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Bombay HC stays two FIRs against Arnab Goswami over 'provocative remarks', says no prime facie evidence against him
• 5 years agoGoswami was booked in two cases related to his alleged provocative remarks and defaming Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi in a television debate
Palghar lynching: Supreme Court seeks response from Maharashtra govt, Centre on pleas seeking CBI, NIA probes
• 5 years agoThe Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Maharashtra government on two petitions seeking separate probes by the CBI and the NIA into the alleged lynching of three people, including two seers, in the state's Palghar district in April.
Seer murdered inside his ashram in Maharashtra's Nanded; suspect in custody, robbery may be motive: police
• 5 years agoSuperintendent of Police Vijaykumar Magar said sadhu Shivacharya Nirnay Rudrapratap Maharaj (33) and a 50-year-old man identified as Bhagwan Shinde were killed around 4 am in Nagthana under Umri police station limits.
Palghar lynching: 61 get judicial custody, 51 sent to police custody for murder of seers and driver, attack on police
• 5 years agoA local court on Wednesday remanded 61 of the over 130 accused, held in connection with the Palghar lynching case, in judicial custody and 51 others in police custody
Coronavirus Outbreak: Accused held in Palghar lynching case tests positive for COVID-19; 20 inmates, 23 cops quarantined
• 5 years agoOne of the persons arrested in connection with the Palghar lynching case, who was lodged in a police lock-up, has tested coronavirus positive, an official said on Saturday.
Palghar lynching: Maharashtra Police's CID books 18 more people; number of arrests in connection to case rises to 134
• 5 years agoEighteen more people have been arrested by Maharashtra Police's CID in the Palghar lynching case, officials said on Tuesday.
Palghar lynching: Thirty-five cops from Kasa Police Station transferred; plea in Bombay HC seeks handing of investigation to NIA
• 5 years agoAs many as 35 policemen of Kasa Police Station have been transferred in connection with the Palghar lynching incident
Two priests found murdered in temple in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, one arrested; suspect was accused of stealing tongs from temple
• 5 years agoUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed strict action in the case as Opposition leaders targeted his Bharatiya Janata Party government over the crime.
Palghar incident spotlights need for special anti-lynching legislation; Parliament must enact SC's prescriptions to curb mob violence
Prarthana Kashinath • 5 years agoOn 16 April, 2020, India witnessed yet another mob lynching incident in Maharashtra's Palghar when a large group of villagers pummeled three men to death suspecting them to be thieves.
How Sonia Gandhi has walked into a trap by going after Arnab Goswami
Abhijit Majumder • 5 years agoIt is simply about the Congress party’s political wisdom in reacting the way it has to a news anchor’s provocation of calling its president Sonia Gandhi biased and silent on the lynching of two Hindu monks in Palghar.