5 Activists Arrested

Influencer Andrew Tate was detained Thursday by Romanian authorities on suspicion of human trafficking. Just the day before, he was ridiculed online after a Twitter feud with climate change activist Greta Thunberg.

Twenty-two-year-old activist Disha Ravi -- who spent five days in police custody and two days in jail in the Toolkit case -- did not get bail today. The order was reserved shortly after an hour-long argument between the judge and the Delhi Police, in the middle of which, judge Dharmendra Rana said he "Can't move ahead unless I satisfy my conscience...

A 22-year-old climate activist from Bengaluru, Disha Ravi, was the first person to be arrested by the Delhi Police in the case involving "Toolkit" tweeted earlier this month by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg to show support for protesting farmers. The police -- which earlier said "Toolkit" was a Khalistani conspiracy -- have accused her of be...

Five persons were arrested on Sunday in connection with the murder of RTI activist Abhimanyu Panda in Odisha's Kandhamal district, a senior police officer said on Sunday.

The chargesheet filed against an assortment of lawyers, activists, poets and professors arrested in June and charged with Maoist links has thrown up multiple weak links, NDTV has found.

The Supreme Court today extended the house arrest of five rights activists, who were arrested from several cities in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case, till tomorrow.

The Supreme Court has extended the house arrest for five rights activists, accused of Maoist links, till September 17 when it will hear a petition seeking their release.

A lawyer Friday lodged a complaint against noted playwright and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad for holding a placard 'Me Too Urban Naxal' during an event organised to mark the first death anniversary of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh on September 5 in the city.

Five of the 10 activists, who were taken into custody over suspected Maoist links, have been put under house arrest until the Supreme Court's next hearing on September 6. The arrests followed simultaneous multi-city raids that began early in on Tuesday in Mumbai, Thane, Hyderabad, Ranchi, Delhi and Faridabad.

Home Ministry officials today justified the arrest of activists by the Pune police, saying action was taken against them for "abetting and giving logistical support to Naxals". The arrests and multi-city raids had drawn widespread condemnation and a petition to put it on hold. A petition to put the arrests on hold was heard by the Supreme Court, wh...

After the arrest of five rights activists on Tuesday, which has been challenged in the Supreme Court, Pune police sources claim that their investigations pointed at Maoist activities and a "big conspiracy" that involved recruiting university students.

Five activists arrested in a dramatic swoop by the Pune police yesterday and charged under an anti-terror law will be under house arrest until the Supreme Court's next hearing on September 6, three judges decided today. The court asked the Centre and Maharashtra to respond to a petition challenging the arrests. While delivering the judgment, Justic...

Author and historian Ramachandra Guha on Tuesday lashed out at the government over the countrywide raids and arrest of activists, calling it a "brutal, authoritarian, oppressive, arbitrary. illegal act" by the Pune police. Speaking to NDTV after the arrest of five well-known activists and intellectuals, Mr Guha blamed it on the "corporate cronies o...

Renowned author-activist Arundhati Roy condemned the raids today on activists and intellectuals in multiple cities as "absolutely perilous" and likened it to the declaration of an Emergency.

Maoist ideologue and revolutionary writer P Varavara Rao was arrested from his home in Hyderabad today for his alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The arrest came after a raid at his home and the houses of his family members and friends, including a journalist, by the Pune Police.

Influencer Andrew Tate was detained Thursday by Romanian authorities on suspicion of human trafficking. Just the day before, he was ridiculed online after a Twitter feud with climate change activist Greta Thunberg.

Twenty-two-year-old activist Disha Ravi -- who spent five days in police custody and two days in jail in the Toolkit case -- did not get bail today. The order was reserved shortly after an hour-long argument between the judge and the Delhi Police, in the middle of which, judge Dharmendra Rana said he "Can't move ahead unless I satisfy my conscience...

A 22-year-old climate activist from Bengaluru, Disha Ravi, was the first person to be arrested by the Delhi Police in the case involving "Toolkit" tweeted earlier this month by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg to show support for protesting farmers. The police -- which earlier said "Toolkit" was a Khalistani conspiracy -- have accused her of be...

Five persons were arrested on Sunday in connection with the murder of RTI activist Abhimanyu Panda in Odisha's Kandhamal district, a senior police officer said on Sunday.

The chargesheet filed against an assortment of lawyers, activists, poets and professors arrested in June and charged with Maoist links has thrown up multiple weak links, NDTV has found.

The Supreme Court today extended the house arrest of five rights activists, who were arrested from several cities in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case, till tomorrow.

The Supreme Court has extended the house arrest for five rights activists, accused of Maoist links, till September 17 when it will hear a petition seeking their release.

A lawyer Friday lodged a complaint against noted playwright and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad for holding a placard 'Me Too Urban Naxal' during an event organised to mark the first death anniversary of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh on September 5 in the city.

Five of the 10 activists, who were taken into custody over suspected Maoist links, have been put under house arrest until the Supreme Court's next hearing on September 6. The arrests followed simultaneous multi-city raids that began early in on Tuesday in Mumbai, Thane, Hyderabad, Ranchi, Delhi and Faridabad.

Home Ministry officials today justified the arrest of activists by the Pune police, saying action was taken against them for "abetting and giving logistical support to Naxals". The arrests and multi-city raids had drawn widespread condemnation and a petition to put it on hold. A petition to put the arrests on hold was heard by the Supreme Court, wh...

After the arrest of five rights activists on Tuesday, which has been challenged in the Supreme Court, Pune police sources claim that their investigations pointed at Maoist activities and a "big conspiracy" that involved recruiting university students.

Five activists arrested in a dramatic swoop by the Pune police yesterday and charged under an anti-terror law will be under house arrest until the Supreme Court's next hearing on September 6, three judges decided today. The court asked the Centre and Maharashtra to respond to a petition challenging the arrests. While delivering the judgment, Justic...

Author and historian Ramachandra Guha on Tuesday lashed out at the government over the countrywide raids and arrest of activists, calling it a "brutal, authoritarian, oppressive, arbitrary. illegal act" by the Pune police. Speaking to NDTV after the arrest of five well-known activists and intellectuals, Mr Guha blamed it on the "corporate cronies o...

Renowned author-activist Arundhati Roy condemned the raids today on activists and intellectuals in multiple cities as "absolutely perilous" and likened it to the declaration of an Emergency.

Maoist ideologue and revolutionary writer P Varavara Rao was arrested from his home in Hyderabad today for his alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The arrest came after a raid at his home and the houses of his family members and friends, including a journalist, by the Pune Police.