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‘He would get corruption done’: Swati Maliwal targets Kejriwal after Satyendar Jain’s arrest | India News

August 19, 2026 by Arka Chinmoy

[ad_1] Swati Maliwal targets Kejriwal over DJB, liquor scams NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal on Wednesday accused former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of presiding over a decade of corruption in the national capital, alleging irregularities in projects including classroom construction and the liquor policy.“In last 10 years in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal was … Read more

Kejriwal attacks BJP after Satyendar Jain’s arrest, calls it ‘dictatorship’ | India News

August 18, 2026 by Arka Chinmoy

[ad_1] Kejriwal accused the BJP of using false charges to imprison people and questioned who would compensate those subjected to imprisonment and alleged mental harassment. NEW DELHI: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday reacted sharply to the arrest of former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in an alleged corruption case linked to the Delhi Jal … Read more

NIA arrests main conspirator in Kerala illegal explosives seizure case; tenth arrest so far | India News

August 9, 2026 by Arka Chinmoy

[ad_1] NIA has arrested another key accused in connection with the seizure of a large consignment of illegal explosives in Kerala’s Malappuram district. NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another accused in connection with the seizure of a large consignment of illegal explosives in Kerala’s Malappuram district, taking the total number of … Read more

Udhayanidhi Stalin released hours after arrest in case over alleged remarks about actor Trisha

August 4, 2026 by Arka Chinmoy

[ad_1] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Udhayanidhi Stalin was released from police custody, hours after his arrest on Tuesday, ANI reported. Stalin had been arrested earlier in the day for his purportedly derogatory remarks about Chief Minister Vijay and actor Trisha Krishnan. The leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly had made the alleged … Read more

TVK govt. resorting to ‘cut-and-paste’ technique to attribute words I never said: Udhayanidhi Stalin after arrest

August 4, 2026 by Arka Chinmoy

[ad_1] Udhayanidhi Stalin after his arrest at his Neelangarai residence on August 4, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI Tamil Nadu Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin, who was on Tuesday (August 4, 2026) arrested in connection with a complaint alleging he made misogynistic speech at Thanjavur, accused the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government of resorting … Read more

Commentator Tehseen Poonawalla claims he is under house arrest ahead of protest against E20 fuel

August 1, 2026 by Arka Chinmoy

[ad_1] Political commentator Tehseen Poonawalla on Saturday alleged that police had put him under house arrest at his home in Delhi ahead of his planned protest against petrol being blended with 20% ethanol. Poonawalla was scheduled to begin a vow of silence and a hunger strike at the Gandhi Smriti in the national capital to … Read more

‘My people are calling me’: Why Sheikh Hasina wants to return to Bangladesh despite fears of arrest, death

July 29, 2026 by Arka Chinmoy

[ad_1] Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been living in India since being removed from power in August 2024, has said she is determined to return to her country by December despite knowing that she could face arrest, imprisonment or even death. Hasina fled Bangladesh in August 2024 after a student-led uprising brought … Read more

How Anand RK created the Pulitzer-winning graphic investigation of India’s digital arrest scams

May 16, 2026 by Arka Chinmoy

[ad_1] Earlier in May, the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary was awarded to trAPPed, a story about a neurologist from Lucknow who finds herself ensnared by a “digital arrest” cyberscam. Sharing the byline with two investigative journalists is a comics artist who has depicted the invisible walls of that prison. Anand Radhakrishnan, … Read more