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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicSwati Maliwal

Topic: Swati Maliwal

Delhi Police challenge HC order on supply of list of documents to Kejriwal aide in Maliwal case

Justice Vikas Mahajan asked Delhi Police counsel to submit a note on submissions in the case involving AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal and Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar.

Bibhav acted ‘as if a goon entered’ — SC gives Kejriwal aide an earful in Swati Maliwal ‘assault’ case

Bibhav Kumar moved SC after trial court & HC denied him bail. While issuing notice to Delhi Police on his bail plea, apex court observes that Kumar did not seem ashamed of his conduct.

‘Destroying evidence’, More charges against Kejriwal aide in MP Swati Maliwal assault case

According to a senior police officer, Kumar's mobile phone was formatted when he was arrested from Kejriwal's residence on 18 May. As a result, Section 201 of the IPC was added in the case.

Fact Check: Viral audio of phone conversation between Swati Maliwal & Dhruv Rathee is AI-generated

In the deepfake audio, AAP MP Maliwal is heard talking to YouTuber Rathee about the alleged assault on her, asking him to not do a video on it & whether he was receiving 'payments' on time.

‘No impact of delayed FIR, injuries apparent’ — why a Delhi court rejected Bibhav Kumar’s bail plea

Kumar is accused of assaulting AAP MP Swati Maliwal. Judge also said influencing witnesses & tampering with evidence cannot be ruled out considering the 'nascent' stage of investigation.

BJP’s Shivraj slams Kejriwal on Maliwal row, says silence gives impression of ‘implicit consent’

AAP Rajya Sabha MP's 'assault' more serious than other cases as it happened before her boss, he alleges. Claims people are devoted to Modi & one-sided wave for BJP this polls.

Kejriwal trying to fix Maliwal case, people of Delhi are with Modi now, says Goa CM Pramod Sawant

Sawant asks how Kejriwal will protect people of Delhi 'when he can’t protect his own MP’, claims BJP will win all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi and the assembly polls, too.

AAP MP Swati Maliwal says colleagues ‘spreading lies’ about her assault by Kejriwal aide

Maliwal has threatened to take Delhi ministers to court for suggesting that her complaint against Bibhav Kumar was on behalf of the BJP.

CCTV footage of ‘assault’ has disappeared, edited videos being released, says Swati Maliwal

Maliwal alleges that she was 'thrashed brutally' at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's residence by CM's aide Bibhav Kumar, who was arrested Saturday.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.