Top news of the day: Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, five others released; Bangladesh bans IPL broadcast, and more

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Supreme Court refused to assistance   bail to activists Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid, unseen successful  the picture, successful  the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy matter, saying determination   was a prima facie lawsuit  against them nether  the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Supreme Court refused to assistance bail to activists Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid, unseen successful the picture, successful the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy matter, saying determination was a prima facie lawsuit against them nether the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. | Photo Credit: PTI

Supreme Court denies liberty to erstwhile JNU pupil person Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam adjacent aft six years of jailhouse without trial

The Supreme Court connected Monday (January 5, 2026) denied liberty to erstwhile JNU pupil person Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam adjacent aft six years of jailhouse without proceedings by reasoning that law guarantees of idiosyncratic liberty and beingness are not “absolute” oregon “unregulated”, but taxable to restrictions connected bail nether peculiar statutes similar the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Bangladesh bans IPL broadcast successful different retaliatory move

Bangladesh connected Monday (January 5, 2026) banned the broadcast of IPL’s upcoming season successful the aftermath of pacer Mustafizur Rahman’s ouster from the world’s biggest T20 league connected BCCI instructions. A connection from the Bangladesh Information and Broadcast Ministry stated that nary “logical reason” was fixed by the BCCI portion instructing IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders to merchandise Rahman from its 2026 roster.

A ‘terrorist act’ is not conscionable the finale, but the build-up of conspiracy and abetment too: Supreme Court judgement successful Delhi riots case

The Supreme Court connected Monday (January 5, 2026) interpreted that an ‘act of terror’ nether the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) is not constricted to the last flourish of unit but the build-up to it too. The statutory intent, the tribunal said, was not to bounds the explanation of panic to the usage of weapons. “Confining Section 15 [terrorist act] to lone accepted modes of unit volition beryllium to unduly constrictive its ambit contrary to plain language,” Justice Arvind Kumar said.

On 15th parole, Gurmeet Ram Rahim walks retired of prison; to enactment astatine Sirsa Dera

Dera Sacha Sauda main Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, serving a 20-year jailhouse word for raping 2 of his disciples, walked retired of the Sunaria jailhouse successful Rohtak connected Monday (January 5, 2026) aft helium was granted a 40-day parole — the 15th clip since his condemnation successful 2017. Gurmeet Singh volition enactment astatine his Sirsa-headquartered Dera during the 40-day period, said Dera spokesperson and advocator Jitender Khurana.

Maduro owed for archetypal U.S. tribunal proceeding aft capture

Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is expected to look successful a New York tribunal connected Monday (January 5, 2026), conscionable days aft being seized successful Caracas successful a daze U.S. subject cognition that paved the way for Washington’s plans to predominate the oil-rich country.

Jail is my beingness now; blessed for others who got bail: Umar Khalid aft SC denies bail

Jail is his beingness now, and helium is relieved that the others person got bail successful the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case, adjacent though helium has not, activistic Umar Khalid told his spouse Banojyotsna Lahiri connected Monday (January 5, 2026) aft the Supreme Court ruling came in. The Supreme Court connected Monday (January 5, 2026) refused to assistance bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam successful the matter, saying determination was a prima facie lawsuit against them nether the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

I ne'er deviated from enactment line: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor

Congress Working Committee subordinate Shashi Tharoor, whose caller statements and nonfiction had put the enactment successful a antiaircraft mode, connected Monday (January 5, 2026) said that helium had ne'er deviated from the enactment line.

Oil prices autumn backmost aft U.S. seizure of Venezuelan person Maduro

Oil prices fell back Monday (January 5, 2026) portion the prices of precious metals surged arsenic markets reacted calmly to the U.S. seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro successful a play raid. Asian shares rallied connected dense buying of tech-related stocks aft humble gains connected Friday (January 2) connected Wall Street. The aboriginal for the S&P 500 was up 0.2% portion that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was virtually unchanged.

Israel says prohibition connected Gaza media entree should stay: tribunal document

Israel’s authorities has told the Supreme Court that a ban connected planetary media entree to Gaza should stay successful place owed to information risks successful the Palestinian territory, according to a tribunal submission. Since the outbreak of the Gaza warfare successful October 2023, triggered by an onslaught connected Israel by the Palestinian militant radical Hamas, Israeli authorities person barred overseas journalists from independently entering the devastated territory.

‘That’s capable now!’ Greenland PM says aft latest Trump threat

“That’s capable now,” Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens Frederik Nielsen said aft repeated threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the autonomous Danish territory. “No much pressure. No much insinuations. No much fantasies of annexation. We are unfastened to dialogue. We are unfastened to discussions,” helium said.

Published - January 05, 2026 07:09 p.m. IST

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