June 15, 2024
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena today sanctioned the prosecution of novelist Arundhati Roy, for allegedly provocative statements made at a 2010 event propagating Kashmiri separatism, under Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, according to Raj Niwas officials. The L-G had already authorised prosecution under several sections of the Indian Penal Code last year. The L-G also sanctioned the prosecution under UAPA of Sheikh Showkat Hussain, former Professor of International Law at the Central University of Kashmir, for his alleged statements at the same event, a conference organised in New Delhi’s LTG auditorium in 2010 under the banner of ‘Azadi – The Only Way’.
The Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations have committed to promoting concrete infrastructure initiatives such as the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) in the G7 Summit Communique issued at the....
