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Akhil Gogoi, the MLA from Assam who was jailed since December 2019 under charges in two cases related to the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act violence in Assam in December 2019 has been freed after he was acquitted of the second case on Thursday. President of the Raijor Dal, Gogoi, was discharged in the first case on June 25. And on Thursday, he was acquitted of the charges by a special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). He had also spent last few months in the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital due to his weakened health. Shantanu Borthakur, his advocate informed that three others arrested with Gogoi were also released on bail with Gogoi. Dharjya Konwar, Manas Konwar and Bittu Sonowal, the members happen to belong to various wings of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti...

On Wednesday, a Delhi court granted bail to 7 accused in a murder case related to the Northeast Delhi violence in February 2020. The court has said that the accused cannot be incarcerated until the trial is concluded. And the trial will be delayed most likely, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 12 people were accused in the alleged murder case of Vinod Kumar, in the communal violence that took place on February 24, last year.buy cozaar generic buy cozaar generic Amitabh Rawat, the Additional sessions judge has granted relief to 7 accused. He says that the accused can only be incarcerated when the trial is concluded, which will be elongated due to the pandemic. He noted that most of them remained in judicial custody for more than an year. He said that after considering facts and circumsta...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said it had arrested two Lashkar-e-Taiba Militants from Hyderabad in connection with the Darbhanga railway station blast case of Bihar. The accused had set off a bomb on a running passenger train resulting in huge loss of lives and property. The arrested were identified as Imran Malik alias Imran Khan and Mohd Nasir Khan alias Nasir Malik, both brothers residing at Nampally, Hyderabad. Both of them are from Uttar Pradesh. Initially the case was booked by the Railway police of Bihar relating to a parcel bomb explosion on Platform No. 1 of Darbhanga railway station on June 17. Investigation revealed that the parcel was booked at Secunderabad and had arrived on Train No. 07007 Secunderabad- Darbhanga Express. "The accused have r...

It has emerged from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, that a Sikh woman (24) has retracted her allegations against two Muslim brothers who had been booked under the anti-conversion law based on her complaint. The woman had earlier alleged that she was forced by a man from her neighborhood to marry him and revert towards his religion, although she retracted the claims on Tuesday. According to a report in the Indian Express, while recording her statement before a magistrate, the woman denied all of the allegations. She also claimed that she had filed the complaint after coming under pressure from some Hindu organisations. The two muslim men were booked for rape and fraud. They were charged under the state's anti-conversion law on the basis of the complaint by her. The woman had ac...

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court after hearing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh issued a notice to Karnataka Government and others. In the SLP, Kavitha has challenged a judgement of the Karnataka High Court quashing charges under Karnataka Control of Organized Crimes Act (KCOCA) against one of the accused, Mohan Nayak, in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, the news agency ANI reported. Justice AM Khanwilkar headed a three-judge bench of the Apex Court. Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose were the other two judges. The bench issued a notice to the government of Karnataka, on hearing the deceased journalist Gauri Lankesh's sister's SLP. Gauri Lankesh, the renowned journalist was shot dead outside her house on September 05, 2017 in Bengaluru. Hufeza A...

A Muslim youth has been booked under the National Security Act by the UP Police in connection with the video of an elderly man, Abdul Samad, in which he claimed he was attacked and forced to chant Jai Shri Ram. The Police claimed that Idris had been arrested for allegedly spreading communal hatred after he appeared in an FB live with Abdul Samad after the brutal attack against Samad. The police had claimed there was no communal angle to the assault. According to Ghaziabad police officers, the procedural report to invoke the NSA against Idris has been given due approval by the Home Department. The police have invoked section 3 (power to detain persons) of the National Security Act, 1980 against the accused. Apart from Idris, the Uttar Pradesh police have filed a case against Twi...

At a time when a section of the Sikh community is up in arms alleging ‘abduction’ of women from its community in Kashmir capital Srinagar, a Muslim family from central Kashmir’s Pakharpora in a complaint to police has claimed that a non-local JCB driver from Sikh community has eloped their 20-year-old daughter. Some non-local Sikh leaders who arrived in Kashmir yesterday used the words like ‘forced conversion’, ‘abduction’ of Sikh women in Kashmir. Majinder Singh Sisa president Delhi Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee yesterday claimed that at least 3 women from the Sikh community have been forcibly ‘converted’ after their ‘abduction.’ He even questioned the conviction and rectitude of the Judiciary accusing a Judge of ‘bias’ and ‘favoritism’. He reminded Kashmiri Muslims of the help prov...

As per the legal news website, Live Law, the Central Government has invoked AFSPA and declared whole of the State of Nagaland as ‘disturbed area’ for a period of 6 months. The order comes in effect from today, i.e., June 30, 2021. A notification regarding the matter issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs states, "Whereas the Central Government is of the opinion that the area comprising the whole of the State of Nagaland is in such a disturbed and dangerous condition that the use of armed forces in aid of the civil power is necessary." Therefore, the notification says that in the exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (No. 28 of 1958), "the Central Government hereby declares that whole of the State of Nagaland to be disturbed area ...

On Tuesday, in the wake of Punjab elections 2022, the Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal has proclaimed a 'new dawn' for Punjab and signed off "see you in just a few hours," in his tweet where he said he was en route to Punjab, the second time in the month. Also, the Aam Aadmi Party's Twitter handle tweeted "Stage is set!! Arvind Kejriwalji will make a mega announcement today which will send 440-volt current to the Captain (Chief Minister Amarinder Singh) and Congress." The Delhi CM promised 200 units of free electricity to the people of Punjab if AAP comes to power in the state. "In Delhi, we provide 200 units of free electricity to every family. Women are very happy. Women in Punjab are unhappy with inflation. AAP will provide 200 units of free electricity for all in Punjab,"...