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LS passes UAPA Bill, Shah bats for tough laws against terrorism
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 24 (ANI): The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill that empowers the government to designate individuals as terrorists was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after a heated debate with Home Minister Amit Shah asserting that tough laws were required to end
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Asaduddin Owaisi blames Congress for making laws like UAPA
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24: Telangana MP and AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday slammed Congress for making laws like Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA] while in power and said: "Let a Congress leader be arrested in this law, only then they will know."
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Oppn decides to demand 7 bills be sent to Joint Select Committee
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): The Opposition has decided to demand in the Rajya Sabha that seven out of 16 bills, including the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, Triple Talaq Bill and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Bill, be sent to Joint Select Committee.
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Centre bans Pak backed 'Sikhs for Justice' for its secessionist activities
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday declared "Sikhs for Justice (SFJ)" as an unlawful association under provision 3(1) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967, sources in Ministry of Home Affairs said.
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Mumbai: NIA court rejects Pragya Thakur's request for permanent exemption
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 20 (ANI): A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court, on Thursday, rejected the plea of BJP MP Pragya Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case for permanent exemption from attending the court once in a week.
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India declares Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh terrorist organisation
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): The Centre on Friday declared Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and its manifestations in India as terrorist outfits under section 35 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
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Pragya Thakur is answer to Hindu terror allegations: Yogi Adityanath
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 3 (ANI): Unfazed by criticism over fielding a terror accused in elections, Utrtar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the Malegaon blast case, is the "answer" to the Opposition's Hindu terror allegations.
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Secularism is intact in India because of Hindus: Yogi Adityanath
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 3 (ANI): Asserting that Hindu terrorism is not even a word, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that secularism is intact in India because of Hindus.
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Banned Jamaat-e-Islami(J-K) key group responsible for separatist ideology
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): Jamaat-e-Islami (Jammu and Kashmir), which has been banned by the Central government, is the main organisation responsible for the propagation of separatist and radical ideology in Kashmir valley, informed government sources on Friday.
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Bombay HC free to decide question of sanctions for terror charges to prose
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday said that the Bombay High Court is free to decide on the question of sanctions for terror charges under the stringent UAPA to prosecute Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit, one of the accused in 2008 Malegaon blast case.
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2016 Maoist attack: Varavara Rao, Surendra Gadling sent back to Yerawada J
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 11 (ANI): A local court here on Monday sent back activists Varavara Rao and Surendra Gadling to Yerawada Jail after their 11-day police custody in connection with a 2016 Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) case related to the Maoist attack at Surja
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Bombay HC slams Lt Col Purohit’s plea challenging trial under UAPA
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 11 (ANI): Bombay High Court on Monday slammed Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit's plea challenging the validity of prosecution sanction for his trial under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
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