A 39-year-old man has been arrested under the stringent National Security Act for allegedly selling beef in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city, police said on Monday.

Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan said on Monday that paying of the token fine of Re 1 imposed on him by the Supreme Court in a contempt case does not mean that he has accepted the verdict and would file a review petition against the judgement.

Reacting to the arrest of Umar Khalid by Delhi Police on Sunday under UAPA for allegedly conspiring the Delhi Riots that took place in February this year, activist Dhruv Rathee called Delhi Police as "Puppet".

Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the rise in COVID-19 cases, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the government had asked people to become aatmanirbhar which means they should save their lives themselves as the prime minister was busy with peacocks.

Opposing the arrest of Umar Khalid by Delhi Police, actor-turned-politician Prakash Raj on Monday called on people to stand against this witch-hunt by the police.

Separated by plastic shields installed in front of their benches, members of Lok Sabha attended the first day of the Monsoon session being held amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Swaraj India’s National President, Yogendra Yadav has said that wrongfully arresting a young intellectual and youth activist like Umer Khaled, using anti-terrorism law like UAPA, when he has opposed all kinds of violence and terrorism, is a dangerous development.

 India's COVID-19 case tally crossed 48 lakh with 92,071 new infections being reported in a day, while over 37.8 lakh people have recuperated taking the national recovery rate to 78 per cent on Monday, according to the Union Health Ministry data.