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Bollywood actor Imran Khan fights order to leave India

Khan, an American national living in India on an Overseas Citizen card and nephew of Aamir Khan, is preparing a court challenge; the clock runs out October twenty-eighth.

On air: Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger on BBN Newsroom
Published 11:12 AM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

Photo: Bollywood Hungama · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

Photo: Aamir Khan — Photo: Bollywood Hungama · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

At a glance

First reported by Variety: “Bollywood Actor Imran Khan Heads to High Court to Fight Order to Leave India Over Election Protest”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 11:12 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Imran Khan, India.
BBN covered this story before: Pakistan has locked down Imran Khan's stronghold - but it could… (October 13).

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VarietyBollywood Actor Imran Khan Heads to High Court to Fight Order to Leave India Over Election Protest

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorActor Imran Khan is heading to the High Court to fight an order giving him until October twenty-eighth to leave India, after he joined a protest demanding the chief election commissioner step down.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo it opens October twenty-eighth, whether he likes it or not, and the court is the test screening!

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