul’s ‘Modis’ speech

New Delhi: On Thursday, a court in Gujarat’s Surat district convicted Congress Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 criminal defamation case, and...

‘Satya mera bhagwan…:’ Rahul after court hands him 2-year prison term in ‘Modi surname’ case

Congress leader was later granted bail for 30 days to appeal against verdict. A case was registered by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi, who felt Rahul’s comment slighted Modi community.

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How West Asia crisis can play out for PM Modi and BJP in Assembly polls

While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.

Foreign investors dump record $12 bn India stocks in March on war

Soaring energy costs have hurt oil-importing Asian peers, but the scale of outflows from India points to already bearish global sentiment.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.