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Process is punishment, says MLA Waheed Para, as J&K names special prosecutor for six-year-old case

August 14, 2026 7:45 am

J&K's Home Department on Thursday issued a notification appointing Abdul Rashid Dar as special public prosecutor in an FIR registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

JNU certified Umar Khalid’s PhD thesis. Now, it won’t discuss it

August 13, 2026 2:33 pm

A university operating autonomously asks whether an idea is worth testing. One operating heteronomously asks whether it is worth the risk. JNU’s Dean, in cancelling the approved event, was not making a scholarly judgement. He was making a risk calculation

His words are free, my son is not

August 09, 2026 9:43 am

Umar’s book grew out of his doctoral research at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

'No prospect of early conclusion': In jail for 12 years, 2 UAPA accused get bail

July 30, 2026 2:54 am

Noting that only two witnesses have been examined in the case, the top court said, “The progress of the trial has been extremely slow, and there appears to be no prospect of the trial being concluded in the near future”.

Missing evidence, delayed UAPA sanction: Bengaluru court acquits 3 in 2012 Naxal case

July 14, 2026 2:26 pm

The court raised questions over investigation gaps in a major anti-Naxal case where the accused faced charges under the UAPA, Arms Act, and IPC.

‘Satluj’ row: Government panel raises UAPA spectre, ‘misuse’ by Pakistan

July 12, 2026 4:04 am

The film, directed by Honey Trehan, and starring Diljit Dosanjh is based on human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra and shows his death in police custody following his campaign to probe hundreds of disappearances during the militancy years in Punjab.

Can a UK-style judicial review mechanism make the UAPA fairer?

July 09, 2026 5:36 pm

The solution that India requires is not just proxy litigation for banned organisations before UAPA tribunals, but also to make the challenge meaningful

Supreme Court weighs larger bench on written arrest grounds

July 09, 2026 2:22 pm

The issue arose during the Supreme Court hearing of the Meghalaya Government's appeal against Sonam Raghuvanshi's bail.

Engineering graduate who fled Bengaluru in 2013 figures on MHA list of 23 designated terrorists

July 06, 2026 9:30 pm

Mohammed Shahid Faisal, alias Zakir Ustad, now 42, went missing as a 28-year-old, following the unearthing of an alleged LeT-linked terror plot.

‘Curious’ to ‘Jaish link’: Behind the arrest of Jaipur woman with a secret online life

July 03, 2026 12:54 pm

38-year-old Babita Dhakad, who was in touch with JeM operatives, developed an emotional connection with the ideology… having been disillusioned with society: investigators.

UAPA VIDEOS

2008 Malegaon blasts: Lt Col Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur charged with terror conspiracy murder

June 22, 2020 6:12 pm

A special NIA court charged all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case with terror conspiracy, murder and other related offences. This includes Lt Col Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.

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