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Topic: death threats

In a first, judge holds court at NIA HQ in Anmol Bishnoi case after he cites threats from Pakistan

Days before his 11-day NIA custody was to end, Anmol Bishnoi, asked for protection from Pakistan-based gangster Shahzad Bhatti. He was recently deported from the US.

DMK leader says TN would improve only if ‘Narakasura’ Modi is ‘finished off’, BJP demands arrest

Party district secretary's remark at a protest in Tenkasi against SIR has drawn sharp condemnation from BJP, and comes hours before Modi's Coimbatore visit.

‘Bohot bolte ho, bas kar jao, nahi toh uda denge’—FIR lodged after 2 men threaten Dwarka court judge

This is the second such report this month, with another judge being threatened by the man she convicted in open court. No FIR has been filed in that case.

‘Tu bahar mil dekhte hai’: Delhi judge to approach NCW after threat by man she convicted

The judge's order came in April when she convicted the man of dishonour of cheque, with the convict then 'erupting with anger'.

Death threat to Shah Rukh Khan with Rs 50-lakh demand came from Raipur, say Mumbai police

New Delhi: The death threat made to actor Shah Rukh Khan, with a demand for Rs 50 lakh, has been traced to Chhattisgarh capital...

UP rape survivor ‘abused, threatened, hacked to death’ amid pleas for police cover, family live in fear

Ashok Nishad had allegedly killed a friend in 2017 in a manner similar to the way he attacked the woman. He and another associate were arrested after an encounter on Wednesday.

X, Y, Z — as Shah Rukh Khan gets Y+ security cover, here’s what different protection levels entail

Shah Rukh Khan, who has reportedly received death threats over films, will get 11 security personnel, including six commandos, on rotational basis & police escort vehicle.

Days after Unnao gangrape survivor’s house was torched, her lawyer faces ‘threat’ to withdraw case

'They asked why was I risking my life', lawyer Sanjeev Trivedi writes to Unnao SP, seeking security to pursue the case. Adds that some men had followed him to his chamber at district court.

Man who ‘sent death threats’ to actor couple Katrina Kaif & Vicky Kaushal arrested in Mumbai

Mumbai Police launched probe after case was registered at Santacruz police station on Kaushal's complaint that a man was threatening them on social media and also stalking Kaif.

SC takes note of threats issued to Nupur Sharma, protects her from arrest in Prophet case FIRs

Bench of justices Surya Kant and J.B. Pardiwala, which on 1 July refused relief to Nupur Sharma, says no coercive action will be taken against her in case a fresh FIR is lodged.

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.