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Sunday, January 4, 2026
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Topic: National Security Act

Spurred by Amritpal’s Lok Sabha win, 3 of his associates eye Punjab assembly bypoll race from jail

Kulwant Singh Rauke, Bhagwant Singh ‘Bajeke’ and Daljeet Singh Kalsi plan to contest from Barnala, Gidderbaha and Dera Baba Nanak. All are lodged in an Assam jail with Amritpal.

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'.

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Wall Street carries big expectations this year after best run since 2009

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Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.