4 years, 5 months ago

Pinarayi Vijayan says arrest of tribal rights activist Stan Swamy in Bhima Koregaon case is 'unfortunate'

Vijayan claimed the arrest of Swamy, who has been supporting the tribal agitations for land and forest rights, was a “move to muzzle dissenting voices” Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday termed as “unfortunate” the arrest of tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy for his alleged involvement in inciting a mob to violence in Bhima Koregaon near Pune on 1 January, 2018. Vijayan said the arrest of Swamy, who has been supporting the tribal agitations for land and their rights on the forest, was a move to muzzle the dissenting voices. “It’s unfortunate that tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy was arrested and jailed. The National Investigation Agency on Friday filed a chargesheet against eight people, including activists Gautam Navlakha and Swamy, for their alleged involvement in inciting a mob to violence in Bhima Koregaon, officials said.

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3 months, 1 week ago

Man Arrested in Threat Case Against Pawan

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: Hours after a threatening call was made to Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan's office, the police apprehended Mallikarjuna, a resident of Water Tank Road in Labbipet, Vijayawada. The cybercrime police tracked the suspect using cell phone signals and discovered that the same number had earlier been used to issue threats to home minister Vangalapudi Anitha. The incident began …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

CM Pinarayi Vijayan converting party into family business: MLA P V Anvar

New Indian Express

KEY EVENTS August 20: Anvar criticises the then district police chief S Sasidharan while inaugurating the district conference of the police association at MSP community hall in Malappuram August 30: Anvar holds a sit-in protest in front of the Malappuram police chief’s camp office, demanding a Crime Branch inquiry under the court’s observation into the disappearance of tree logs in …

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Jagan accuses Naidu of post-election vendetta

Deccan Chronicle

Tirupati: YSRC president and former chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, accusing him of orchestrating a campaign of fear and retribution against those who did not support the Telugu Desam party in the recent elections. At a press conference after meeting YSRC leader Pinneli Ramakrishna Reddy in Nellore Central …

8 months, 2 weeks ago

AP: YSRC former MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy Arrested

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: Police arrested former MLA from Macherla Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy at Narasaraopet on Wednesday evening for his involvement in the poll-related violence and he will be produced before a magistrate at Gurajala late at night. On May 14, the ex-MLA along with his brother Venkatrami Reddy was reportedly involved in post-poll violence, burning a vehicle and allegedly attacking circle inspector …

11 months, 1 week ago

The Bhima Koregaon case and what it tells us about democracy

The Hindu

At a raid on Bagaicha, the training centre and home of Jesuit priest and activist Father Stan Swamy in Ranchi, in August, 2018, the Pune police told him that he was a suspect in the Bhima Koregaon case. Louis’s book, which is being translated into many Indian languages, asks questions not just about the Bhima Koregaon arrests but the larger …

2 years, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Political critic & activist Kishore Swamy arrested

Op India

Kishore K Swamy, an activist, was detained in the early hours of Monday. #BREAKING | Political critic Kishore K Swamy arrested for putting out tweets on social media criticising Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin. Dmk should understand, don’t allow brokers to use you as a shield.” Crime beat journalist gang led by shabir is lobbying and working overtime to somehow …

2 years, 6 months ago

Lookout notice issued against rape-accused Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru

India Today

The Karnataka Police has issued a lookout notice against Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, accused in an alleged sexual assault case involving minors. India Today's @sagayrajp gets us all the latest updates.#ITVideo| @PoulomiMSaha pic.twitter.com/M83m7UWnHE — IndiaToday September 1, 2022 Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru is the chief pontiff of a prominent Lingayat mutt in Karnataka's Chitradurga. Amid protests calling for the seer's …

3 years, 7 months ago

‘Justice for Stan Swamy’: Supporters form human chain

Hindustan Times

Activists and supporters formed human chain at the arterial Albert Ekka chowk here on Friday in protest against the alleged injustice meted out to Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, who died at Mumbai hospital in judicial custody earlier this month. “The event was part of the national campaign, called by more than 100 organisations, against institutional murder of Father Stan Swamy, …

