Delhi Violence
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2020 Delhi riots: Court pulls up police for citing G20 summit for delay in filing chargesheet
Sessions judge Pulastya Pramachala was hearing a case filed on a woman’s complaint who said that her house had been vandalised by a mob.
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Umar Khalid’s bail plea adjourned by Supreme Court for sixth time
The activist has been in jail for over two years in the case pertaining to the violence in Delhi in February 2020.
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Delhi Police has been caught fabricating evidence for 2020 riots cases – but faces no consequences
The Delhi Police has been pulled up regularly by courts for booking mostly Muslims for the 2020 riots using false evidence.
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Trending
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world
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Watch: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi reprise their characters of Munna Bhai and Circuit for ad campaign
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Fiction: Rumours say an ex-army chief is staging a military coup. How will the government respond?
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Delhi riots: Police ‘befooled court’, adopted ‘double standards’ in two cases, says judge
In a separate case last week, Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala had pulled up the police for making ‘artificial statements’.
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Delhi riots: Court acquits Muslim man, says police made ‘artificial statements’ against him
This is the second time in a month that the court pulled up the Delhi Police over its investigation in a case related to the 2020 violence.
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Delhi riots: Tahir Hussain gets bail in five cases
The former Aam Aadmi Party councillor will, however, remain in jail due to other first information reports against him.
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Video
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Watch: Rahul Gandhi puts on railway porters’ uniform and badge and carries luggage as he meets them
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Watch: The moment when Pope Francis joined a priest’s video call to his family back in Kerala
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Watch: Scenes of chaos at Mumbai Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations as crowd breaks through barricade
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Watch: Man brews coffee and records it in cinematic style inspired by the film ‘Oppenheimer’
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Watch: Deep-sea footage of World War II shipwrecks from the Battle of Midway in the Pacific Ocean
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Delhi riots: Court frames charges against six for murdering man as ‘revenge against Muslims’
The man, Shahbaz, was burned alive by a mob on February 25, 2020.
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Delhi violence: SC upholds bail for three student activists
The three accused persons – Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal Tanha – got bail from the High Court on June 15, 2021.
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Three years on, the shadow of Delhi riots looms over children – and their friendships
The divide between Hindus and Muslims shows up in classrooms and playgrounds in Northeast Delhi, at times turning friends away from each other.
Zafar Aafaq
The Reel
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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What’s behind the Kareena Kapoor Khan swerve: ‘It’s important to keep changing yourself’
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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‘Khufiya’ trailer: Tabu, Ali Fazal in Vishal Bhardwaj’s spy thriller
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Start the week with a film: ‘The Host’ is a Korean creature feature with head and heart
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Delhi court acquits four men in 2020 riots case, says charges not proven beyond doubt
The four men were accused of rioting, vandalism, arson and theft at shops in Bhagirathi Vihar in the national capital.
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Restrain NGOs, ‘vested interests’ from releasing reports on Delhi riots, Centre urges HC
The home ministry claimed that most such reports portray ‘real accused as victims of the crimes and real victims the accused of crimes’.
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Delhi violence: Don’t believe in unnecessarily keeping people behind bars, says Supreme Court
The court made the statement while hearing the police’s appeals against bails granted to activists Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal Tanha.
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The Field
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ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: South Africa announce revised squad with pacers Nortje, Magala ruled out
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Misplaced priorities: India’s preference for multi-sport events needs a relook
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Watch, Asian Games highlights: India stun three-time champs Korea to make it to volleyball knockouts
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Asian Games, Boxing: Deepak Bhoria – once undernourished and counted out, now India’s best medal bet
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India at Asian Games 2022, as it happened: Women's cricket team in SF; men's football team wins