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Who is Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur? 2008 Malegaon blast case-accused set to contest Lok Sabha polls from Bhopal
Fp Staff •BJP leader Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, facing trial in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, will contest the Lok Sabha election from Bhopal.
Convict in Mumbai 2006 train blast seeks IB report calling for review of evidence under RTI Act; Delhi HC reserves order
•The convict needed the IB report which purportedly called for review of the evidence in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case.
2008 Malegaon blasts: Bombay HC admits accused Lt Colonel Shrikant Purohit's plea to revise rejection of discharge from case
•The Bombay high court admitted a plea filed by Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, challenging previous judgments of the High Court and a special trial court that had rejected his discharge from the case.
Sadhvi Pragya, Lt Col Purohit to be tried for terrorism in Malegaon blast case but court drops MCOCA charges
Fp Staff •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
J Dey murder case verdict today; accused Chhota Rajan not likely to be brought to Mumbai for judgment
Ians •Nearly seven years after journalist Jyotirmoy Dey was gunned down in suburban Mumbai, a special court will pronounce its verdict in the sensational case today.
All accused acquitted in Mecca Masjid blast: Cases where right-wing groups faced terror charges
Fp Staff •A decade after a blast killed nine worshippers at the historic Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, a National Investigative Agency (NIA) court on Monday acquitted all five accused.
Uttar Pradesh’s Organised Crime Control Bill gives Yogi Adityanath government a tool for state terror and police excess
Sauravdatta •The Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Bill proposed by Yogi Adityanath government contains provisions which flagrantly contravene essential guarantees against the application of criminal law as laid down in the Constitution, and if passed could send the state closer to a reign of lawlessness and terror
Malegaon blast case: Special NIA court likely to frame charges against Sadhvi Pragya, Prasad Purohit on 7 February
•A special NIA court is likely to frame charges against Sadhvi Pragya, Lt Col Prasad Purohit and six other in the Malegaon blasts case on 7 February
Malegaon blast case: NIA court rejects Lt Col Purohit's discharge plea, says he acted as leader in conspiracy meetings
Fp Staff •NIA court said that it cannot be concluded that Lt Col Purohit attended alleged Malegaon blast conspiracy meetings in the discharge of his military duty.
Malegaon blasts: Sadhvi Pragya Thakur's case highlights need to purge terror investigations of political, religious undertones
Ajay Kumar •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.