PFI’s official Twitter account taken down after Centre bans the radical outfit for five years
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI’s official Twitter account taken down after Centre bans the radical outfit for five years

Firstpost  

The Centre ordered the blocking of social media accounts and websites of the Popular Front of India and its eight affiliates in order to prevent the radical outfit from propagating their unlawful activities New Delhi: A day after the Centre ordered the blocking of all the social media traces of the Popular Front of India, the banned outfit’s Twitter account was taken down on Thursday to prevent it from propagating its unlawful activities. pic.twitter.com/yTwz2mqv0Y — ANI September 29, 2022 The government banned the Popular Front of India and its eight affiliates for five years under a stringent anti-terror law, accusing them of having “links” with global terror groups like ISIS, PTI reported. In a notification issued late Tuesday night, the Union Home Ministry said the central government is of the opinion that the PFI and its affiliates have been involved in subversive activities, thereby disturbing public order and undermining the constitutional setup of the country, and encouraging and enforcing a terror-based regressive regime. Besides PFI, the organisations which were also declared banned under the Unlawful Activities Act include Rehab India Foundation, Campus Front of India, All India Imams Council, National Confederation of Human Rights Organisation, National Women’s Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation, Kerala.

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Kerala High Court rules that the banned PFI can't claim defamation
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Kerala High Court rules that the banned PFI can't claim defamation

Op India  

On 26th November, the Kerala High Court quashed criminal defamation proceedings against the media house Bharat Prakashan Limited, which was accused of defaming the banned terrorist outfit Popular Front of India. The court observed: “When ‘the Popular Front of India’ itself is banned in India by the Central Government, such a banned association will not come within the purview of …

No Criminal Proceedings Can Lie For 'Defamation' Of Banned Organisation Like PFI, Kerala High Court Grants Relief To Media House
3 weeks, 2 days ago

No Criminal Proceedings Can Lie For 'Defamation' Of Banned Organisation Like PFI, Kerala High Court Grants Relief To Media House

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court quashed criminal defamation proceedings initiated against a media house for allegedly publishing a defamatory article about the 'Popular Front of India'. Justice P.V.Kunhikrishnan observed that PFI is a banned association in India; therefore, defamation cannot be alleged against a banned organization, since it has no legal entity. The Court observed that the central government has declared …

Exposed: How outlawed Popular Front of India is bypassing the ban in Karnataka
1 year, 8 months ago

Exposed: How outlawed Popular Front of India is bypassing the ban in Karnataka

India Today  

Despite being outlawed in September last year, the Popular Front of India seems to have found ways to circumvent the ban and continue its operations in Karnataka, an India Today investigation has found. REGROUPING PHYSICALLY, ONLINE Chand Pasha, the PFI's Chikkamagaluru district president for three years before the measure came into force, told India Today's investigative reporter that he is …

NIA files fresh chargesheet against 19 members of PFI
1 year, 9 months ago

NIA files fresh chargesheet against 19 members of PFI

India Today  

The National Investigation Agency filed chargesheet against 19 people, including 12 National Executive Council members of the banned outfit Popular Front of India for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to wage a war for establishing an Islamic Caliphate in the country. READ | NIA raids PFI in Rajasthan on charges of provoking, radicalising youngsters Some other key position holders …

PFI plotted to establish Islamic rule in India by 2047, reveals NIA chargesheet
1 year, 9 months ago

PFI plotted to establish Islamic rule in India by 2047, reveals NIA chargesheet

India Today  

The National Investigation Agency on Thursday filed a supplementary chargesheet against five members of the Popular Front of India in the special court, Hyderabad, in the Nizamabad terror case for allegedly organising terror training camps besides recruiting people for terrorist acts. "The accused persons charged yesterday are trained PFI cadre who were found involved in provoking and radicalising impressionable Muslim …

