The National Investigation Agency has arrested four more men linked to the November 10 blast near Delhi’s Red Fort metro station, taking the total arrests to six. The four persons have been identified as Muzammil Shakeel Ganai from Pulwama, Adeel Ahmed Rather from Anantnag, Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay from Shopian and Shaheen Saeed from Lucknow.

They were taken into custody in Srinagar on production orders from a Patiala House Court judge.

The central agency claimed all four played a “key role” in the attack on NOvember 10, which killed 13 persons. Two days after the blast, the Union government termed it a “terrorist incident”. Read on.

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The Supreme Court has ruled that courts cannot impose timelines on the president or governors for granting assent to bills. The court held that declaring “deemed assent” for bills pending beyond prescribed periods contradicted the Constitution and violated the separation of powers.

It said such a decision would amount to the judiciary assuming the governor’s role. However, the court noted that it may order a governor to decide within a specific period if delays “frustrate the legislative process”.

The court was answering a reference made in May by President Droupadi Murmu regarding the Supreme Court’s April 8 judgement that had set such timelines. That earlier verdict held that governors must decide on bills within a reasonable time under Article 200, and that the president must act within three months under Article 201, with any delay explained to the state government.

Murmu had sought the court’s opinion on whether the actions of governors and the president could be subject to judicial scrutiny. A bench led by Chief Justice BR Gavai heard the matter and reserved its judgement in September. Read on.

The administration in Assam’s Sonitpur district has ordered five declared foreigners to leave the state within 24 hours under the 1950 Immigrants Expulsion from Assam Act. The residents of Dhobokata village – Hanufa, Mariyam Nessa, Fatema, Monowara and Amjad Ali – had been declared as foreigners by the Sonitpur foreigners tribunal on October 24.

District Commissioner Ananda Kumar Das said their presence was “detrimental” to public interest and internal security.

The notices directed the authorities to delete the names of the five persons from the electoral rolls, cancel their ration cards, freeze or cancel their Aadhaar cards and remove them from all government schemes.

Das has directed them to leave the state through the Dhubri, Sribhumi or South Salmara-Mankachar routes, and warned that non-compliance would lead to forcible removal under the 1950 Act. Read on.

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Jammu and Kashmir’s State Investigation Agency on Thursday raided the Jammu office of the newspaper Kashmir Times, alleging that the organisation was engaged in activities “inimical to the state”. Editors Prabodh Jamwal and Anuradha Bhasin rejected the accusations as “baseless” and said the “coordinated crackdown” was another attempt to silence the news outlet.

The raids followed a first information report accusing the newspaper of anti-national activity and attempts to spread disaffection against the country. In a statement, the editors said that criticising the government was not the same as being inimical to the state and argued that a questioning press was vital to democracy.

The added the allegations were meant to “intimidate, to delegitimise, and ultimately to silence” the organisation.

“Journalism is not a crime,” they further said. “Accountability is not treason.” Read on.

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