National Security Act

Ration Fraud Detected In Madhya Pradesh's Indore

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 20, 2021

A case against thirty-one people has been registered in Indore in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly selling in the open market Rs 79 lakh worth of provisions meant for fair price shops, officials said on Tuesday.

National Security Act Against Accused In UP Crematorium Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 5, 2021

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has told officials to invoke the stringent National Security Act over the roof collapse in Ghaziabad that killed 24 people as the NHRC sought a report from the state government over the incident.

UP Loses Case In Top Court Seeking Tough Charges Against Dr Kafeel Khan

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday December 17, 2020

The Uttar Pradesh government today lost its case in the Supreme Court seeking tough charges against a doctor, Kafeel Khan, under the National Security Act (NSA) for a speech against the amended citizenship law.

UP Goes To Supreme Court Against High Court Order Freeing Kafeel Khan

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday December 12, 2020

The Uttar Pradesh government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the Allahabad High Court's order that freed a doctor charged under the tough National Security Act for an alleged speech against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

"Lack Of Fair Hearing": Court Frees UP Man Held Under Tough Security Law

India News | Written by Alok Pandey, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Thursday December 10, 2020

The Allahabad High Court has ordered the release of a man arrested for alleged rioting and arson and then detained under the stringent National Security Act in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district, citing a lack of "fair hearing" due to "complete inaction" on part of the authorities. This inaction had resulted in the violation of the constituti...

National Security Act Against Indore Dairy Owner For Adding Chemicals To Milk Items

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 2, 2020

A dairy plant owner was arrested in Indore city today under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) for allegedly using acetic acid to curdle milk to make products such as cottage cheese.

National Security Act Against 3 Arrested In Madhya Pradesh Liquor Deaths

India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday October 18, 2020

Madhya Pradesh has invoked the stringent NSA (National Security Act) against three bootleggers arrested after the sale and consumption of illicit liquor killed 12 people - most of whom were beggars or poor labourers - in Ujjain district earlier this week

UP Assures Fast Track Hearing To Victim's Family In Balrampur Rape Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 4, 2020

The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday said the case involving a 22-year-old Dalit woman who died in Balrampur district after allegedly being raped by two men will be heard in a fast track court, and if necessary, the stringent National Security Act (NSA) may be invoked thereafter.

Kafeel Khan Meets Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Thanks Congress For Support

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 21, 2020

Days after his release from jail following a court quashing his detention under the stringent National Security Act, Kafeel Khan on Monday met Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

Tortured, Denied Food, Water In Mathura Jail: Kafeel Khan To UN Human Rights Experts

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 21, 2020

In a letter to a group of UN human rights experts, paediatrician Kafeel Khan has alleged that he was "tortured" in the Mathura jail, where he was lodged after being charged under the National Security Act (NSA) for allegedly delivering provocative speeches in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) during the anti-CAA stir in December 2019.

563 Detained Under National Security Act In 2017 And 2018 Still In Custody: Centre

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 21, 2020

Nearly 1,200 people across the country were detained under the tringent National Security Act (NSA) by police in 2017 and 2018, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Monday. Of these, 563 are still in custody, the minister said in the Rajya Sabha.

Released From Jail, Kafeel Khan Wants Old Job Back In UP Medical Services

India News | Press Trust India | Thursday September 3, 2020

Days after a court dismissed his detention under the National Security Act, Dr Kafeel Khan on Thursday said he will ask the Uttar Pradesh chief minister to give him back his job in the state medical services.

"Stubborn Like A Child": Freed From Jail, Doctor's Dig At Yogi Adityanath

India News | Reported by Akshay Kumar Dongare, Edited by Debanish Achom | Thursday September 3, 2020

Kafeel Khan, the Uttar Pradesh doctor jailed under the tough National Security Act (NSA) for an alleged speech against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA, was freed from a jail in Mathura at midnight on Wednesday.

Hope UP Will Release Kafeel Khan "Without Any Malice": Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

India News | Press Trust India | Tuesday September 1, 2020

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday hailed the Allahabad High Court directive, quashing the detention of Dr Kafeel Khan under the National Security Act (NSA) and hoped the Uttar Pradesh government will immediately release him "without any malice".

UP Doctor Kafeel Khan's Detention Under Tough Law NSA "Illegal", Free Him: High Court

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Tuesday September 1, 2020

Kafeel Khan, the Uttar Pradesh doctor jailed under the tough National Security Act (NSA) for a speech against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA, must be freed immediately, a court said today, calling his detention illegal. The doctor's speech did not show any effort to promote hate or violence, the Allahabad High Court said.