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J&K: Senior Lawyer Picked up From Home 'Without Arrest Warrant, Booked Under PSA,' Says Family  https://thewire.in/government/nazir-ahmad-ronga-psa-arrest-jammu-kashmir 11/Jul/2024

Nazir Ahmad Ronga, who has been targeted by J&K administration in the past for raising his voice against the reading down of Article 370 and his political affiliations,

 his son Umair Ronga who is also a lawyer, said that the police official leading the party told the family that “it is an order from above”. Later, he said, the authorities told them that the senior advocate was being detained under the PSA and would be lodged in Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu.

Citing ‘Naxalism in urban areas’, Maharashtra Govt tables Bill https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/naxalism-in-urban-areas-maharashtra-govt-tables-bill-9447984/
The Bill grants the state the authority to declare an organisation as “unlawful” — a decision which can be reviewed by an advisory board set up by the state government.

the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024, which proposes jail term even if a person is “not… a member of an unlawful organisation”, but “contributes/ receives/ solicits any contribution or aid” or “harbours” its member, as well as for those who “promote or assist in promoting a meeting” of such groups. 

The Bill defines an “unlawful activity” as one which constitutes a danger or menace to public order, peace and tranquility; interferes with maintenance of public order, “administration of law or its established institutions and personnel”; designed to show criminal force to any public servant; indulging in or propagating acts of violence, vandalism, use of firearms, explosives or disrupting communications by rail, road, air or water; “encouraging or preaching disobedience to established law and its institutions”; collecting money or goods to carry out unlawful activities.

557 Farmer Suicides in Last 6 Months in Maharashtra's Amravati: Govt Report  https://www.thecrossbill.in/economy/agriculture/557-farmer-suicides-in-last-6-months-in-maharashtra-govt-report-519 

the highest number of suicides took place in Amravati district, with a total of 170 cases.

Amravati is followed by Yavatmal with 150 cases, Buldhana with 111 cases, Akola with 92 cases, and Washim with 34 cases.

"Crop losses, lack of adequate rainfall, existing debt burden and absence of timely farm loan are some of the major reasons that drive farmers towards taking the extreme step....The government should fulfil its assurances of doubling the income of farmers and provide assistance to them,- Congress leader and Amravati Lok Sabha MP, Balwant Wankhade