Bhima Koregaon

Bhima Koregaon Battle Anniversary: Maharashtra, Union Ministers Pay Tributes

India News | Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Friday January 1, 2021

The 203rd anniversary of the historic Bhima Koregaon battle today saw a bunch of senior political leaders, including Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale, paying tributes today at the memorial site near Pune even as COVID-19-related restrictions kept others from making the annual pilgrimage.

To Why Stan Swamy, 83, Couldn't Get A Straw, Probe Agency's 10-Point Reply

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Sunday November 29, 2020

Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old tribal rights activist who suffers from Parkinson's disease and was arrested last month over his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon case, couldn't get a straw and sipper for around four weeks because the National Investigation Agency (NIA) didn't have them, the agency has said.

For 20 Days, Stan Swamy, 83, Has Been Asking For A Straw And Sipper

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday November 26, 2020

Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old tribal rights activist arrested last month over his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon case, will have to wait till at least next Friday for a straw and a sipper cup which he needs as a Parkinson's Disease patient and winter clothes.

Activist Varavara Rao To Be Shifted To Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday November 18, 2020

Varavara Rao, jailed 80-year-old poet-activist, to be shifted to Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital for 15 days: Bombay High Court Bhima Koregaon Case

Bombay High Court Defers Varavara Rao's Relief Plea Over Technical Issues

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Tuesday November 17, 2020

The Bombay High Court cited "technical problems" to reschedule hearing of a plea to transfer 80-year-old poet-activist Varavara Rao, who has been in jail for the past two years over the Bhima-Koregaon case, to a hospital on account of his worsening health

Arrested Activist, 83, Requests Straw Citing Parkinson's. NIA Wants Time

India News | Written by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday November 7, 2020

Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old tribal rights activist arrested last month over his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon case, cited his Parkinson's condition to ask for a straw and sipper cup to drink fluids; the NIA wants 20 days to respond

NIA Court Rejects Tribal Activist Stan Swamy's Bail Plea

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Friday October 23, 2020

A special NIA court today rejected the bail plea of Stan Swamy, the tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest arrested earlier this month for his alleged involvement in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence in Maharashtra.

Tribal Rights Activist Stan Swamy's Arrest Unfortunate: Pinarayi Vijayan

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 12, 2020

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday termed as "unfortunate" the arrest of tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Fr Stan Swamy for his alleged involvement in inciting a mob to violence in Bhima Koregaon near Pune on January 1, 2018.

3 km Human Chain In Bengaluru Against Cleric's Arrest Over Bhima-Koregaon

India News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Monday October 12, 2020

A large number of protestors formed a human chain in Bengaluru today protesting against what they described as "the illegal treatment and arrest of Father Stan Swamy from his residence in Jharkhand by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), falsely implicating him in the Bhima Koregaon case."

Stan Swamy Sent To Judicial Custody Till October 23 In Bhima-Koregaon Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 9, 2020

A special National Investigative Agency court on Friday remanded 82-year-old human rights activist Father Stan Swamy, arrested in connection with the Elgar Parishad-alleged Maoist links case, in judicial custody till October 23.

Activists, Delhi Professor Among 8 Named In Bhima Koregaon Chargesheet

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday October 9, 2020

Eight people including prominent activists Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha and Delhi University associate professor Hany Babu were named by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday in a chargesheet into the 2018 violence in Maharashtra's Koregaon Bhima.

Activist Stan Swamy, 83, Arrested By NIA In Koregaon-Bhima Case

India News | Reported by Haribansh Sharma, Sreenivasan Jain, Neeta Sharma, Manish Kumar; Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday October 9, 2020

An 83-year-old Jesuit priest has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the probe into the 2018 violence in Maharashtra's Bhima Koregaon village.

National Investigation Agency Arrests 3 In Connection With Bhima Koregaon Case

India News | ANI | Wednesday September 9, 2020

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested accused Sagar Tatyaram Gorkhe, Ramesh Murlidhar Gaichor and Jyoti Raghoba Jagtap in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case.

No Links With Bhima Koregaon Case, Being Harassed: Kolkata Activist

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 6, 2020

Days after the National Investigating Agency summoned IISER-Kolkata professor Partho Sarathi Ray for questioning in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence in 2018, the scientist and social activist on Sunday said he had nothing to do with the incident and the probe agency was trying to "harass him, as has been the case with other intellectuals...

Elgar Case: Lawyer-Activist Sudha Bharadwaj Denied Bail By High Court

India News | Reported by Purva Chitnis, Edited by Nandini Gupta (With PTI inputs) | Saturday August 29, 2020

The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed the plea for interim bail on medical grounds by lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj - an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case being probed by the NIA - amid the coronavirus pandemic stating that the government of Maharashtra would continue to provide her medical aid in prison.