March 18, 2021 8:14 pm
Usmani was one of the speakers at the event organised at the Ganesh Kala Krida Manch in Pune on January 30 by the 'Bhima Koregaon Shaurya Din Prerna Abhiyaan'.
March 15, 2021 9:12 pm
A division bench of Justice S S Shinde and Justice Manish Pitale was hearing Usmani’s pleas that the FIR lodged against him in Pune at the “behest” of a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader was a “political gimmick”.
March 12, 2021 10:56 am
On Tuesday, the state government (Pune Police) had orally assured the Bombay High Court that it would not take any coercive action till the next hearing against Usmani.
March 09, 2021 7:45 pm
Usmani to appear before Pune Police for interrogation on Tuesday morning.
March 05, 2021 6:57 pm
Usmani, in his petition filed through advocate Aditi Saxena, stated that the FIR is ‘frivolous and baseless’ and has been registered on the basis of a select few statements taken out of context.
February 07, 2021 7:13 am
“Sangh Pariwar again provoked their castiest and communal hatred by targeting Sharjeel. The incident went on to charge Sharjeel for provoking religious sentiments and sedition. We as organizers of the Elgar Parishad are standing firmly with Sharjeel Usmani,” it stated.
February 06, 2021 8:11 am
Besides Pawar, other NCP ministers, including Jitendra Awhad and Chhagan Bhujbal, have also called Usmani's speech wrong.
February 06, 2021 2:37 am
Pawar, who was speaking to mediapersons about Usmani's speech, said, “It was not at all correct. Police are investigating it. Action will be taken as per the law.”
February 04, 2021 1:30 pm
The FIR was registered on the complaint of one Anuraj Singh, who told police that he found a video of the speech on Internet.