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Former Jammu and Kashmir Bar body general secretary held under PSA charges
The former Jammu and Kashmir Bar body general secretary’s family and colleagues said he was arrested on Tuesday night from his house in Srinagar and has been booked under Public Safety Act
Updated on Jul 19, 2024 09:30 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
Maharashtra's draft Public Safety Act gets state cabinet nod
The draft bill was prepared after studying similar laws in states like Chhattisgarh and Telangana, said officials
Updated on Jul 06, 2024 02:09 AM IST
Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Five booked under PSA
Police said that all five persons were involved in anti-national activities and their formal detention orders were issued by competent authority
Updated on Apr 24, 2024 06:58 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
5 booked under Public Safety Act in Baramulla
The five accused have been identified as Asif Ali Bhat, Mohammad Yaqoob Bhat, Waseem Mehraj Farash, Bashir Ahmad Sualiah and Bilal Ahmad Dar alias Shakir, he said
Published on Apr 01, 2024 10:43 PM IST
Press Trust of India, Srinagar
2 overground workers booked under PSA in Baramulla
Police said the arrested persons who acted as overground workers of militant groups had many cases registered against them and identified them as Fayaz Ahmad Kumar and Safeer Ahmad Bhat.
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 08:12 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
Two wanted drug peddlers held in Doda
Surinder Kumar of Chakrabhati and Mohd Sohail alias “Ganja” of Bhaderwah have been booked under the PSA for their alleged involvement in illicit drug trafficking and lodged in Bhaderwah district jail, a police spokesperson said
Updated on Jan 08, 2024 06:16 AM IST
Press Trust of India, Jammu
HC quashes PSA detention of Kashmir scribe
The police had arrested and booked Sajad Ahmad Dar alias Sajad Gul from Hajin in Bandipora after orders of district magistrate in January 2022
Updated on Nov 19, 2023 07:10 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
Three overground terror operatives detained in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar
Police said the operation to detain the three was executed meticulously after obtaining PSA orders from the competent authority
Published on Sep 19, 2023 03:28 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Jammu
High court quashes detention of two clerics in Kashmir
The Bharatiya Janata Party welcomed the quashing of detention orders, while Apni Party’s Altaf Bukhari urged the administration to release Hurriyat chairperson Mirwaiz Kashmir, Molvi Umar Farooq, who is under house detention
Published on Sep 09, 2023 10:59 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
Kashmir: Former militant booked under Public Safety Act
The former militant, who is also member of the APHC, has been identified by the police as Ameer Hamza of Quilmuqam village
Updated on Jul 14, 2023 11:38 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
Srinagar: BJP leader among two arrested for extortion
Senior BJP leader Mudasir Wani and another person have been arrested by police for demanding money to release a person from detention. Wani is the vice-president of the Baramulla BJP unit.
Updated on Jul 04, 2023 10:33 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
J&K: 3 drug smugglers among six booked under PSA in Baramulla
Police on Tuesday booked six persons including three notorious drug smugglers under Public Safety Act for anti-national activities in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district
Updated on Jun 14, 2023 12:10 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
Public Safety Act slapped on hardcore criminal, jailed
Notorious criminal Mohammad Ashraf Khan was detained under the Public Safety Act and sent to jail in Rajouri district. He had nine criminal cases against him.
Updated on Jun 01, 2023 10:42 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Jammu
J&K: 4 booked under PSA for anti-national activities in Baramulla
A police spokesperson said many cases were registered against the four as they were allegedly involved in anti-national activities
Updated on May 27, 2023 12:30 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
Assam prison turns into a fortress for Amritpal Singh’s 9 aides
The nine men at the Assam prison are accomplices, associates, and aides of pro-Khalistan separatist Amritpal Singh.
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 05:36 AM IST
National Safety Day today; ministers tweet. Know about history, significance
'National Safety Day' is observed annually on March 4 to commemorate the establishment of National Safety Council and raising public awareness about following safety norms in all aspects of lives.
Updated on Mar 04, 2023 11:32 AM IST
Nisha Anand | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
Release Omar Abdullah soon, or will hear his sister’s plea: Supreme Court to Centre
The NC leader has been in detention under the Public Safety Act since August 5 last year, when the Centre revoked the Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and divided the state into two union territories.
Updated on Mar 18, 2020 12:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Will work with all for Jammu and Kashmir statehood, says PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Modi made the statement at a meeting with a 24-member delegation of the newly formed Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party, led by its leader Altaf Bukhari, a day after setting free former chief minister Farooq Abdullah from detention under the tough Public Safety Act (PSA).
Updated on Mar 15, 2020 06:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi/Srinagar | HT Correspondents
Farooq may respond if govt reaches out, says Ex-RAW chief AS Dulat
The government sent Dulat on a top secret mission to Srinagar, to meet the former CM and suss out his mood after the nullification of Article 370 in August last year.
Updated on Mar 15, 2020 01:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
‘No cause for celebrations’: Local residents indifferent to Farooq’s release
The Jammu and Kashmir administration’s order to revoke the Public Safety Act, under which he was held, came as a surprise to many.
Updated on Mar 14, 2020 04:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Ashiq Hussain
‘He disturbed peace’ : J-K govt defends PSA against Omar Abdullah
Terming Abdullah as “a very vocal critic” of abrogating Article 370, the J&K administration claimed that his acts squarely fell within the realm of public order as it was “calculated to disturb public peace and tranquility”.
Updated on Mar 02, 2020 08:12 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
Mehbooba Mufti’s former political adviser slapped with PSA
Former political advisor and close aide of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, Peer Mansoor, was booked under the stringent Pubic Safety Act by the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday. Mansoor is the fourth senior party leader including the former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to be booked under the PSA in the last couple of weeks.
Updated on Feb 20, 2020 06:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | HT Correspondent
New Supreme Court bench to hear Sara Abdullah’s plea against brother Omar’s detention today
As he completed six months in custody, the government ordered Omar Abdullah’s continued detention under the PSA that empowers authorities to hold any person for two more years.
Updated on Feb 14, 2020 09:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
5 grounds raised by Omar Abdullah’s sister challenging his detention under PSA
Omar Abdullah was the first to be put under house arrest on August 4 last year after abrogation of Article 370.
Updated on Feb 12, 2020 08:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Murali Krishnan
‘Ridiculous material’: Omar Abdullah’s sister challenges his detention in SC
Omar Abdullah has been under detention sinch August 5, 2019, when Centre abrogated Article 370.
Updated on Feb 10, 2020 07:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Former J-K CMs Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah booked under Public Safety Act
The PSA allows for detention without trial for up to two years if a person is deemed acting “in any manner prejudicial to the security of the state”. .
Updated on Sep 09, 2020 10:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent & Agencies
NC chief Farooq Abdullah’s detention extended by three months
The Public Safety Act is applicable only in J&K. Elsewhere in the country, the equivalent law is the National Security Act (NSA).
Updated on Dec 15, 2019 02:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | HT Correspondent
Farooq Abdullah detained under Public Safety Act: All you need to know about the law
National Conference leader and former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah’s Gupkar residence in Srinagar has been declared as a subsidiary jail, a government official said.
Published on Sep 17, 2019 09:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Ex-J&K chief minister Farooq Abdullah detained under public safety law
Jammu and Kashmir’s public safety law was first brought into force when Farooq Abdullah’s father Sheikh Abdullah was the chief minister. In its initial form, the law empowered authorities to jail a person for two years.
Updated on Sep 16, 2019 01:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent