India on Friday said public representatives are expected to respect the independence of the judiciary in other democracies, responding to reports that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani wrote a letter to jailed activist Umar Khalid. “Expressing personal prejudices does not behove those in office,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at a weekly press...
“In my five years at Jawaharlal Nehru University, I never spoke to Umar Khalid. I do not know what coordination the police are referring to,” Imam said Activist Sharjeel Imam on Thursday told a Delhi court that he has no connection with fellow accused Umar Khalid, rejecting police claims that Khalid is his Guru or...
Four activists arrested in connection with the 2020 Delhi violence case linked to protests against India’s citizenship law were released from jail on Wednesday, two days after the Supreme Court granted them bail, following more than 2,000 days in custody as undertrial prisoners. Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa Ur Rehman, Mohd Saleem Khan and Meeran Haider were...
Apart from the appeal, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who also wrote a note to Khalid recalling a meeting with his parents. “I think of your words on bitterness often, and the importance of not letting it consume one’s self,” Mamdani wrote. Eight members of the U.S. Congress have written to India’s ambassador in...
The court said it would deliver its order before the winter vacation beginning December 19 and asked all parties to file compiled documents by 18 December. The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its decision on the bail petitions filed by activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and several others accused of involvement in an alleged “larger...
Delhi Police opposed the bail pleas, describing the riots as an “orchestrated, pre-planned and well-designed” attack on national sovereignty Activist Sharjeel Imam told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that he had been unfairly branded a “dangerous intellectual terrorist”, as he sought bail in a case linked to the February 2020 Delhi riots, reported PTI Imam’s...
Md Irshad Ayub The Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested the former JNU student leader Umar Khalid on the charges of stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in connection with his alleged role in northeast Delhi riots case after interrogation that lasted for several hours. The violence that carried on for four days claimed 53...