NIA arrests another accused from Rajasthan in PFI case
1 year, 10 months ago

NIA arrests another accused from Rajasthan in PFI case

Hindustan Times  

The National Investigation Agency has arrested an accused from Jaipur in Rajasthan in its crackdown against Popular Front of India cadres allegedly involved in anti-Inida conspiracies, the agency said on Saturday. On 12 January, the NIA carried out raids at nine different locations all across the state in relation to the alleged conspiracy cases The suspect identified as one Mohammad …

PFI Wanted to Turn India into Islamic State by 2047: Maha ATS
1 year, 10 months ago

PFI Wanted to Turn India into Islamic State by 2047: Maha ATS

News 18  

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has claimed the Popular Front of India, banned by the Centre last year, aimed to establish the “rule of Islam” in India by 2047, and also had plans to obtain weapons and ammunition with the help of foreign countries or other organisations to achieve their targets. The ATS stated this in its chargesheet filed in a local …

NIA raids 56 places in Kerala linked to PFI leaders, members
1 year, 11 months ago

NIA raids 56 places in Kerala linked to PFI leaders, members

India Today  

Officials from the National Investigation Agency are conducting raids at as many as 56 locations across Kerala in connection with a case related to funding for the now-banned Popular Front of India. After being banned by the union home ministry, PFI was allegedly in touch with another international terrorist organization through which it was trying to raise funds. According to …

Islamist PFI Expected The Ban, So It Planned An Alternate Strategy
2 years, 1 month ago

Islamist PFI Expected The Ban, So It Planned An Alternate Strategy

News 18  

The Popular Front of India has been banned for five years and its key masterminds arrested. On the Indian side also, PFI has cultivated bases in Madrasas and built educational institutions; however, they do not overtly indulge in anti-India activities to not provoke the intelligence and security establishment. The readers may recall that before the Nupur Sharma agitation, many Muslim …

PFI Arrests: 9 Men Approach Delhi High Court Against 'Illegal Custody', Seek Compensation
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI Arrests: 9 Men Approach Delhi High Court Against 'Illegal Custody', Seek Compensation

Live Law  

A total of nine men, who were recently arrested in connection with the ban on Popular Front of India, have moved the Delhi High Court seeking their release and compensation, alleging that they were unlawfully detained by the police.During the course of hearing today before a division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Amit Sharma, the Delhi Police raised …

Post PFI Ban, Modi Government Must Keep Vigil as Islamists Plan Big Before 2024 - News18
2 years, 2 months ago

Post PFI Ban, Modi Government Must Keep Vigil as Islamists Plan Big Before 2024 - News18

News 18  

It appears that the Islamist organisations, Islamic politico-social groups, a large number of their religious leaders, and the ordinary Muslim population perceive that if the BJP comes back to power in 2024, there will be a complete dismantling of the appeasement policy pursued for the last seven decades. Most of these fears may be unfounded, resulting from the sense of …

Delhi: Two more PFI members arrested from Khajuri Khas, fresh case lodged under UAPA
2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi: Two more PFI members arrested from Khajuri Khas, fresh case lodged under UAPA

India TV News  

Highlights Delhi Police arrested 2 active members of PFI from Khajuri Khas area in the national capital today The accused were identified as Israr Ali and Mohammed Samoon An FIR against them was filed under sections 153-A of IPC PFI ban update : In a latest action against the banned Popular Front of India, the Delhi Police have arrested two …

Four PFI Members Arrested Under UAPA by Delhi Police
2 years, 2 months ago

Four PFI Members Arrested Under UAPA by Delhi Police

News 18  

Four persons allegedly linked to the banned Popular Front of India were arrested by Delhi Police under the stringent Unlawful Activities Act, officials said on Tuesday. A senior police officer confirmed that four members of the outlawed outfit have been arrested in a case registered against them under the UAPA at Shaheen Bagh police station of southeast district of Delhi …

All India Muslim Jamaat chief receives death threat over 'PFI is a radical organisation' remark: Police
2 years, 2 months ago

All India Muslim Jamaat chief receives death threat over 'PFI is a radical organisation' remark: Police

