Bhima-koregaon Violence

The name of controversial right-wing leader Sambhaji Bhide has been dropped from the 2018 Bhima-Koregaon violence case as he was not found to have played any role in the violence, police said in a report on Wednesday.

The Delhi High Court Friday sought NIA's response on a plea by civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha seeking interim bail in the Bhima Koregaon violence case on the ground that due to his advanced age, he was vulnerable of catching virus in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a significant development, the Maharashtra government will conduct a parallel investigation into the Elgar Parishad - Koregaon-Bhima case, a senior state minister said on Monday.

Reacting to the centre's Friday move to hand over the Koregaon-Bhima violence cases to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah - whom he referred to as "MOSH" in his tweet- claiming those who oppose their "agenda of hate" is branded as "ur...

Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Jayant Patil on Wednesday said the state government has not withdrawn serious cases against social activists allegedly involved Bhima-Koregaon violence.

A Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader today asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to withdraw the "false cases" filed against Dalits in the Bhima Koregaon violence, just like he had done for those protesting deforestation in Mumbai's Aarey Colony.

Yet another Supreme Court judge today recused himself from hearing a plea filed by civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha against a Bombay High Court verdict refusing to scrap a police complaint lodged against him in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case.

Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde, an accused in Bhima-Koregaon case, was arrested from Mumbai early this morning. Mr Teltumbde was arrested by the Pune police a day after his request for protection from arrest was rejected by a court.

The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing in the Bhima Koregaon violence case till December 3.

On the plea moved by historian Romila Thapar against the arrest of five rights activists in connection with Koregaon-Bhima violence, the Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict today.

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea by historian Romila Thapar and others seeking the immediate release of five rights activists in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case and an SIT probe into their arrest.

A "fact-finding" committee led by the deputy mayor of Pune has claimed the January 1 violence at Bhima-Koregaon village near here in Maharashtra was "pre- planned" and orchestrated by right-wing activists Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote.

Around 250 Twitter handles were created to spread misinformation about the Bhima-Koregaon violence and to mobilise support for allegedly holding demonstrations abroad to defame the Modi government, Maharashtra Police said on Wednesday.

The arrest of five rights activists had nothing to do with their dissenting opinion or difference in their political or other ideologies but was because of "serious criminal offences" and incriminating material, the Maharashtra police told the Supreme Court today.

A gathering of activists in Pune labelled as a Maoist plot pledged to protect the Constitution, according to video reviewed by NDTV. The gathering, known as the Elgar Parishad, held towards the end of December last year, is the basis of a nationwide police crackdown on activists and intellectuals accused of plotting Maoist violence.

The name of controversial right-wing leader Sambhaji Bhide has been dropped from the 2018 Bhima-Koregaon violence case as he was not found to have played any role in the violence, police said in a report on Wednesday.

The Delhi High Court Friday sought NIA's response on a plea by civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha seeking interim bail in the Bhima Koregaon violence case on the ground that due to his advanced age, he was vulnerable of catching virus in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a significant development, the Maharashtra government will conduct a parallel investigation into the Elgar Parishad - Koregaon-Bhima case, a senior state minister said on Monday.

Reacting to the centre's Friday move to hand over the Koregaon-Bhima violence cases to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah - whom he referred to as "MOSH" in his tweet- claiming those who oppose their "agenda of hate" is branded as "ur...

Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Jayant Patil on Wednesday said the state government has not withdrawn serious cases against social activists allegedly involved Bhima-Koregaon violence.

A Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader today asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to withdraw the "false cases" filed against Dalits in the Bhima Koregaon violence, just like he had done for those protesting deforestation in Mumbai's Aarey Colony.

Yet another Supreme Court judge today recused himself from hearing a plea filed by civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha against a Bombay High Court verdict refusing to scrap a police complaint lodged against him in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case.

Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde, an accused in Bhima-Koregaon case, was arrested from Mumbai early this morning. Mr Teltumbde was arrested by the Pune police a day after his request for protection from arrest was rejected by a court.

The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing in the Bhima Koregaon violence case till December 3.

On the plea moved by historian Romila Thapar against the arrest of five rights activists in connection with Koregaon-Bhima violence, the Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict today.

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea by historian Romila Thapar and others seeking the immediate release of five rights activists in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case and an SIT probe into their arrest.

A "fact-finding" committee led by the deputy mayor of Pune has claimed the January 1 violence at Bhima-Koregaon village near here in Maharashtra was "pre- planned" and orchestrated by right-wing activists Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote.

Around 250 Twitter handles were created to spread misinformation about the Bhima-Koregaon violence and to mobilise support for allegedly holding demonstrations abroad to defame the Modi government, Maharashtra Police said on Wednesday.

The arrest of five rights activists had nothing to do with their dissenting opinion or difference in their political or other ideologies but was because of "serious criminal offences" and incriminating material, the Maharashtra police told the Supreme Court today.

A gathering of activists in Pune labelled as a Maoist plot pledged to protect the Constitution, according to video reviewed by NDTV. The gathering, known as the Elgar Parishad, held towards the end of December last year, is the basis of a nationwide police crackdown on activists and intellectuals accused of plotting Maoist violence.