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New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) A key witness in the Pul Bangash Gurdwara case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Saturday told a Delhi court that she was not pressured by the CBI or Sikh leaders to "falsely" implicate Congress leader Jagdish Tytler. Earlier on Friday, Harpal Kaur Bedi, an eyewitness to the killing of three men by a mob that torched the north Delhi gurdwara during the riots, had deposed that she had seen Tytler instigating the mob and asking them to "loot and kill the Sikhs". Also ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) A key witness in the Pul Bangash Gurdwara case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Saturday told a Delhi court that she was not pressured by the CBI or Sikh leaders to "falsely" implicate Congress leader Jagdish Tytler. Earlier on Friday, Harpal Kaur Bedi, an eyewitness to the killing of three men by a mob that torched the north Delhi gurdwara during the riots, had deposed that she had seen Tytler instigating the mob and asking them to "loot and kill the Sikhs". The ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The eye-witness in the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots case, Harpal Kaur Bedi, said on Saturday that her statement given against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler was without the influence of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or political leaders. Bedi had started testifying at the Rouse Avenue court on Friday and returned on Saturday for cross-examination. Congress leader Jagdish Tytler is facing trial linked with the killing of 3 Sikhs in the Pul Bangash area on No ...Read More >
New Delhi: An eyewitness in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case told a court on Friday that she saw former Congress MP Jagdish Tytler instigating the mob to kill Sikhs in north Delhi's Pul Bangash. "Accused Jagdish Tytler addressed the mob standing there to loot and kill the Sikhs, to loot the gurdwara as 'they have killed our mother' ('Sikho ko maro ku**o, unhonae hamari maa ko mara hai'). I myself saw and heard the same from accused Jagdish Tytler," 70-year-old Harpal Kaur Bedi said, deposing before t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue court on Friday recorded the evidence (Statement) of a sole eye witness who saw the killing of two Sikhs during 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Pul Bangash area. This witness also said that she saw Jagdish Tytler came at Gurudwara Pul Bangash and incited the mob. The Gurudwara was set on fire by the mob. Special Judge Jitendra Singh was recording the evidence of Harpal Kaur Bedi who is a prosecution witness in the case of CBI against Congress leader Ja ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) A Delhi court has rapped a police official for delaying a February 2020 riots' case by not preparing copies to be supplied to the accused. Additional sessions judge Parveen Singh on July 4 said the prosecution had filed a supplementary chargesheet, forensic science laboratory (FSL) report and a pen drive containing evidence against the accused persons. "However, the investigating officer (IO) has not prepared the copies to be supplied to the accused. I must notice that ...Read More >
New Delhi: In its final bid to oppose the bail petitions of northeast Delhi riot accused, including Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid, Delhi Police on Wednesday alleged that the intention behind the Feb 2020 riots in the national capital was to globally defame the nation through a well-planned and orchestrated criminal conspiracy.Arguing before a special bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur in the conspiracy case related to the riots, solicitor general Tushar Mehta said, "If you are doi ...Read More >
Washim/Nagpur: Tension flared up in Washim district of Maharashtra after three rod-wielding workers of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) vandalised the Tondgaon toll plaza on Akola-Nanded highway, alleging missing facilities at the toll point and incomplete roadwork. Washim police said on Wednesday the accused have gone underground and are likely to have fled the district. Eyewitnesses said the protest escalated after MNS activists confronted toll plaza staff, smashed glass panes, disrupting traf ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the bail petitions of activists Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid and other accused in the controversy behind the Delhi riots in February 2020. A bench headed by Justice Naveen Chawla reserved the verdict after hearing the arguments on bail pleas of both sides. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing Delhi Police, said that if the accused do anything against the country, then the best place for them is jail. Mehta said the riots ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) Delhi Police on Wednesday argued in the Delhi High Court that the intention behind February 2020 riots in the capital was to globally defame the nation by way of a well-planned and orchestrated criminal conspiracy by the accused persons including Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid. Delhi Police was opposing the bail pleas of the accused persons when it argued before a bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur that it was not a spontaneous riot but a well-organised act ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday reserved its order on the bail pleas of activists Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid in connection with a UAPA case linked to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 Delhi riots.A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur reserved its verdict after hearing arguments from both the prosecution and defence. The bail pleas have been pending since 2022 and were heard by different benches over time.Both Imam and Khalid are accused of being part of ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Tuesday wondered how long the prosecution can oppose bail for accused persons jailed in connection with the Feb 2020 riots that rocked northeast Delhi. During the hearing of one such case, the court asked Delhi Police how long the accused people could be kept in jail, after highlighting the passage of five years and the fact that arguments on charge were still not concluded in the terror case related to the 2020 riots.A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Hari ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Tuesday criticised his own government over the denial of permission for a Marathi rally in Mira Road and joined the protest, even daring the police to arrest him."The Marathi Ekikaran Samiti and several other organizations had applied for the rally, but were denied permission. I am going -- if the police dare, let them arrest me," Sarnaik told reporters.The protest, led by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), came after police refused perm ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday recorded the statement of former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, in cases linked to incidents of violence in Janakpuri and Vikaspuri. Kumar, who appeared physically before Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh, asserted that he was falsely implicated and maintained his innocence. He told the court that he had not been named by any witness at the time of the riots and that allegations against him surfaced only decades later. He a ...Read More >
Guwahati: As legal tensions rise over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, the Supreme Court on Monday (July 7, 2025) reminded petitioners that the Election Commission (EC) does not hold unchecked authority under the Constitution. A bench led by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia referenced the 1977 M.S. Gill vs. Chief Election Commissioner ruling, emphasizing that the EC cannot act as a "law unto itself." Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your ...Read More >
