Photojournalist Masrat Zahra was booked under amended UAPA law in which an individual can be designated a terrorist and sentenced to jail for upto 7 years.
Anti-terror act UAPA was amended last year to allow individuals to be named ‘designated terrorists’, but opposition parties had raised fears of misuse on activists.
Delhi High Court Chief Justice D.N. Patel said the evidence proved that Sikhs for Justice was "working in collusion with anti-India entities and forces".
‘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'.
The petition said the amendments to the UAPA, which allows the govt to designate individuals as terrorists, infringed upon the fundamental right to dignity.
India declared LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, his deputy Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, and fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim as terrorists Wednesday under the new Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Saeed, Azhar, Ibrahim and Lakhvi have been designated terrorists under the amended Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act that was passed by Parliament last month.
The 'ghuspaithiya' narrative is being whipped up precisely when illegal immigration has actually diminished. Like most BJP-RSS ideas, it’s just an unimaginative Right-wing trope.
With non-leather products driving global footwear demand between 2020 and 2024, India’s global market share stood at 1.85% in 2024, says a NITI Aayog report.
ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
Good job…. But what will happen to Kapil Mishra?
He is our hero he took on the Muzzies
… And why not Anurag Thakur, and Sahib Singh Verma’s son, I forget his first name?