3 years, 8 months ago

Ministry of External Affairs releases statement refuting misinformation regarding Stan Swamy's death

Op India

On July 6, the Ministry of External Affairs issued an official statement regarding the death of Bhima Koregaon violence accused Stan Swamy. Our response to media queries on the demise of Father Stan Swamy:https://t.co/ENobB6wR2Y pic.twitter.com/HQWnmQt9sR — Arindam Bagchi July 6, 2021 The Bombay High Court had allowed his medical treatment at a private hospital where he received all possible medical …

3 years, 8 months ago

Opposition writes to President seeking accountability for Stan Swamy’s death

The Hindu

Ten Opposition parties have urged President Ramnath Kovind to act against those responsible for foisting “false cases” on human rights activist Fr. The signatories to a letter to the President include Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister and JD leader Deve Gowda, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, his West Bengal and Jharkhand counterparts Mamata Banerjee and Hemant Soren …

3 years, 8 months ago

Disturbed over Stan Swamy’s death: UN body on human rights

Live Mint

The UN body on human rights on Tuesday said it was deeply saddened and disturbed by the death of 84-year-old rights activist Stan Swamy during his pre-trial detention. It said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and the United Nations' independent experts have repeatedly raised the cases of Swamy, a Jesuit priest, and 15 other human rights defenders …

3 years, 8 months ago

Arrest to death: Father Stan Swamy timeline

The Hindu

Tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy passed away at a private hospital in Mumbai on July 5, 2021, when his interim bail plea was scheduled to be heard on the day. The 84-year-old activist, who was suffering from Parkinson’s disease was among several intellectuals in judicial custody for their alleged involvement in the Bhima Koregaon violence. Here …

3 years, 8 months ago

Stan Swamy dies at 84: Who was the tribal rights activist arrested in Elgar Parishad case?

Firstpost

Stan Swamy: The Bombay HC was informed that Swamy suffered a cardiac arrest early Sunday morning following which he was put on ventilator support Father Stan Swamy, a tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest arrested in the Elgaar Parishad case last year, died on Monday, his counsel informed the Bombay High Court when the court took up his bail plea. …

3 years, 8 months ago

Why was Stan Swamy arrested when NIA did not want to question him, lawyer asks in court

India Today

The lawyer of Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy has questioned the arrest of the Elgar Parishad case accused when the National Investigation Agency did not want his custody even for a day. The Bombay High Court was informed minutes before Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy's bail application was going to be heard that the Elgar Parishad case accused had passed …

3 years, 9 months ago

Father Stan Swamy worked towards Maoist agenda in garb of helping tribals, Dalits: NIA to Bombay HC

India Today

National Investigation Agency has opposed the bail plea of 84-year-old Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy who is accused of carrying out Maoist activities and is arrested in the Elgar Parishad case registered at Pune. "While claiming to be a voice for the tribal community, Swamy was, in fact, accomplishing the agenda of the banned organisation," NIA said. Read: Stan Swamy …

3 years, 11 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Special NIA court in Mumbai rejects activist Stan Swamy's bail plea

Firstpost

Mumbai: A special NIA court in Mumbai on Monday rejected the bail plea filed by tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. Additional sessions court judge Judge DE Kothalikar rejected bail pleas of 83-year-old Swamy on merits as well as on medical grounds. The National Investigation Agency had opposed Swamy’s bail plea saying the probe …

3 years, 11 months ago

BREAKING : NIA Court Refuses Bail To Stan Swamy In Bhima Koregaon Case

Live Law

The Special NIA Court Mumbai on Monday refused to grant bail to 83-year-old Father Stan Swamy, a tribal rights activist, from Ranchi, in Jharkhand, accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon – Elgaar Parishad case. Special Judge under the NIA Act DE Kothlikar passed the order dismissing the bail application, which had also cited medical grounds on account of Parkinsons disease …

3 years, 11 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy's bail plea rejected by special NIA court