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey accused former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of attacking the Golden Temple in Amritsar in collaboration with Britain and alleged that the Congress party has used the Sikh community for political gain. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday accused former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of attacking the Golden Temple in Amritsar in collaboration with Britain and alleged that the Congress party has used the Sikh community for political gain. In a post on X, ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar denied the charges levelled against him in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots' case. He stated before a Rouse Avenue court that he was not present at the site of the riots and was falsely implicated. Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh recorded the statement of Sajjan Kumar, who is an accused in the case. The court recorded his statement in a case lodged in Janak Puri and Vikas Puri and investigated by the SIT. The Janakpuri case pertains to th ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar on Monday pleaded his innocence in connection with alleged killings of two Sikhs, Sohan Singh and his son-in-law Avtar Singh in Delhi's Janakpuri, and another incident in Vikaspuri where one Gurcharan Singh was allegedly set ablaze, during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Deposing before Special Judge Digvijay Singh of the Rouse Avenue Courts, the 77-year-old Kumar stated that he was being falsely implicated and the cases against him w ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 7 (ANI): BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday accused the Congress party of being responsible for the rise of Bhindranwale and for taking help from the British Army during Operation Blue Star in 1984. He also alleged that Congress had committed multiple injustices against the Sikh community. Speaking to ANI, Dubey said, 'The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Britain had written a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1984. Operation Blue Star happened in June 1984, ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam): BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday accused the Congress party of being responsible for the rise of Bhindranwale and for taking help from the British Army during Operation Blue Star in 1984. He also alleged that Congress had committed multiple injustices against the Sikh community. Speaking to ANI, Dubey said, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Britain had written a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1984. Operation Blue Star happened in June 1984, this letter is dated Fe ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 7 (ANI): BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday accused the Congress party of being responsible for the rise of Bhindranwale and for taking help from the British Army during Operation Blue Star in 1984. He also alleged that Congress had committed multiple injustices against the Sikh community. Also Read | Kozhikode Shocker: 2-Month-Old Baby Boy Dies After Developing Uneasiness During Circumcision Procedure in Kerala, Case Registered. Speaking to ANI, Dubey said, "The ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has alleged that the controversial Operation Blue Star of 1984 in the Golden Temple was conducted in collaboration with the British government. Dubey claimed that British military officers were present in Amritsar during the operation, which targeted militants holed up inside the Golden Temple complex. "In 1984, Indira Gandhi ordered an attack on the Golden Temple in collaboration with the British. British army officers were present in ...Read More >
Mumbai: 1993 riots case accused on the run for 32 years arrested from Wadala An accused in the 1993 Mumbai riots case, Arif Khan, was arrested from Wadala after 32 years on the run and has been remanded to judicial custody. A police team went to Uttar Pradesh, from where he hails. On the leads we got there as well as a specific tip off, we nabbed Khan from Deen Bandhu Nagar in Wadala East on Saturday. An accused in the 1993 Mumbai communal riots case on the run for the past 32 years has been h ...Read More >
Mumbai: Five workers from the MNS were arrested for throwing coconuts at the office shutters and damaging the glass of share market investment analyst Sushil Kedia here on Saturday. The incident occurred after a significant number of police officers were deployed outside Kedia's Worli office due to MNS workers' anger over Kedia's post on X on Friday. Kedia stated on X that he does not speak fluent Marathi despite residing in Mumbai for 30 years and challenged MNS chief Raj Thackeray on the issue ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) founder Raj Thackeray on Saturday, after attending a joint rally with the estranged brother and Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray to celebrate the state government's move to scrap two government resolutions on the introduction of Hindi from grade one said, "may this unity for Marathi identity remain steadfast forever. Once again, I sincerely thank everyone". In a post on X, Raj Thackeray said: "In the matter of Hindi imposition ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 4 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) founder Raj Thackeray on Saturday, after attending a joint rally with ... Mumbai, July 4 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) founder Raj Thackeray on Saturday, after attending a joint rally with the estranged brother and Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray to celebrate the state government's move to scrap two government resolutions on the introduction of Hindi from grade one said, "may this unity for Marathi identity remain steadfast forever. Once a ...Read More >
New Delhi: In what could become a defining moment for Maharashtra's shifting political landscape, rival brothers Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray reunited on-stage on Saturday after two decades, declaring their unity over the cause of the Marathi language, and hinting at something much larger in the making. The rally, officially termed a "victory rally", held at the NSCI Dome in Worli, was billed as a celebration of the Maharashtra government's rollback of its contentious three-language formu ...Read More >
Kolkata: BJP "isn't fighting Muslims... and the state's plurality needs to be saved", Samik Bhattacharya said on Thursday after taking over as the party's new state president."There is a conscious effort to divide Bengal on basis of religion. The minority community should understand that we are not fighting against them. We are fighting against the forces that shove stones in their boys' hands. We want to replace stones with books. We want to replace the swords in their hands with pens," Bhattac ...Read More >
Guwahati, July 2: In a fresh development in the Golaghat protest incident, it has come to light that the plastic bottle allegedly hurled during the demonstration struck Agriculture Minister Atul Bora's convoy -- not Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, as previously believed. In a letter dated June 30 to the Officer-in-Charge of Golaghat Police Station, Inspector of Police Mintu Handique stated that the incident occurred while Minister Bora's convoy was passing near the GDSA Indoor Stadium on Ju ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): The Delhi High Court is set to hear arguments from Solicitor General Tushar Mehta opposing the bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and others accused in the 2020 North East Delhi Riots case on Tuesday. The case involved allegations of a larger conspiracy, with 18 accused individuals chargesheeted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), and two accused are absconding. The division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur, at the req ...Read More >
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