Gorakhpur Riots

Mohammad Shamim, a convicted fugitive and prime accused in the 2007 communal riots in Gorakhpur, has been arrested and lodged in jail, police said on Saturday.

On his final day as CJI, NV Ramana delivered judgements on the PIL seeking a ban on 'election freebies', the 2007 Gorakhpur riots case, the Karnataka mining case, Rajasthan mining lease issue and liquidation regulations under bankruptcy law

The Supreme Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to respond within four weeks in the alleged hate speech by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in 2007. The bench served a notice while hearing a plea challenging an Allahabad High Court order which said that Yogi Adityanath can't be prosecuted in the case.

A ruling BJP lawmaker and 27 other people have been charged with rioting and criminal conspiracy, following a brawl over a land dispute in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur, police said today. Kamlesh Paswan, the sitting lawmaker from Bansgaon constituency, and others were booked last night in connection with the dispute in Rustampur area.

The Allahabad High Court today upheld the quashing of a Gorakhpur magistrate's order that took cognisance of a charge sheet against UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in connection with a 2007 riot case in Gorakhpur.

Uttar Pradesh's top bureaucrat Rahul Bhatnagar told the Allahabad High Court today that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cannot be prosecuted in a riots case in which he has been accused of making a hate speech in 2007. Mr Bhatnagar, who is Chief Secretary, told the court that the state's home department has earlier this month denied permission for t...

Mohammad Shamim, a convicted fugitive and prime accused in the 2007 communal riots in Gorakhpur, has been arrested and lodged in jail, police said on Saturday.

On his final day as CJI, NV Ramana delivered judgements on the PIL seeking a ban on 'election freebies', the 2007 Gorakhpur riots case, the Karnataka mining case, Rajasthan mining lease issue and liquidation regulations under bankruptcy law

The Supreme Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to respond within four weeks in the alleged hate speech by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in 2007. The bench served a notice while hearing a plea challenging an Allahabad High Court order which said that Yogi Adityanath can't be prosecuted in the case.

A ruling BJP lawmaker and 27 other people have been charged with rioting and criminal conspiracy, following a brawl over a land dispute in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur, police said today. Kamlesh Paswan, the sitting lawmaker from Bansgaon constituency, and others were booked last night in connection with the dispute in Rustampur area.

The Allahabad High Court today upheld the quashing of a Gorakhpur magistrate's order that took cognisance of a charge sheet against UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in connection with a 2007 riot case in Gorakhpur.

Uttar Pradesh's top bureaucrat Rahul Bhatnagar told the Allahabad High Court today that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cannot be prosecuted in a riots case in which he has been accused of making a hate speech in 2007. Mr Bhatnagar, who is Chief Secretary, told the court that the state's home department has earlier this month denied permission for t...