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Jailed activist Umar Khalid has won the 2026 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, six years into his UAPA detention over the 2020 Delhi riots case. His third bail plea was denied on September 30, 2026.
Read Full ArticleAhmedabad Customs seized 973.23 grams of hydroponic marijuana hidden in "Dehydrated Guava" packets from a Surat passenger arriving from Bangkok. He was arrested under the NDPS Act, 1985, amid a continuing pattern of similar seizures at the airport.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has added fugitive gangster Satinderjeet Singh, widely known by the alias Goldy Brar, to its list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, and is offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to his arrest.
Former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede tells LawStreet Journal that he has received no summons or official communication from the CBI over claims identifying him as a potential witness in the Disha Salian case.
India's MHA declares the Shahzad Bhatti Network a terrorist organisation under UAPA, following an August crackdown that saw over 200 arrests across 14 states.
Delhi Police detained 8–10 Tibetan nationals near Pragati Maidan on September 11, 2026, ahead of Xi Jinping's arrival for the BRICS Summit, amid a citywide security clampdown and warnings of China a...
Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court ordered framing of PMLA charges against Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav and six others in the IRCTC hotel money laundering case, while discharging seven accu...
Delhi Airport operator DIAL has filed an FIR against 63 social media handles for allegedly circulating fake and misleading videos of flooding at IGI Airport, including an old Dubai Airport clip falsel...
The NIA has named Umer Un Nabi, the driver killed in the November 2025 Red Fort car blast, as the mastermind who revived a dormant AGuH terror module since 2022, in a chargesheet detailing recruitment...
Delhi Police arrested bus driver Kuldeep and conductor Sandeep on August 31 after a 16-year-old Class 11 student from UP was allegedly gang-raped inside a moving sleeper bus near Kashmere Gate on the ...
Indian agencies deported three Bambiha gang operatives, Jaspreet Singh, Ajay Singh, and Pawandeep Singh from Malaysia on August 24, 2026. Accused of extortion, cross-border arms and narco-trafficking,...
Mumbai Indians appointed Zubin Bharucha as Director of Performance on August 21, 2026, triggering controversy after his name resurfaced as a signatory to a 2012 civil society petition seeking commutat...
Third FIR against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee after a woman alleged treatment at a Sebaashray health camp led to the amputation of her leg.
The NIA filed a supplementary chargesheet on July 6, 2026 naming LeT chief Hafiz Saeed as a key accused in the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, revealing cross-border drone weapons drops ...
The NIA has filed a supplementary chargesheet in the Special Court in Jammu, naming LeT founder Hafiz Saeed as the principal conspirator in the 2025 Pahalgam attack. The agency has invoked charges of ...
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