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Friday, February 20, 2026
TopicTabrez Ansari

Topic: Tabrez Ansari

In Jharkhand, lynching spares no religion and police & govt think it’s ‘routine’

21 people have been lynched in the state over the past two years for allegedly transporting beef or consuming beef, and over child-lifting rumours.

3 years after JNU student Najeeb went missing, his mother to march to Amit Shah’s residence

On 15 October, Fatima Nafees will be joined by slain UP cop Subodh Kumar Singh's wife Rajni Singh and families of Tabrez Ansari & Gauri Lankesh.

Mob lynching in Jharkhand again: Beaten up for ‘selling beef’, tribal man dead, 2 critical

5 held so far. Police say mob came from neighbouring villages after news of alleged cow slaughter spread through text & WhatsApp messages.

The ‘gravity’ of India’s economic slowdown and Piyush Goyal does it again

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

Lynching becomes heart attack, victim pays not rapist & rope turns snake in police-neta raj

The police-politician nexus isn’t new. But it has worsened dramatically and IPS has now lost its moral and professional centre of gravity.

Tabrez Ansari’s wife demands CBI probe, alleges police protecting accused in lynching case

Shahista Parween questions post-mortem report that says Tabrez Ansari died of heart attack, says police watered down murder charge to protect accused.

Mob lynching criminals will be punished irrespective of caste or religion: Jharkhand CM

Jharkhand is the only state in the country where such cases are taken up on a fast-track basis with quick punishment to the guilty, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said.

‘Right to life and liberty’ in Jharkhand and ‘Vande Mataram’ in Bihar

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

On Camera

Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Both Bangladesh and India will have to work together to repair the damage done during the Yunus administration.

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.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.