Month: March 2022

The Tribunal under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in its order confirmed the notification dated 15 November 2021 issued by the Union of India under sub-Sections (1) and (3) of Section 3 of the Act declaring Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) as an “unlawful association”. The Tribunal in its order stated that it is in full agreement with the argument made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing on behalf of the Central Government and the evidence brought on record has also proved that the respondent Association is indulging in unlawful activities. The Tribunal order states “the convincing and persuasive evidence placed on record, this Tribunal is of the view that there are sufficient reasons and causes for declaring the Islamic Research Foundation as a...

The Central Government has announced Thursday that the areas under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Nagaland, Assam and Manipur will be reduced after decades of disturbance. Amit Shah, the Indian Home Minister took to twitter to announce, "In a significant step, GoI under the decisive leadership of PM Shri @NarendraModi Ji has decided to reduce disturbed areas under Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the states of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur after decades." https://twitter.com/AmitShah/status/1509453131515822088 AFSPA empowers Government forces to conduct operations anywhere and arrest anyone without any prior warrant and fire at anyone, even to the causing of injury or death to that person on the basis of suspicion. It also gives a certain impunity to the se...

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri's latest release 'The Kashmir Files' has received censor clearance in the UAE and Singapore. The filmmaker Agnihotri took to his social media while sharing the news about the film getting censor clearance in the UAE and Singapore without any cuts. He wrote: "Big Victory: Finally, got the censor clearance from UAE. Rated 15+ passed without any cuts. Releasing on 7th April (Thursday). Now, Singapore. (Thanks Sanu for this portrait)." Produced by Zee Studios and Tej Narayan Agarwal, Abhishek Agarwal, Pallavi Joshi and Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, 'The Kashmir Files', written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri released in theatres on March 11.

Kafeel Khan, a pediatrician who was among the accused in the 2017 BRD hospital case, has been booked for allegedly using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty after he “forcibly entered” an ambulance to examine a woman patient despite “objections raised by the driver”. Khan, who is contesting the MLC election from the Deoria-Kushinagar seat on a Samajwadi Party (SP) ticket, has, however, alleged that the case is politically motivated. The incident took place on March 26, but a case was registered later on a complaint lodged by ambulance driver Prakash Patel, working with the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Bhaluhani. Deoria Circle Officer, Shriyash Tripathi, said that the case against Khan has been registered under IPC sections 332 (voluntarily causing ...