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Manipuri journalist and activist arrested under NSA for FB posts rejecting cow dung, urine as cure for COVID-19
•Journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem and activist Erendro Leichombam were granted bail on Monday for their social media posts, but the government subsequently invoked the NSA to re-arrest them
Ghaziabad crematorium roof collapse: Accused will be charged under NSA, says Yogi Adityanath
•The Uttar Pradesh chief minister also announced a financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh for the families of the deceased
Centre tells Parliament nearly 1,200 detained under stringent NSA by police in 2017, 2018; 563 still in custody
•According to the 2018 NCRB report, Madhya Pradesh detained the highest number of people under the NSA in 2017 and 2018 among all states followed by UP
Police action against freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma 'high-handed', says Press Club of India
•Condemning Sharma's arrest, the Press Club of India also said that the police should provide pertinent details "so that a defence may be possible to construct"
Delhi Police arrests Chinese, Nepalese nationals for 'paying' journalist Rajeev Sharma for 'sensitive information'
•Sharma, a resident of Pitampura, was arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police on Friday under the National Security Act
Delhi riots: Chargesheet ignores hate speech by Kapil Mishra and others, makes mockery of justice
Suhit K Sen •Commentators, neutral observers, journalists and academics were struck from the very outset by the fact that the anti-CAA protests were ‘non-political’ in the sense that they were not organised or led by political parties
'I'm a doctor, would like to remain so': Kafeel Khan rubbishes rumours of joining politics
•The doctor was recently released after the Allahabad HC quashed his detention under the National Security Act by the UP government
China vows to retaliate after Donald Trump strips Hong Kong of its preferential trade status
•When the US imposed sanctions on four Chinese officials over China’s crackdown on Uighurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang, Beijing reciprocated by announcing travel bans and sanctions on prominent Republican members of Congress
Govt clarification on LAC vital, shows accountability critical to democracy, reinforces need for transparency
Bhopinder Singh •As the din lowers on the Galwan incident per se, the government must willingly welcome and brace itself for more 'questioning' on the overall India-China relationship, and the restiveness in the neighbourhood, including that with traditional allies like Nepal
UP Police arrests 12 under NSA for thrashing Dalits in Azamgarh's Sikandarpur Aima village; local SHO suspended
•Twelve people were arrested after they thrashed youths in a Dalit locality in Azamgarh and charged under the stringent NSA, a senior officer said on Saturday