2008 Malegaon Blast Case
2008 Malegaon Blast Case News
Malegaon blast case: Pragya Singh Thakur, three others fail to appear in Mumbai court; trial begins Friday
Thakur, and six others are accused of carrying out a blast outside a mosque in Malegaon in 2008, in which six people were killed and over 100 others injured
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Pragya Thakur refuses to sit during Malegaon blast hearing in Mumbai court, demands 'proper' chair
After the proceedings ended and the judge left, Thakur bemoaned what she called as the "lack of facilities" in the courtroom. "This is not the way to treat people after calling (them to court)....there is no proper place to sit or stand here," she said.
2008 Malegaon blast case: Pragya Singh Thakur attends hearing in Mumbai court after failing to appear twice
Thakur was hospitalised in Bhopal following a stomach ailment on Wednesday night and was discharged early Thursday, her close aide Upma told PTI, adding that the BJP MP would return to the hospital after attending an event in Bhopal.
Pragya Singh Thakur skips 2008 Malegaon blast case hearing owing to ill health; court asks BJP MP to appear before it by 7 June
BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur failed to appear before a court in Mumbai Thursday - for the second time this week - in connection with the 2008 Malegaon blast case
Malegaon blast case: NIA court issues arrest warrant against witness who had signed panchnama during damage assesment
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against a panch witness in connection with the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Special NIA Judge Vinod Padalkar issued an arrest warrant against a witness in the case who had signed the panchnama while the damage by the blasts was being ascertained.
EC takes cognisance of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's remarks on ex-Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare's death
Hours after Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur said that former Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, who died during the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, met his untimely death due to ‘bad karma’, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken cognizance of her remarks and ordered an enquiry into the same after a complaint was filed against her with the Madhya Pradesh Election Commission.
BJP's Sadhvi Pragya says Hemant Karkare was 'cursed': Party's stand on slain ATS chief has flip-flopped since 2006
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur statement on Friday about slain Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare, reiterated the Hindu extremists' vitriolic stand against the IPS officer whose investigation into the Malegaon blast case had unearthed a Hindutva terror network
Who is Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur? 2008 Malegaon blast case-accused set to contest Lok Sabha polls from Bhopal
BJP leader Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, facing trial in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, will contest the Lok Sabha election from Bhopal.
2008 Malegaon blasts case: SC asks Bombay HC to hear accused Lt-Col Purohit's plea questioning validity of trial under UAPA
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Bombay High Court to hear the plea of Lt Colonel Shrikant Purohit, who is an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, on 21 November.
2008 Malegaon blast case: Special NIA court defers framing of charges; Bombay HC to hear Purohit's appeal on 29 Oct
Six people were killed while more than a hundred got injured in the blast that took place on 29 September, 2008, in Maharashtra's Malegaon.
2008 Malegaon blast case: National Investigation Agency issues non-bailable warrants against two accused
Six people were killed while more than hundreds got injured in the blast that took place on 29 September, 2008 in the Muslim majority town of Malegaon.
2008 Malegaon blast case: Supreme Court allows Prasad Shrikant Purohit to challenge UAPA charges before trial begins
In a major relief for Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, the Supreme Court, on Friday, ruled that Purohit can challenge the charges registered against him under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) before the trial commences, according to media reports.
2008 Malegaon blast case: Supreme Court to hear Lt Col Shrikant Purohit's plea challenging his trial sanction today
The Supreme Court will hear a petition by Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit challenging prosecution sanction for his trial under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) on Friday, according to reports. Purohit, a former Indian Army officer, is an accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case
Malegaon blasts case: Lieutenant Colonel Purohit turns hostile, denies meeting Swami Aseemanand
Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, turned hostile on Wednesday when he was asked to appear before the fourth additional metropolitan sessions judge-cum-special court for National Investigative Agencies (NIA).
Malegaon blasts: Sadhvi Pragya Thakur's case highlights need to purge terror investigations of political, religious undertones
Sadhvi Pragya Thakur's involvement in Malegaon blasts shows that India needs to come to terms with the fact that terrorism has no caste, creed or religion.
Sadhvi Pragya, Lt Col Purohit to be tried for terrorism in Malegaon blast case but court drops MCOCA charges
In the Malegaon blast case, a NIA trial court on Wednesday dropped the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) charges against Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, on duty army officer Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit
2008 Malegaon blast accused Sameer Kulkarni granted bail by sessions court
A sessions court on Wednesday granted bail to Sameer Kulkarni, arrested for his alleged involvement in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case.
2008 Malegaon blast case: Accused claims investigators tried to frame Yogi Adityanath to prove 'theory of saffron terror'
Sudhakar Chaturvedi, one of the accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, on Wednesday claimed that investigators had tried to "frame" Yogi Adityanath
2008 Malegaon blast case: Released from jail, Lt Col Shrikant Purohit attends court
Purohit, released from the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai, came to the special court for NIA cases escorted by a posse of armed Army personnel