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Delhi riots conspiracy case trial is caught in a loop—500+ dates, 160+ adjournments and counting

New Delhi: Five years ago, the national capital witnessed one of the deadliest Hindu-Muslim riots in post-Partition history. For three days, northeast Delhi burned...

Delhi polls: Owaisi’s AIMIM helps BJP clinch Mustafabad, finishes third in Okhla

In Mustafabad, Tahir Hussain polled 33,474 votes, while Shifa-ur-Rehman Khan secured 39,558 votes in Okhla.

No bail for ex-AAP leader & Delhi riots accused Tahir Hussain as divided SC bench refers plea to CJI

Hussain, the AIMIM candidate from Delhi's Mustafabad, sought bail to campaign. His name figures in 11 FIRs, including one related to the murder of an Intelligence Bureau staffer.

Riots changed Hindu-Muslim dynamics in NE Delhi. For some, it’s ‘hateful beyond repair’ now

Many riot victims, from both Hindu & Muslim communities, say they've stopped interacting with those from the other faith. Others say hatred was fuelled by rioters, rumours.

Delhi HC grants bail to Tahir Hussain aide in riots case, says witnesses ‘planted’

Legal experts say the Delhi High Court's observation on witnesses is likely to benefit other accused in the riots cases, paving way for their release.

Tahir Hussain bought 50 litre acid, empty glass bottles before Delhi riots, says charge sheet

The 17,000-page charge sheet by Delhi Police Special Cell has statements from Tahir Hussain’s neighbour, a scrap dealer & traders on his activities in the days before the riots.

Ex-AAP councillor Tahir Hussain ‘confessed’ he planned Delhi riots, police says in report

According to Delhi Police report, suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain met JNU student leader Umar Khalid at PFI office in Shaheen Bagh for the planning.

Tahir Hussain ‘used Delhi rioters as human weapons’, denied bail in IB officer’s murder case

Delhi court denies suspended AAP leader Hussain's bail plea. He has been in judicial custody since 16 March after being named in connection with killing of IB officer Ankit Sharma.

Police charge-sheet 17 Muslims for killing cop, 6 Hindus for killing a Muslim in Delhi riots

Delhi Police filed four fresh charge sheets in connection with the communal riots. One of them names former AAP leader Tahir Hussain for ‘attempting’ to kill a Hindu man.

Tahir Hussain planned IB staffer Ankit Sharma’s murder: Delhi Police in new chargesheet

Delhi Police filed a second chargesheet against suspended AAP leader Tahir Hussain, this time for the attack on Ankit Sharma, who was found dead during the February riots.

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Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

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.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.