India Today

A special National Investigation Agency court in Mumbai rejected the bail plea filed by 83-year-old tribal rights activist Stan Swamy on Monday. Additional sessions judge DE Kothalikar rejected Swamy’s bail plea, which had been filed on merit, as well as on medical grounds in November 2020. Arguments against bail Arguing against Swamy’s bail plea, the NIA claimed that the investigation …

4 years, 1 month ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Stan Swamy had told NIA about planting of fake evidence, says activist's colleague

Firstpost

Mumbai: Father Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case jailed since October last year, had told the National Investigation Agency on at least four occasions during his interrogation that fake evidence had been planted on his computer, the activist’s colleague Father Solomon said on Tuesday. The press conference was organised in the wake of a report by …

4 years, 3 months ago

NPRD to Send Sipper to Stan Swamy at Taloja Jail, Urges Other Disability Orgs to Do Same

News 18

Tribal activist Stan Swamy's painful wait for a sipper cannot be tolerated any longer, said a prominent disability rights organisation that is planning to send the drinking aid to the jailed octogenarian, who is suffering from Parkinson's disease. The NPRD and its affiliating units have therefore decided to send sippers to the jailor of Taloja Jail, Maharashtra, to be given …

4 years, 5 months ago

Kolkata rights groups, students march against Father Stan Swamy's arrest, demand his release

Firstpost

The 82-year-old Jesuit priest was arrested from his Ranchi residence and taken to Mumbai by the NIA in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon case Kolkata: A rally was taken out in the downtown Park Street area of Kolkata on Saturday as part of the nationwide protests by rights groups and minority organisations against the arrest of elderly tribal rights activist Father …

4 years, 5 months ago

Around 100 Gather in Kolkata to Protest Against Father Stan Swamy's Arrest by NIA

News 18

A rally was taken out in the downtown Park Street area of Kolkata on Saturday as part of the nationwide protests by rights groups and minority organisations against the arrest of elderly tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy by the NIA. Around 100 people took part in the rally, organised by the Mother Teresa International Award Committee, demanding the immediate …

4 years, 5 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA files chargesheet against 8, including Gautam Navlakha; Stan Swamy sent to judicial custody

Firstpost

82-year-old Swamy was arrested in Ranchi on Thursday and produced before a Mumbai court on Friday. He has been remanded to judicial custody till 23 October Mumbai: The National Investigation Agency on Friday filed a chargesheet against eight people, including activists Gautam Navlakha and 82-year-old Father Stan Swamy, for their alleged involvement in inciting a mob to violence in Bhima …

4 years, 5 months ago

Top news of the day: Stan Swamy, Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha and five others charged in Bhima Koregaon case; World Food Programme wins Peace Nobel, and more

The Hindu

Bhima Koregaon case | NIA files charge sheet against Stan Swamy, Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha and five others Father Stan Swamy, 83, a Jesuit priest and activist working with tribal people, was arrested on October 8 by the NIA Ranchi from his house and has been sent to judicial custody till October 23. The WFP was honoured for “its efforts …

4 years, 5 months ago

Koregaon-Bhima Case: NIA takes 83-yr-old tribal rights activist Stan Swamy into custody

Firstpost

The Jesuit priest and veteran tribal rights activist became the oldest person to be charged with terrorism-related offences in the case Stan Swamy, an 83-year-old Jharkhand-based human rights activist, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency on Thursday in connection with the probe into the 2018 violence in Maharashtra’s Koregaon-Bhima village. The Jesuit priest and veteran tribal rights activist became …

4 years, 5 months ago

Bhima Koregaon Case: NIA Arrests 83-Year-Old Social Activist Father Stan Swamy from Ranchi

News 18

Facing criticism over the arrest of 83-year-old tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, the National Investigation Agency has alleged that the Jesuit priest is an active member of CPI Maoist. Though the agency is yet to release an official statement on the arrest of Swamy from Ranchi, officials told News18 that the priest was part of “Maoist conspiracy” in the Elgar …

