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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicAnti-national

Topic: Anti-national

UP ATS arrests 2 for sharing sensitive info, 1 linked to ‘persona non grata’ Pakistan High Commission staffer

Tufail Alam from Varanasi and Mohammed Haroon, a resident of Seelampur, Delhi, have been charged with intending to harm India's sovereignty, unity, and integrity.

British photographers showed sites of 1857 violence, but erased Indians

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

How a Kashmiri party went from nationalists to ‘anti-nationals’ in a year

On Thursday, Suhail Khan, president of Awami Aawaz Party, was arrested for anti-national comments. It came a year after he proclaimed his nationalist sentiments at Lal Chowk.  

NCRB stopped collecting data on lynching, hate crime as it was ‘unreliable’, govt tells LS

The National Crime Records Bureau discontinued collecting hate crime data after 2017, and the term ‘anti-national’ is not defined in law, the government told Parliament Tuesday.

The ‘(Anti) National Gallery of Modern Art’, India’s sedition legacy, & ‘caged’ social media

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

19 PDP leaders refuse to sign bonds asking them not to take part in ‘anti-national activity’

The 19 PDP leaders were detained last week for trying to protest against the new land laws of J&K.

NCRB adds new category of ‘jihadi terrorists’, blames them for 85 deaths

‘Jihadi terrorists’, Naxals were added under a new section that also details instances of violence by ‘north-east insurgents’, ‘anti-national elements’ and ‘other terrorists'.

Trolled by Giriraj Singh, Shabana Azmi says her activism spares none

BJP leaders have been criticising Shabana Azmi for her remarks against trolls who go after critics of the Modi government.

Yogi’s anti-national clause for varsities: Curbing freedom or ‘cleansing’ student politics?

Yogi govt approved a draft Private Universities Ordinance that vows action against those found indulging in “anti-national activities” on campus.

Shah Faesal called out on social media: Kashmir students jailed in Karnataka have legal aid

Former IAS officer Shah Faesal had claimed that three Kashmiris jailed for an ‘anti-national’ post after the Pulwama attack had no legal aid.

On Camera

Dogs matter more to Indian middle class than people

Why do people who complain that our municipalities are incapable of offering proper shelter to dogs not worry about the pathetic shelter offered to refugees and victims of political persecution?

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.