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TopicUmar Khalid

Topic: Umar Khalid

Former JNU leader Umar Khalid’s assailant gets Shiv Sena ticket to contest Haryana polls

A 'gau rakshak', Naveen Dalal says he joined Sena because BJP & Congress only did 'politics in the name of cows, farmers, martyrs & the poor'.

Does sedition law apply to JNU & Assam cases or is it being used as tool to stifle dissent?

Ten JNU students, including Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya have been charge-sheeted under the sedition law for raising ‘anti-India’ slogans in 2016....

Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid charged with sedition for 2016 JNU protest

Three years after protest on Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s death anniversary, Delhi Police has filed its chargesheet in the JNU row.

What Kanhaiya Kumar, Shehla Rashid & Umar Khalid plan to do with their JNU PhDs

The trio, who became face of 2016 JNU protests, rule out joining active politics, claim they will stick to academics and research.

First they came after JNU, now it’s human rights activists: Umar Khalid

As election nears, fictitious enemies are being propped up to divert attention from Modi government’s failures.

I’m a Muslim and a leftist, but I’m also a citizen of this country, says Umar Khalid

We have an ideology which talks about one nation, one religion, one culture, one idea - and whatever doesn't fit into that has to...

Being a Muslim in India today is a disadvantage, says Umar Khalid

Says he’s more than just a Muslim, accuses those in power and even opposition to ‘some extent’ of having normalised violence. 

It wasn’t the gun that targeted Umar Khalid, but the relentless state campaign

'JNU type' isn’t an unfamiliar catchphrase, we hear it every time someone speaks of human rights.

2 men detained for attack on Umar Khalid say they are cow vigilantes: Police

The duo told police they thought attacking Khalid will draw attention to the issue of cow protection.

On Camera

Two documents, Modi-Macron visits—India-France defence partnership is touching new heights

Horizon 2047 signed during Modi's visit to France in July 2023 and the defence industrial roadmap during Macron’s visit to India in January 2024 guide the strategic bonhomie between the two countries.

How govt brought Vodafone Idea back from the brink & earned a neat profit in the process

In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.