4 years, 5 months ago

Bhima Koregaon: Court remands Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, 83, in custody till October 23

India Today

Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old Jesuit priest from Jharkhand, was arrested by the NIA in a raid late on Thursday night. Father Swamy is the oldest out of 16 people taken into custody in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence and is likely the oldest person to be charged under the Unlawful Activities Act. In its chargesheet filed against eight people …

4 years, 7 months ago

Varavara Rao, Speaker Of Truth To Power; Eminent Scholars From All Over The World Seek Release Of Varvara Rao And All Other Bhima Koregaon Accused [Read Statement]

Live Law

A total of one hundred and forty five eminent scholars and academicians from around the world have appealed for the immediate release of 81-year-old Telugu poet, literary critic Varavara Rao, who tested positive for Covid-19 and has been accused of inciting caste-based violence at Bhima Koregaon which took place on January 1, 2018 along with 10 other activists and. A …

5 years, 1 month ago

Bhima-Koregaon case: Meeting to review violence in Pune underway; Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar and state HM Anil Deshmukh in attendance

Firstpost

While some rights activists were arrested in the Koregaon Bhima case by the Pune city police, their rural counterparts had booked Hindutva leaders Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide for allegedly inciting violence. Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh met senior police officials in Mumbai on Thursday to review the case of violence at …

5 years, 9 months ago

Pinarayi Vijayan admits 119 booked for 'objectionable' social media posts in Kerala since 2017

Firstpost

Kerala government has admitted that 119 cases were slapped for posting objectionable comments on social media against CM Pinarayi Vijayan in the last three years. Amidst the row over a journalist’s arrest in Uttar Pradesh over a social media post, Kerala government on Wednesday admitted that cases were slapped on 119 people for posting objectionable comments on social media against …

6 years, 3 months ago

Bhima-Koregaon: Bombay HC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Activists Gautam Navlakha, Anand Teltumbde, Father Stan Swamy Till Dec 14

Live Law

In a relief to human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, civil rights activist and writer Anand Teltumbde, tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy, the Bombay High Court has granted them protection from arrest till December 14 in the case regarding violence that took place at Bhima-Koregaon in Pune on January 1.The court had previously granted similar relief to the trio, who, …

6 years, 3 months ago

They weren’t Ayyappa devotees’: Kerala CM justifies police action in Sabarimala

Hindustan Times

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan Monday justified police action in Sabarimala, saying those who tried to create trouble were arrested on Sunday night even as he accused the Sangh Parivar of implementing its agenda. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan Monday justified police action in Sabarimala, saying those who tried to create trouble were arrested on Sunday night. Asserting that his …

6 years, 4 months ago

Koregaon Bhima case: Telugu poet Varavara Rao taken into custody by Pune Police

India TV News

Telugu poet Varavara Rao, accused of having Maoist links, was taken into custody Saturday by Pune police from Hyderabad in a case related to Elgar Parishad conclave, a senior official said here. On October 26, Pune police had taken into custody co-accused Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves, while Sudha Bharadwaj was taken into custody the next day. Left-leaning activists Rao, …

6 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Bombay HC extends relief from arrest for Gautam Navlakha, Anand Teltumbde, Stan Swamy till 21 Nov

Firstpost

Last month, the Bombay High Court had directed the Pune Police not to take any coercive action against the activists or arrest them in the Bhima Koregaon case. Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday extended till 21 November the relief granted to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha, professor Anand Teltumbde and priest Stan Swamy from arrest in a case …

6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala nun rape case: Action council members meet Pinarayi Vijayan, demand protection for survivor

Firstpost

In a release, convener of the action council Augustine Vettoly said they also wanted the probe to be conducted in a time-bound manner, a special court to be set up for trial proceedings and special prosecutor appointed. Thiruvananthapuram: Members of the ‘Save Our Sisters Action Council’, which had recently protested against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun, met …

6 years, 5 months ago

Tamil Nadu court refuses to remand Nakkheeran Gopal in judicial custody; editor calls state govt 'spineless'

