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Stan Swamy dies at 84: Who was the tribal rights activist arrested in Elgar Parishad case?
Stan Swamy: The Bombay HC was informed that Swamy suffered a cardiac arrest early Sunday morning following which he was put on ventilator support

Bhima Koregaon undertrials among 1,000 Taloja Jail inmates with COVID-like symptoms; Teltumbde's kin await results
Anand Teltumbde’s family is anxiously awaiting his test results. The high court directed the state to inform the family on 1 August.

PEN International appeals to govt to free jailed poet Varavara Rao: 'Due process is meaningless without mercy'
Poet-activist Varavara Rao’s interim bail plea citing ill health and susceptibility to COVID-19 was rejected by a special court on 27 June.

'Don't kill Varavara Rao in jail': Health of 80-yr-old accused in Elgar Parishad case deteriorating, authorities negligent, says family
Rao has been in jail for over 22 months. His bail pleas, including those filed for relief on the ground of his age, ill-health and risk of COVID-19, have been rejected on multiple occasion

Elgar Parishad case: On Ambedkar Jayanti, NIA arrests Anand Teltumbde; Gautam Navlakha surrenders before agency in Delhi
The Supreme Court on 17 March this year rejected the pre-arrest bail pleas of Teltumbde and co-accused and civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha, and directed them to surrender before the investigating agency

Sharad Pawar accuses Devendra Fadnavis govt of ‘misusing’ Pune Police in Elgaar Parishad case, demands SIT probe
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday claimed that the previous Devendra Fadnavis-led government in Maharashtra had misused police machinery in the Elgar Parishad case.

Bhima Koregaon case won't be transferred to Centre, says Uddhav Thackeray after Sharad Pawar criticises handover of Elgaar Parishad probe to NIA
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday clarified that the investigation related to the Bhima Koregaon case has not yet been handed over to the Centre and assured that it will not be transferred to the Centre.

202nd anniversary of Bhima Koregaon battle: Ajit Pawar, Prakash Ambedkar visit war memorial amid tight security
Thousands of people visit Bhima Koregaon village to offer their tributes on the anniversary of the battle, which was fought on 1 January, 1818, between the British East India Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy.

Govt not looking at blanket withdrawal of Bhima Koregaon violence cases, only of non-serious offences, says NCP’s Jayant Patil
Maharashtra Minister Jayant Patil on Wednesday said that the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was not looking for a "blanket withdrawal" of cases in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence

Bhima Koregaon case: Bombay HC extends activist Gautam Navlakha's interim protection from arrest till 6 December
An FIR was lodged against Gautam Navlakha and others in January 2018 after the Elgar Parishad held on 31 December, 2017 allegedly triggered violence at Koregaon Bhima in Pune district the next day

Bhima Koregaon case: Accused activists refuse to depose before inquiry committee as latest round of hearings conclude in Pune
Another round of the hearing of the Bhima Koregaon Inquiry Commission concluded in Pune after it assembled for two days on 6 and 7 September

'Lok Sabha polls are contest between secularism, Hindu Rashtra': Ex-judge BG Kolse-Patil on taking electoral plunge
Retired Bombay High Court judge BG Kolse-Patil, who will contest the Lok Sabha election from the Aurangabad constituency, spoke about taking the electoral plunge.

Bhima Koregaon anniversary: One year after violence at event, security stepped up as hundreds of Dalits converge at war memorial
Thousands of people, mainly Dalits, Tuesday flocked the 'Jay Stambh' memorial in Maharashtra's Pune district to pay tributes on the 201st anniversary of the Koregaon Bhima battle amidst heavy police presence.

Bhima Koregaon case: Sudha Bhardwaj responsible for raising funds for extremists, scouting new recruits, prosecution tells court
Left-wing activist Sudha Bhardwaj was responsible for raising funds and transferring them to interior areas besides sending new recruits to forests, the prosecution told a sessions court on Monday and opposed her plea for bail.

Bhima Koregaon arrests: Plea filed on Sudha Bharadwaj's behalf in Punjab and Haryana HC withdrawn to take up other remedies
A Habeas Corpus petition filed on behalf of Sudha Bharadwaj, one of the five rights activists arrested on 28 August in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case, before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has been withdrawn on Wednesday, with the liberty to take up other remedies as per law.

Maharashtra govt moves Supreme Court against Delhi HC order ending activist Gautam Navlakha's house arrest
Maharashtra has challenged the Delhi High Court that freed from house arrest Gautam Navlakha, one of the five activists the Pune Police arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case.

Bhima Koregaon activists arrest: 'I have won my freedom and it thrills me to no end,' says Gautam Navlakha after Delhi HC's order
Activist Gautam Navlakha, freed from house arrest by the Delhi High Court on Monday after he was held in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence, said he does not hold any grudge for the confinement at his home.

Bhima Koregaon case: Pune Police says govt lawyers studying Delhi HC's order to free Gautam Navlakha from house arrest
The Pune police said government lawyers in Maharashtra were studying the Delhi High Court's Monday order freeing rights activist Gautam Navlakha, held in the Bhima Koregaon case, from house arrest.

Bhima-Koregaon case against activists cooked up in the name of GN Saibaba: Eminent citizens tell Supreme Court
Eminent citizens including Romila Thapar told the Supreme Court that the case against five activists arrested in Koregaon-Bhima case was "cooked up".

Bhima Koregaon case updates: Hearing on bail of activists deferred till Thursday; house arrest to continue
Bhima Koregaon case LIVE updates: Abhishek Manu Singhvi argued that the so called letters quoted by the Maharashtra Police to Comrade Prakash are fabricated, because in the judgment convicting profesor GN Saibaba mentions that it was a name used by him.