<h1>Spouse seeks activist's immediate release amid unrest, raising urgent liberty and due-process concerns; regulator to penalize tainted research</h1> An activist's spouse has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking his immediate release in relation to recent unrest in a sensitive region; the filing raises urgent liberty and due-process questions amid ongoing security operations. Separately, the national institutional ranking authority plans regulatory changes to penalize institutions for retracted or tainted research, introducing negative marking that will affect rankings and could prompt compliance and records-review obligations. Local authorities have reinforced security in a city after communal violence, signaling continued public-order enforcement and potential criminal investigations.