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malegaon blast case news

2006 Malegaon blast case: Bombay HC discharges four accused, quashes charges against them

2006 Malegaon blast case: Bombay HC discharges four accused, quashes charges against them
Published on Apr 22, 2026 11:58 am IST

Acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, Army clears Col Purohit for promotion

File photo of Colonel Shrikant Purohit.
Published on Apr 11, 2026 01:28 pm IST

2008 Malegaon blast victims move HC against acquittal of Pragya Thakur, 6 others

The appeal, filed on Monday by Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal and five others through their advocate Mateen Shaikh, sought the Bombay High Court to quash the special court judgment.
Updated on Sept 09, 2025 09:58 pm IST

CM Yogi launches UP’s first integrated township in Meerut

UP CM Yogi Adityanath dedicated 2,570 crore integrated township in Meerut to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. (Sourced)
Updated on Aug 04, 2025 09:02 pm IST

UP CM attacks Cong, other oppn parties on Malegaon case, Op Sindoor

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and other BJP leaders at a party meeting in Lucknow on August 3. (HT photo)
Updated on Aug 03, 2025 09:09 pm IST

NCP-SP leader says Sanatan Dharma, Hinduism not same; BJP leaders react

NCP-SP MLA Jitendra Awhad said concept of Sanatan Dharma behind oppression of anti-caste activists, social reformers such as BR Ambedkar.
Updated on Aug 03, 2025 12:57 pm IST

PM Modi's name among those I was forced to take: Pragya Thakur on Malegaon blast

Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, along with six others, was acquitted by a special NIA court in the Malegaon blast case.
Published on Aug 02, 2025 04:49 pm IST

Malegaon blast: Court junks ex-ATS officer's claim of Mohan Bhagwat arrest order

Mujawar had at the time also claimed that senior ATS officers had ordered him to arrest Bhagwat, but he had refused to obey such illegal orders.
Published on Aug 02, 2025 09:48 am IST

Malegaon blast case rested on shifting sand: Court

The collection of blast-site debris also occurred without forensic oversight, compromising evidentiary value, the judgement noted (HT Photo)
Published on Aug 02, 2025 08:20 am IST

Retired police officer claims he was ordered to arrest RSS chief

Mehboob Mujawar
Updated on Aug 03, 2025 08:08 pm IST

Malegaon blast accused trained Gauri Lankesh murder suspects, Karnataka SIT find

The SIT alleges they trained attendees at covert camps run by groups connected to Sanatan Sanstha, contributing to a network targeting ideological opponents.
Published on Aug 01, 2025 08:20 pm IST

Congress tried to paint Hindus as terrorists after Malegaon blast: Fadnavis

CM Fadnavis said the Hindu terror theory was created to show a particular community that the government was doing a balancing act.
Published on Aug 01, 2025 03:07 pm IST

‘Was asked to arrest Mohan Bhagwat’: Former ATS official after Malegaon verdict

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat addressing an event in New Delhi.
Published on Aug 01, 2025 02:18 pm IST

NIA unlikely to challenge 2008 Malegaon blasts case verdict

NIA unlikely to challenge 2008 Malegaon blasts case verdict
Published on Aug 01, 2025 05:56 am IST

BJP says Congress should apologise for “Hindu terror” claims

BJP says Congress should apologise for “Hindu terror” claims
Published on Aug 01, 2025 05:40 am IST

Congress concocted ‘Hindu terror’ to halt Modi: BJP after Malegaon blast verdict

The scene of the blast site is pictured in Malegaon on September 30, 2008.
Published on Jul 31, 2025 04:34 pm IST

‘Exposes Cong’s anti-India, anti-Sanatan character': CM Yogi on Malegaon verdict

UP CM Yogi Adityanath has slammed the Congress over the Malegaon blast judgement.
Updated on Jul 31, 2025 02:17 pm IST

Malegaon blast: Victims' kin to challenge acquittal of Pragya Thakur, others

Mumbai's Special NIA court acquitted all seven accused of being involved in the 2008 Malegaon blasts, with the court saying that the prosecution failed to establish the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
Published on Jul 31, 2025 01:11 pm IST

Who is Lt Col Purohit? Malegaon blast accused acquitted after 17 years

Lt Col Prasad Purohit at a special NIA court after a hearing on the 2008 Malegaon blast case in Mumbai. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Jul 31, 2025 01:12 pm IST

Asaduddin Owaisi's first reaction to 2008 Malegaon blast case verdict

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi speaks to media.
Updated on Jul 31, 2025 01:02 pm IST

2008 Malegaon blast: After acquittal on benefit of doubt, look back at case

Former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur in court in 2018.
Updated on Jul 31, 2025 12:45 pm IST

‘There can be no Hindu terrorists’: BJP leaders hail Malegaon verdict

Mumbai: Former BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur leaves the special NIA court after a hearing on the 2008 Malegaon blast case, in Mumbai, May 8, 2025. (PTI Photo) (PTI05_08_2025_000100B)
Updated on Jul 31, 2025 01:04 pm IST

Why NIA court acquitted Pragya Thakur, other accused in Malegaon blast case

Former Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and lieutenant colonel Prasad Purohit.
Updated on Jul 31, 2025 02:47 pm IST

‘Bhagwa has won’: Pragya Thakur after acquittal in 2008 Malegaon blast case

New Delhi, India - July 18, 2022: BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur casts her vote for the presidential election, at Parliament House, in New Delhi, India, on Monday, July 18, 2022. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on Jul 31, 2025 12:11 pm IST

Malegaon blast case verdict out, Pragya Thakur among all 7 accused acquitted

Former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur was alleged to be linked with a bike used in the blast; court says no proof of that.
Updated on Jul 31, 2025 02:59 pm IST

Ahead of Malegaon blast verdict, accused Ramesh Upadhyay claims innocence

Ramesh Upadhay one of the accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case outside Mumbai Session Court as a special court in Mumbai will deliver its much-awaited verdict on Thursday in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
Updated on Jul 31, 2025 11:01 am IST

What is Malegaon blast case? Verdict now out, how 17-yr-long probe progressed

Mumbai: Former BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur leaves the special NIA court after a hearing on the 2008 Malegaon blast case, in Mumbai, May 8, 2025. (PTI Photo) (PTI05_08_2025_000099B)
Updated on Jul 31, 2025 12:46 pm IST

Malegaon blast case: NIA court reserves verdict for May 8

Pragya Thakur is among seven people facing trial under UAPA and IPC in the Malegaon blast case.
Published on Apr 24, 2025 02:13 pm IST

Attempts were made to link me with Malegaon blast: Yogi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath during a rally for Lok Sabha polls, in Solapur on Wednesday (PTI)
Published on May 01, 2024 10:30 pm IST