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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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Topic: National Security Act

Year after radical preacher & aides were lodged at Assam jail, Amritpal saga is far from over

Amritsar Deputy Commissioner has listed fresh grounds for seeking detention order. Amritpal Singh & his 9 associates have been lodged in Dibrugarh jail in Assam since March-April 2023.

‘Won’t invoke National Security Act against protesting farmers,’ say Haryana police after backlash

Ambala police has issued a statement saying that it was executing process of detaining office bearers of protesting farmers under section 2(3) of NSA, 1980, to maintain law & order.

NSA & SC/ST Act — all about the stringent laws invoked against MP man who urinated on tribal

SC/ST Act prioritises social justice, seeking to protect the rights of the communities. NSA is applied when someone is seen to be disturbing peace and harmony.

Amritpal Singh arrest LIVE updates: ‘Had option to flee, but I surrendered’ — Khalistani preacher in last message

Radical preacher Amritpal Singh was arrested from outside a gurdwara in Punjab’s Moga district on Sunday, over a month since the state police launched a crackdown against him.

‘Amritpal didn’t surrender, came out of gurdwara when he saw there was no escape,’ say Punjab Police

IG (headquarters) Sukhchain Singh Gill has rubbished all claims of Amritpal having 'surrendered', says Khalistani preacher was arrested by joint efforts of intelligence, police teams.

‘Not arrested but can’t leave country’, say Punjab Police after stopping Amritpal’s wife at airport

UK citizen Kirandeep Kaur, who married Amritpal in February, could not take her flight to Birmingham. She returned to her husband's house in Jallu Khera after '3 hrs of questioning'.

MP Police invokes NSA against 4 in Ujjain for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans

MP CM Shivraj Chouhan said that he will not tolerate a 'Taliban-like' mindset after 10 people were arrested for allegedly shouting pro-Pakistan slogans during a Muharram event.

Delhi L-G grants police chief powers to detain under NSA as Independence Day approaches

Considered a routine practice carried out around this time annually, the move also comes amid ongoing farmers' protest at Jantar Mantar. Order to be in effect till 18 October 2021.

NSA was imposed on Manipur activist Erendro on basis of 5 cases, but probe not completed in 4

Manipur revoked the NSA order against political activist Leichombam Erendro after he was released from jail Monday, following the top court’s intervention.

SC orders release of Manipur activist Erendro Leichombam detained under NSA by 5 pm

Erendro Leichombam was arrested and booked under National Security Act for his 13 May Facebook post criticising BJP leaders for advocating cow dung and urine as cures for Covid.

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How the Bagram airbase from the 1950s is geopolitically significant in the 21st century

Days after Trump lay claim to the Bagram base, Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan “firmly opposed the reestablishment of military bases in and around Afghanistan by the countries responsible for the current situation”.

NITI Aayog flags gender pay gap in services sector, women earn half of what men make in rural areas

Federal think tank report says gap persists across most sub-sectors, shaped by occupational segregation, limited access to high-paying positions, and skill mismatch.

Navy Chief calls for collective solutions to maritime challenges in ‘complex & dynamic’ Indo-Pacific

At 11th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said there are three major currents shaping this maritime 'dynaxity'.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.