Encounter Deaths
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Uttar Pradesh: 12 police officers booked for allegedly killing a man accused of cow slaughter
The police, however, claim that 42-year-old Zeeshan Haider was shot by alleged cattle smugglers during a gunfight.
Scroll Staff
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Data check: In last six years, India has registered a case of encounter killing every three days
At 38, Jammu and Kashmir reported the largest number of extrajudicial killings in the past year.
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
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2019 Hyderabad shooting: Police deliberately fired upon accused, says SC inquiry panel report
Ten police officers should be tried for murder and destruction of evidence, the Justice VS Sirpurkar commission said.
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Trending
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Supreme Court rejects plea seeking termination of 30-week pregnancy
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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How India’s weak international stand on plastic pollution harms Indians
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Comedian Shyam Rangeela’s poll nomination from Varanasi rejected
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Watch: The trailer of ‘Panchayat’ season 3 is out
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Hyderabad encounter: Supreme Court again gives six more months to inquiry panel to finish probe
This was the third extension granted to the commission for submitting its final report.
Scroll Staff
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Ishrat Jahan case: CBI court discharges last three accused, says ‘no question of any fake encounter’
The court said there was nothing on record to suggest that Jahan and others were not terrorists.
Scroll Staff
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Ishrat Jahan encounter: Gujarat government refuses sanction to prosecute three police officers
The three accused and another retired officer have now filed applications before the court seeking ‘dropping of proceedings for want of requisite sanction’.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Video: Being Muslim in today’s India
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Watch: Massive rainstorm hits Mumbai, strong winds knock down trees, damage cars
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‘Barking news’: Woman turns journalist to ‘report’ on mischiefs and complaints by her pet dogs
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Watch: Comedian presents TV newsroom discussion in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’ style
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Watch: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world
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Hyderabad encounter: Supreme Court gives six more months to investigation panel to finish inquiry
A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde passed the order while hearing a plea filed by the panel, seeking such an extension.
Scroll Staff
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A reminder for UP: Supreme Court has said that fake encounters amount to state-backed terror
The trigger-happy approach of the state police towards alleged criminals has no place in a society governed by the rule of law.
Rohan Deshpande
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Hours before Vikas Dubey’s killing, lawyer filed plea in SC seeking security for gangster
The petitioner, Ghanashyam Upadhyay, had expressed fear that Dubey would be killed in a staged encounter by the police.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Lampan’ review: Light in treatment and heavy on the nostalgia
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‘House of the Dragon’ season 2 trailer: The Targaryens go to war
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Watch: The trailer of ‘Panchayat’ season 3 is out
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‘Mr and Mrs Mahi’ trailer: Rajkummar Rao, Janhvi Kapoor in cricket-themed romance
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Start the week with a film: The unforgettable revolution of the dogs in ‘White God’
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Telangana encounter: AIIMS team conducts second autopsy on bodies of four accused killed by police
The autopsy was videographed and the doctors were asked to express an independent view on the basis of the evidence they collected.
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Telangana encounter: High Court orders second autopsy of four accused within 48 hours
The court directed a team of forensic experts from All India Institute of Medical Sciences to conduct the examination.
Scroll Staff
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‘Stop calling for summary executions after horrific crimes,’ former civil servants tell MPs
The former bureaucrats urged parliamentarians to ‘bring about the meaningful changes necessary to curb such crimes in the future’.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: Stadium for India vs Pakistan tie in New York launched weeks ahead of clash
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World beaters: Indian table tennis players mark an unprecedented rise with some big wins
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IPL 2024: Sam Curran plays a captain’s knock as Punjab Kings beat Rajasthan Royals
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Badminton, Thailand Open Super 500: Meiraba Maisnam stuns HS Prannoy; Satwik-Chirag, Ashmita win
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Cricket: Former Nepal captain Sandeep Lamichhane acquitted of rape charges