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- India
Delhi HC permits ex-PFI chairman to withdraw plea for medical release
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday permitted former Popular Front of India (PFI) Chairman Erappungal Abubacker to withdraw his plea seeking bail on grounds of ill health. A division bench…
- India
SC terms bad in law its 2011 verdicts on issue of membership of banned outfits
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday held as bad in law its 2011 verdicts that ruled that mere membership of a banned organisation will not make a person criminal unless he…
- Kashmir
NGO terror funding case: Court sends Irfan Mehraj to 10-day NIA custody
New Delhi: A court here on Wednesday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) 10 days’ custody of a person arrested by the agency from Srinagar in connection with an ongoing investigation into…
- India
Stop harassment of scribes in name of national security, says Editors Guild
New Delhi: Editors Guild of India on Wednesday expressed concern over the use of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against journalists and urged the administration to respect democratic values and stop…
- India
UAPA Tribunal upholds Centre’s decision to ban PFI and its affiliates
New Delhi: The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) Tribunal on Tuesday upheld the Centre’s decision to ban Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates. According to the sources, the Tribunal has…
- India
Hathras conspiracy: UP STF nabs PFI functionary from Kerala wanted in UAPA case
Noida: The Uttar Pradesh police on Friday said it has arrested a “functionary” of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) from Kerala on charges of conspiracy to trigger riots in the…
- Kashmir
NIA seizes 3 vehicles used for militancy purposes in J&K
Srinagar: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday seized three vehicles used for militancy purposes in Jammu and Kashmir. According to an NIA statement, the vehicles were seized under section 25 (1) of…
- India
Eventually Article 21 of Constitution triumphed: Chidambaram on Kappan’s release
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Thursday expressed happiness that “eventually Article 21 of the Constitution has triumphed” as Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan walked out of jail after over two years. Article…
- India
After 2 years in jail, Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan walks out
After spending two years in Lucknow jail, Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan finally walked out free on Thursday. The sessions court had ordered his bail the previous day. Visuals of Kerala based journalist…
- India
Delhi HC Judge recuses from hearing bail plea of UAPA accused
New Delhi: Justice Siddharth Mridul of the Delhi High Court on Tuesday recused from hearing the plea moved by Manzer Imam, a purported Indian Mujahideen operative. Imam is booked under anti-terror law,…
- India
Muslim man arrested under UAPA for links to PFI granted bail
A 28-year-old Muslim man who was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for his alleged links with the Popular Front of India (PFI) was granted bail. Abdullah Saood Ansari from…
- India
NIA registers all-time high terror cases in 2022
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered an “all-time high” of 73 cases in 2022 even as it is working to undertake a “whole of ecosystem” approach to dismantle the terrorist…
- India
Umar Khalid returns to jail after attending sister’s wedding
The UAPA prisoner in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots case, activist Umar Khalid, returned to jail on Saturday. After serving more than 800 days in prison, he was given a seven-day interim…
- Telangana
Gaddar urges President to withdraw cases against him in AP, Karnataka
Hyderabad: Gummadi Vittal Rao, also known as revolutionary Balladeer Gaddar, has requested that President Droupadi Murmu drop the charges against him in a case that began in 2005 at the Tirumani police…
- India
Despite bail, Siddique Kappan, co-accused still await release
After Supreme Court granted bail to journalist Siddique Kappan in the UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act) case on September 9, last Friday, the Allahabad High Court also granted bail in the alleged…