Firstpost  

“Action will be taken after obtaining an application from the president of All India Muslim Jamaat Maulana Shahabuddin Rizvi in this respect,” said Bareilly Police in a tweet. New Delhi: Bareilly Police on Friday said that All India Muslim Jamaat president Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi, who had asked the Muslim community to stay away from the Popular Front of India calling …

Ban on PFI act of 'political selfishness' aimed to appease RSS: Mayawati
2 years, 2 months ago

Ban on PFI act of 'political selfishness' aimed to appease RSS: Mayawati

India TV News  

Highlights Mayawati said the ban on PFI an act of "political selfishness" The Centre on Wednesday banned the PFI More than 150 people allegedly linked with PFI were detained or arrested PFI ban: Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Friday said the ban on the Popular Front of India ahead of elections in some states was an act of "political …

Islamist PFI is antithesis of what Indian Muslims stand for
2 years, 2 months ago

Islamist PFI is antithesis of what Indian Muslims stand for

Firstpost  

Arrests of so many PFI activists show that the organisation had grown its tentacles in most states of India and could create disturbances by poisoning youths Banning the Popular Front of India is the most welcome step the Narendra Modi government has taken in its fight against radicalisation, terrorism and disturbance to communal harmony. Arrests of so many PFI activists …

After 5-year ban, PFI official Twitter account ‘withheld’ in India
2 years, 2 months ago

After 5-year ban, PFI official Twitter account ‘withheld’ in India

Live Mint  

Twitter has ‘withheld’ the official Popular Front of India account a day after the central government banned PFI for a period of five years under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities Act. Twitter message on the PFI account shows, “@PFIOfficial's has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand” The Union government had yesterday had ordered the blocking …

PFI's Official Twitter Account Withheld In India, Student Wing To Challenge Ban In Court
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI's Official Twitter Account Withheld In India, Student Wing To Challenge Ban In Court

ABP News  

New Delhi: Popular Front of India's official Twitter account has been withheld in India "in response to a legal demand". Stopped Activities in Accordance with Law 6/1 pic.twitter.com/ZB2lyZX1sX — Campus Front of India September 28, 2022 The Popular Front of India has been banned for five years under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities Act. The PFI's eight associates that …

PFI's Twitter withheld, YouTube, website blocked a day after central govt banned the Islamist organisation
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI's Twitter withheld, YouTube, website blocked a day after central govt banned the Islamist organisation

Op India  

On September 29, the Twitter account of Popular Front of India was withheld in India. The move came following the ban on the Islamist organisation and its sister organisations imposed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, on September 27 via gazette notification. Source: Twitter Along with Twitter account, PFI’s website, Facebook account and YouTube profile have been …

Kerala government takes steps to implement ban on PFI
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala government takes steps to implement ban on PFI

India TV News  

Highlights Central government declared the Popular Front of India as a banned organisation on Sept 28 PFI activists had allegedly engaged in widespread violence PFI was accused of having "links" with global terror groups PFI ban: Close on the heels of the Central government declaring the Popular Front of India as a banned organisation, the government has initiated steps to …

Twitter bans PFI account after govt request
2 years, 2 months ago

Twitter bans PFI account after govt request

India TV News  

PFI Twitter ban: The official Twitter account of Popular Front of India has been withheld by the social media company after government's request. PFI and its associates or affiliates or fronts operate openly as a socio-economic, educational and political organization but, they have been pursuing a secret agenda to radicalize a particular section of the society working towards undermining the …

Accused of violent acts, PFI under govt radar since long
2 years, 2 months ago

Accused of violent acts, PFI under govt radar since long

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The banned Popular Front of India has been accused of involvement in violent acts, ‘instigating’ protests like the one against the Citizenship Amendment Act, having alleged links with global terror organisations, including Islamic State of Syria and Iraq and Sri Lanka Tauheed Jamat, and hence was under the radar of the government agencies since long. The sources in …

PFI Updates: Tight Vigil in Delhi, Mumbai After PFI Ban, Central Forces Up Security at RSS, BJP Offices in Kerala
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI Updates: Tight Vigil in Delhi, Mumbai After PFI Ban, Central Forces Up Security at RSS, BJP Offices in Kerala

