Encounter Deaths
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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.
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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’.
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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.
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Trending
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India’s Covid-19 crisis is a product of the paranoid governance that has marked the past seven years
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Pakistani YouTubers to release a Pashto version of blockbuster Turkish show ‘Dirilis: Ertugrul’
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How grave is India’s oxygen emergency? Worse than the government admits
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The secrets behind ‘Geeli Pucchi’, the most loved film in ‘Ajeeb Daastaans’
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Narendra Modi used India’s media elite for his own advantage. Sanjaya Baru explains how he did it
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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.
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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.
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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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Video
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Covid-19 crisis: Death, despair rages across India, healthcare facilities fail to cater to patients
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‘Remdesivir is no Ram baan’: Medanta Hospital chairman says the drug isn’t for all Covid-19 patients
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‘We’re supposed to give life’: Delhi hospital CEO breaks down talking about Covid-19 oxygen crisis
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Watch: Man sits outside Delhi hospital with own oxygen cylinder after being refused admission
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Watch: ‘Farmers did not stop us’, driver of vehicle carrying oxygen to Delhi hospital clarifies
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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.
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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’.
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Telangana encounter: SC orders judicial inquiry, says police version needs probe
The inquiry will be headed by former Supreme Court judge VS Sirpurkar.
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The Reel
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Watch: ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ is a sequel to the previous two movies
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‘Searching For Sheela’ review: A quest that goes nowhere (and probably never intended to)
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‘Oxygen’ trailer: A woman fights to survive before her breath runs out
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‘Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai’ trailer: Salman Khan wages a war on drugs
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How Kabir Bedi interviewed The Beatles in 1966 (and asked John Lennon if he took drugs)
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Telangana encounter deaths: SC looking to appoint a former top court judge to conduct inquiry
The Supreme Court said the Telangana High Court can proceed with its hearing in the case.
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‘Hats off’: Jaganmohan Reddy praises Telangana CM, police for Hyderabad encounter
The Andhra Pradesh chief minister said there was nothing wrong with killing the four men accused of allegedly raping and killing a woman veterinarian.
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Telangana encounter: High Court asks for bodies of rape suspects to be preserved for four more days
The court ordered that the bodies will have to be transferred to a Hyderabad hospital in air-conditioned ambulances.
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The Field
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Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer T Natarajan might miss rest of IPL 2021 due to knee injury: Report
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Watch: ‘Just looking at people is making me happy’ – Axar Patel returns to Delhi Capitals’ bubble
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Boxing: India’s Gitika, Chanu, Poonam win gold medals at Youth World Championship in Poland
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Wrestling: Sushil Kumar ignored for Olympic qualifiers, Amit Dhankar picked ahead of Sandeep Mann
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Watch highlights: Vinesh Phogat’s ruthless run to a first Asian Wrestling Championships gold medal