unlawful activities (prevention) act

New Delhi, March 24 A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist and Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment for conspiring to commit a crime against the State.Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh also sentenced Andrabi's two associates, Sofi Fehmeeda and...

New Delhi, March 24 – Security agencies are closely monitoring online chatter by terror operatives and their sympathizers as the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala prepare for elections.Intelligence reports suggest that sympathizers of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and those linked to...

Muzaffarnagar (UP), March 23 Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested a man on Monday for allegedly posting "anti-national" content related to Operation Sindoor on social media, police said.Superintendent of Police (Rural) Aditya Bansal said the accused, identified as Shanu Malik, is a native of...

New Delhi/Bengaluru, March 23 Supreme Court Judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan has asserted that the goal of a developed India by 2047 cannot be achieved through the criminalization of dissent, mindless arrests under the anti-terror law UAPA, and "deep social fault lines."Speaking at the first...

New Delhi, March 20 – The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against six individuals, including three who are still at large, in connection with the January 2024 Maoist attack on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camps in the Bijapur district of...

New Delhi, March 20 – The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to two men accused in a UAPA case over alleged conspiracy to carry out terrorist acts in the country, stating that they had already undergone "prolonged incarceration" of over four years.A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and...

New Delhi, March 19 – The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed charges against another accused in the 2024 case involving the bomb attacks on two Gurugram clubs by members of the banned Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror outfit, an official said.Ramdutt is the ninth accused to be...

New Delhi, March 19 – India said on Thursday that the case involving the arrest of six Ukrainian nationals is a "legal matter," and Indian government agencies are investigating the matter.Addressing a weekly media briefing on Thursday, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)...

New Delhi, March 19 Observing that criminal conspiracy is hatched in secrecy, a Delhi court has granted the NIA 11-day custody of six Ukrainians and one US national accused of training Myanmar-based Ethnic Armed Groups (EAGs), known to support insurgent groups in India.The accused were...

Mumbai, March 18 A special NIA court in Mumbai has refused permission to poet-activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to permanently relocate to his hometown Hyderabad, citing a lack of authority to modify bail conditions set by the Supreme Court.Rao (85) had...

New Delhi/Imphal, March 18 – The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet against three members of the banned People's Liberation Army (PLA) terrorist group on Wednesday, in connection with the ambush on an Assam Rifles vehicle in Manipur last year, in which two paramilitary...

Jammu, March 18: Following the elimination of the top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Saifullah, last month, police in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir have planned a wider crackdown on the ground network and support system for terrorism in the district.Official sources said...

Lucknow, March 17 – The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a 19-year-old BDS student from Moradabad for alleged links with an online module associated with the terrorist organization ISIS, officials said on Tuesday.The accused has been identified as Harish Ali, a resident of...

Lucknow, March 16 The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a 19-year-old student pursuing dentistry for allegedly having links with an online module of the banned terror outfit ISIS, officials said on Monday.Haarish Ali, a resident of Saharanpur district, was arrested in...

New Delhi/Imphal, March 16 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued its third Provisional Attachment Order (PAO), attaching properties worth Rs 50.8 crore linked to several private companies and their associated entities based in Manipur, according to sources in the central investigating...

New Delhi, March 16 – The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against six accused for allegedly threatening witnesses in an attempt to obstruct the trial in the 2023 murder case of Puducherry BJP leader Senthil Kumaran, officials said on Monday.The accused have been...

Srinagar, March 15 – Legislators from the ruling National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir requested Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday to order the release of people detained during anti-US and anti-Israel protests in Kashmir.A delegation, led by NC spokesperson and Zadibal MLA...

Srinagar, March 13 A court in the Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir has acquitted three individuals accused of harboring terrorists who killed a BJP leader and his two family members five years ago.District and sessions judge Mir Wajah, who is also the special judge designated under the...

Patna, March 12 – The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against two more accused in a 2022 case related to an alleged conspiracy by the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) to disrupt peace and communal harmony through unlawful and anti-national activities...

Srinagar, March 10 The Jammu and Kashmir government has dismissed three employees of the Jal Shakti (Water Resources) department over their alleged involvement in "anti-national and subversive activities," officials said on Tuesday.Among the three employees, two were from the Kishtwar district...