News 18  

Exclusive | Maha Crackdown on PFI: Home Dept Permits Top Cops, Magistrates to Act, Seize Properties Following nationwide raids against the Popular Front of India and the Centre banning the radical Islamic outfit and some of its affiliates for five years on Wednesday, the Maharashtra government has ordered a further crackdown against the organisation, News18 has learnt. For them, votes …

Over 1,400 cases against PFI leaders, activists
2 years, 2 months ago

Over 1,400 cases against PFI leaders, activists

The Hindu  

More than 1,400 criminal cases had been registered against the leaders and activists of the now-proscribed Popular Front of India and its affiliates across the country over the years, according to investigating agencies. Also, the PFI’s role in the Delhi riots was investigated by the ED,” the official said, adding that the Hijab issue in Karnataka had also been blown …

National security must be priority
2 years, 2 months ago

National security must be priority

Hindustan Times  

After two rounds of nationwide operations coordinated by federal investigative agencies and police forces in at least 15 states that resulted in the arrest of around 100 members of the Popular Front of India and the detention of another 240-odd functionaries, the controversial Islamist organisation was banned by the Union government on Wednesday. The first allegation is of direct violence, …

Asaduddin Owaisi calls PFI ban ‘draconian’
2 years, 2 months ago

Asaduddin Owaisi calls PFI ban ‘draconian’

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi termed the Centre’s banning of the Kerala-based outfit Popular Front of India a “dangerous step”, claiming that the “draconian ban” would allow for the arrest of Muslim youth without reason. The way India’s electoral autarky is approaching fascism, every Muslim youth will now be arrested with a PFI pamphlet under India’s black law, UAPA,” he …

Why Modi Government Should Be Applauded for Banning PFI - News18
2 years, 2 months ago

Why Modi Government Should Be Applauded for Banning PFI - News18

News 18  

The Narendra Modi government banned the Islamist outfit Popular Front of India on Wednesday, a week after India’s premier agency, the National Investigation Agency, carried out a massive crackdown last Thursday. It’s high time to understand why PFI is a gateway to terrorism, how its vulture activism has caused damage to Muslim society, and why every Indian citizen should appreciate …

Explained: Why did Centre ban PFI?
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained: Why did Centre ban PFI?

Live Mint  

The Central government on Wednesday banned the Popular Front of India for five years for its alleged links with global terror groups and terror funding. In a notification issued late Tuesday night, the Ministry of Home Affairs said the Central government has decided to ban PFI for the next five years as it has been involved in “subversive activities, thereby …

Devendra Fadnavis calls PFI a ‘silent killer’, says will work towards shutting down outfit in Maharashtra
2 years, 2 months ago

Devendra Fadnavis calls PFI a ‘silent killer’, says will work towards shutting down outfit in Maharashtra

The Hindu  

Dubbing the Popular Front of India “a silent killer”, Maharashtra Home Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, while lauding the Centre’s ban on the outfit, said on Wednesday that the State Government would take steps to completely shut down the PFI and six affiliate organisations in Maharashtra in the coming months. Meanwhile, terming the Centre’s decision to ban the …

Centre to approach UAPA tribunal to make ban on PFI permanent
2 years, 2 months ago

Centre to approach UAPA tribunal to make ban on PFI permanent

India Today  

After banning the radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India and its associates, the Centre will approach the UAPA tribunal headed by the sitting Delhi High Court judge for confirmation of the ban. Explaining about the role of law enforcement agencies after the government banned PFI, former Union Home Secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai told India Today, "The members of the …

Why India's efforts to ban Islamist PFI need to be applauded
2 years, 2 months ago

Why India's efforts to ban Islamist PFI need to be applauded

Firstpost  

Islamist groups often become a pain under the nose, not only for the countries, but also for the Muslim community Indian government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned the infamous Islamist outfit Popular Front of India on Wednesday, a week after India’s premier agency, the National Investigation Agency carried out a massive crackdown on last Thursday. It’s high time to …

On the PFI Money Trail: Funding machinery of the banned group is diverse and insidiously organised
2 years, 2 months ago

