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.
Manipur revoked the NSA order against political activist Leichombam Erendro after he was released from jail Monday, following the top court’s intervention.
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.
Journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem and activist Erendro Leichombam were arrested last month for Facebook posts that said ‘cow dung and cow urine’ don’t cure Covid.
Journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem and activist Erendro Leichombam were booked for their social media message posted in the wake of state BJP chief Tikendra Singh’s Covid-related death.
UP govt filed a petition in Supreme Court in October challenging Allahabad High Court’s 1 September judgment that quashed Kafeel Khan’s detention under NSA.
Union Minister of State for Home Kishan Reddy told the parliament that the latest NCRB report showed Madhya Pradesh detained the most number of people under NSA in 2017 and 2018.
The Allahabad HC Tuesday quashed Khan's detention under the NSA & ordered his immediate release. Following the court's order, Khan was released from Mathura jail Tuesday night.
National Security Act was invoked against Dr Kafeel Khan in February after he was granted bail in the case of anti-CAA speech at Aligarh Muslim University in December.
The Gorakhpur doctor has already spent three months in detention at Mathura jail since January, for allegedly making inflammatory remarks at AMU during a CAA protest.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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