Firstpost

Nakkheeran was arrested following a complaint filed by Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit over publishing reportage on Nirmala Devi case, an alleged sex scandal at the Madurai Kamaraj University. A Tamil Nadu court refused to remand Nakkeeran chief editor Nakkeeran Gopal, in judicial custody, ANI reported. Speaking to ANI, Nakkheeran said the “spineless” Tamil Nadu government had acted upon the …

6 years, 5 months ago

Nakkheeran Gopal, editor of Tamil weekly, arrested for reportage on sex-for-degree scam at Madurai university

Firstpost

Senior journalist Nakkheeran Gopal, also the editor of Tamil magazine Nakkheeran was detained by the police at Chennai Airport while he was on his way to Pune, airport officials said. Senior journalist Nakkheeran Gopal, also the editor of Tamil magazine Nakkheeran was arrested by the police at Chennai International Airport while he was on his way to Pune, airport officials …

6 years, 5 months ago

Daily Bulletin: Supreme Court to resume hearing in Bhima Koregaon arrests case, Mulakkal questioning to continue; day's top stories

Firstpost

Bishop accused of raping nun grilled for 7 hours, questioning to continue today, Rahul Gandhi to visit Rajasthan today, Supreme Court to examine evidence produced against five arrested activists today - here are the day’s top stories Bhima Koregaon case: Supreme Court to resume hearing on Bhima-Koregaon arrests today The house arrest of the five activists was extended by a …

6 years, 6 months ago

Activists' arrest: Pune court defers bail hearing of Surendra Gadling, Shoma Sen till September 14

The Hindu

The sessions court in Pune on Thursday deferred till September 14 hearing on the bail pleas of human rights lawyer Surendra Gadling and Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen, who were arrested with three other rights activists on June 6 for their alleged links with the outlawed Communist Party of India and the Bhima-Koregaon clashes. Denied books in jail, says Gadling …

6 years, 6 months ago

Activists’ arrest: They were conspiring against govt., says Pune police

The Hindu

The evidence found by the Pune police against the five activists arrested on Tuesday indicates that they were conspiring against the government, long before the Elgar Parishad was held. “The evidence found pointed to the involvement of the Kabir Kala Manch and the accused in the mobilisation of funds provided by the CPI for inciting the masses against the administration …

6 years, 6 months ago

Father Stan Swamy, activist raided in Bhima Koregaon probe, irked govt with report on jailed tribals in Jharkhand

Firstpost

After the Pune Police raid at his Ranchi home, Father Stan Swamy had said he had no connection with the Elgar Parishad event or the Bhima Koregaon violence. “The police came to my house with something written in Marathi and didn’t even bother to provide a copy of this FIR in which they named me,” Swamy said at a press …

6 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon raids: P Chidambaram condemns arrests of activists, defends right to hold extreme views

Firstpost

In a series of tweets, P Chidambaram said anyone holding extreme views is punishable only if he indulges in violence or incites violence or aids and abets violence in support of his ideology New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Wednesday condemned the arrest of several human rights activists for their suspected links with Maoists and said holding extreme left …

6 years, 6 months ago

Bhima-Koregaon probe: Activists Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, among others, detained

Firstpost

The Pune Police on Tuesday conducted searches at the residences of prominent activists across the country for their suspected Maoist links. Searches were carried out at the homes of Left-wing activist and poet Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, activists Vernon Gonzalves and Arun Ferreira in Mumbai, trade union activist Sudha Bhardwaj, Father Stan Swamy from Ranchi and civil liberties activist Gautam …

13 years, 5 months ago

Subramanian Swamy Booked On Charges Of Spreading Enmity Among Communities

India TV News

New Delhi, Oct 3: Delhi Police today registered a case of spreading enmity between communities against Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy for his remarks suggesting revoking of voting rights of Muslims. The Crime Branch registered a case under Section 153A of Indian Penal Code for his newspaper article in July this year, a senior police official said. “Others, who refuse …

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