On the PFI Money Trail: Funding machinery of the banned group is diverse and insidiously organised

Firstpost  

The Popular Front of India has been alleged to be involved in cases relating to terror activities, terror funding, terror training and radicalisation of vulnerable persons New Delhi: The infamous Popular Front of India was banned by the Centre on Wednesday, along with eight of its affiliates or fronts. The ban came after two rounds of sweeping raids on PFI …

BJP hails 'bold and decisive' move on PFI, Congress says ban RSS too
2 years, 2 months ago

BJP hails 'bold and decisive' move on PFI, Congress says ban RSS too

India Today  

The BJP and the Congress are engaged in a war of words over the Centre's decision to ban the radical outfit Popular Front of India and its affiliated organisations for a period of five years. But the BJP recalled Siddaramaiah's 'ban PFI' dare on Tuesday and said "we ban fanatics that you appease". #ITVideo | @KGShibimol @snehamordani pic.twitter.com/1kHGhXPHwy — IndiaToday …

PFI Outlawed: The many 'horrors' of the now-banned Muslim outfit
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI Outlawed: The many 'horrors' of the now-banned Muslim outfit

Firstpost  

The ban came after over 150 people allegedly linked with PFI were detained or arrested in raids across seven states on Tuesday, five days after a similar pan-India crackdown against the group led to the arrest of over a hundred of its activities and seizure of several dozen properties New Delhi: Popular Front of India, which has been declared as …

PFI ban: The sinister plan to instigate a civil war over NRC & CAA
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI ban: The sinister plan to instigate a civil war over NRC & CAA

Op India  

On September 28, the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India banned the Islamist organisation Popular Front of India. At that time, on page 15 of the Civil War diary recovered from PFI, it was reportedly mentioned that the ‘nation may witness severe civil war-like NRC, CAA’. Sufi Islamic Board had urged PFI to prepare for Civil War …

Centre bans PFI, associates for five years
2 years, 2 months ago

Centre bans PFI, associates for five years

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The central government has declared Popular Front of India and its associates or affiliates as an unlawful association and banned the outfit with immediate effect for five years, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement. “PFI and its associates or affiliates or fronts have been indulging in unlawful activities, which are prejudicial to the integrity, sovereignty …

PFI was planning 'something serious' in Maharashtra, says CM Eknath Shinde; welcomes Centre's decision to ban it
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI was planning 'something serious' in Maharashtra, says CM Eknath Shinde; welcomes Centre's decision to ban it

The Hindu  

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on September 28 welcomed the Union government's decision to ban the Popular Front of India, which has allegedly been involved in a series of violence and said it has come to light that the organisation was planning "something serious" in the State. The organisation members had also tried to disturb peace in Pune, but swift …

Kerala Congress, IUML welcome PFI ban: ‘Which Islam has persuaded them to…?’
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala Congress, IUML welcome PFI ban: ‘Which Islam has persuaded them to…?’

Hindustan Times  

Kerala Congress and its coalition partner Indian Union Muslim League on Wednesday welcomed the Centre's decision to ban the Popular Front of India for its alleged terror-related activities but also demanded similar action against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. IUML leader M K Muneer strongly condemned the activities of the outlawed PFI …

Why has the Centre banned Popular Front of India?
2 years, 2 months ago

Why has the Centre banned Popular Front of India?

India Today  

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday banned the Popular Front of India and its associated outfits for five years for their alleged role in terror funding and links to global terror groups. Over 1,300 criminal cases had been registered by police and NIA against cadres of PFI and its front organisations in different states. Some al-Qaeda and Islamic State …

PFI ban a message to anti-national groups, says K’taka CM Basavaraj Bommai
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI ban a message to anti-national groups, says K’taka CM Basavaraj Bommai

Live Mint  

PFI news: The Centre on 28 September imposed a ban on the Popular Front of India for its alleged terror activities. So we welcome this step.” Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra too has welcomed on Central Govt's decision to ban PFI. Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka state home minister Ramesh Chennithala said the Centre's decision to ban PFI was …

