The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to transfer a case against Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami to the to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The case pertained to a news programme on the Palghar mob-lynching incident. Another petition filed by Goswami to quash the FIRs has also been dismissed. “There can be no quashing...

The Maharashtra police has arrested eighteen more people in connection with the Palghar lynching case, officials said on Tuesday. The Crime Investigation Department (CID), which is probing the incident has so far arrested 134 people in the case. The case pertains to an incident in which three people, including two seers, were lynched by a...

The Supreme Court (SC) has sought a report from the Maharashtra police in the Palghar lynchinng incident. The apex court on Friday asked for the report following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha seeking either a CBI inquiry into the incident or a court-monitored probe. A bench of Justices Ashok...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said stern action will be taken against those involved in the lynching of three men in Palghar district. The state government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident that took place on April 16. “The Palghar incident has been acted upon. The police have arrested all those accused...