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National Security Act

Government and Policy

Preventive detention power granted to Commissioner of Police under NSA is routine, renewed every quarter, not linked to CJP protests: Clarifies Delhi Police

OpIndia Staff - 23 July, 2026

The Delhi Police on Thursday issued an official clarification dismissing reports that the Commissioner of Police had been specially granted powers of preventive detention...

As CJP protest turns violent, Modi govt grants detention powers under NSA to Delhi Police chief

OpIndia Staff - 23 July, 2026

National Security Act (NSA) permits the detention of individuals for 12 days to 12 months without official charges.

Crime

Allahabad HC upholds detention of Sameer under NSA for slaughtering cow during Hindu festival of Holi: Read what the court said in its order

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2026

"History is replete with instances of profusion of emotions and violence that an incident of this kind entails," the bench mentioned.

Law

Allahabad High Court upholds the detention of Sikandar, Saiyyaj Ali and Hasnen under NSA for slaughtering a cow during Navratri, says the incident caused...

OpIndia Staff - 27 February, 2026

Pointing out the timing of the incident, when two major religious festivals of the Hindu and the Muslim community coincided, the High Court said that the act hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus.

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Tauqeer Raza, infamous for inflammatory speeches and terrorising Hindus in Bareilly, finally faces the heat of law after 43 years

Rukma Rathore - 10 October, 2025

Tauqeer Raza is going to be subjected to the National Security Act by the Uttar Pradesh government.

News Reports

Indore: NSA invoked against absconding Congress councilor Anwar Qadri who gave lakhs to Muslim men to trap Hindu girls

OpIndia Staff - 5 July, 2025

Anwar Qadri had promised Muslim men lakhs of rupees if they trapped Hindu girls and converted them.

News Reports

Punjab’s AAP govt revokes NSA against 7 associates of Amritpal Singh, to be shifted to Punjab from Assam jail

OpIndia Staff - 16 March, 2025

The AAP government in Punjab has decided to shift Khalistani terrorist Amritpal Singh and his associates back from Assam to Punjab

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Hindus unite after Aamir mixes urine with juice, organise Panchayat to boycott those involved in ‘pee and spit jihad’

OpIndia Staff - 23 September, 2024

The Panchayat handed over a memorandum, addressed to UP Chief Minister, to the local MLA and ACP. It also called for the arrest of the culprits and the passage of legislation aimed at population control.

News Reports

Pro-Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh, lodged in jail for radical Khalistani activities under stringent NSA, gets 4 days parole to take oath as MP

OpIndia Staff - 4 July, 2024

Amritpal Singh had contested the Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate from the jail in Assam and won the Khadoor Sahib parliamentary seat in Punjab.

News Reports