India bans Muslim group for alleged terrorist activities
2 years, 2 months ago

India bans Muslim group for alleged terrorist activities

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s government banned a Muslim organization for five years, accusing it Wednesday of funding terrorist activities, providing armed training to its supporters and radicalizing people for anti-India activities. Mohammed Tahir, a counsel for the PFI, said the government failed to present evidence of the organization receiving outside money and funding terror activities in India by organizing riots …

Charges against PFI and its 7 associates that led to govt crackdown and ban
2 years, 2 months ago

Charges against PFI and its 7 associates that led to govt crackdown and ban

Live Mint  

PFI ban: In a huge step against home grown terrorism, the Union Home Ministry has banned the Popular Front of India and iits several associates for 5 years. Govt bans PFI and its 7 associates The organisations which were also declared banned under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA include Rehab India Foundation Campus Front of India All India Imams Council …

PFI ban: Ministry of Home Affairs cites murders of four Hindutva activists in Karnataka to make a case
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI ban: Ministry of Home Affairs cites murders of four Hindutva activists in Karnataka to make a case

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs notification that has declared Popular Front of India and its nine affiliate organisations “unlawful association” under Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, mentions four murder cases of Hindutva activists in which members of PFI and its affiliate organisations are accused, to make a case for their ban. The ban comes in the wake of nationwide raids on …

PFI ban a message to anti-national groups that they will not survive in India: Bommai
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI ban a message to anti-national groups that they will not survive in India: Bommai

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday welcomed the Union government's decision to ban the Popular Front of India for its alleged terror activities, and said the move sends a message to all "anti-national groups" that they will not survive in this country. To a question that PFI was strong in coastal Karnataka and the task before the state …

Govt of India bans Islamist org PFI and its affiliates for five years with immediate effect: Full details of the reasons cited by MHA
2 years, 2 months ago

Govt of India bans Islamist org PFI and its affiliates for five years with immediate effect: Full details of the reasons cited by MHA

Op India  

On September 27, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India banned the Islamist organisation Popular Front of India and its associated or affiliated fronts with immediate effect for a period of five years by exercising its powers under sub-section of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967. PFI & its associates incl Rehab India Foundation, Campus Front of …

What the ban on Popular Front of India means?
2 years, 2 months ago

What the ban on Popular Front of India means?

Hindustan Times  

The ban on the Popular Front of India under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act’s Section 3, which makes it “terrorist organisation”, is expected to cripple its funding, recruitment, and other activities as anyone found associated with it can be booked under terror charges in any part of the country, people familiar with the matter said. In a notification, the government …

Amit Shah bites the bullet, bans PFI and its affiliates for 5 years
2 years, 2 months ago

Amit Shah bites the bullet, bans PFI and its affiliates for 5 years

Hindustan Times  

Although the ban on the Islamist Popular Front of India has been debated within the national security establishment since the 2010 hand chop case of Kerala college lecturer T J Joseph, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah bit the bullet and proscribed the organization and its affiliates this morning. The PFI with its links with pan-Islamist organizations …

'Disturbing Communal Harmony, Supporting Militancy': Decoding 5-Year Ban on PFI, Affiliates
2 years, 2 months ago

'Disturbing Communal Harmony, Supporting Militancy': Decoding 5-Year Ban on PFI, Affiliates

News 18  

In a much-awaited and expected move, the Narendra Modi government finally banned the Popular Front of India and its affiliates for five years with a notification issued late on Tuesday night. “PFI and its associates or affiliates or fronts operate openly as socio-economic, educational and political organization but, they have been pursuing a secret agenda to radicalize a particular section …

Centre bans PFI after week-long crackdown across the country
2 years, 2 months ago

Centre bans PFI after week-long crackdown across the country

Hindustan Times  

The Centre has declared the Popular Front of India an “unlawful association” under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for five years after a week-long crackdown on its top leaders and office bearers across the country, the Union home ministry said in a notification late on Tuesday. “The Central government is of the opinion that if there is no immediate curb …

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