TRS MP booked for sedition
Hyderabad, Aug 11: TRS Lok Sabha member K. Kavitha, who is also the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, has been booked on sedition charges for an alleged controversial statement...
View ArticleBOOKS IN A BIND The decision by Wendy Donigers publisher to pulp her book,...
Writers, academics and thinkers across India are a worried lot these days. The reason, they say, is that fringe groups are using various provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), primarily Sections...
View ArticleCHOGM: Police prevent protesters from blocking trains in Thanjavur
The police arrested about 300 members of various political parties and organisations in Thanjavur district when they tried to stop trains demanding that India should not take part in the Commonwealth...
View ArticleTension grips Rithora over objectionable WhatsApp post
BAREILLY: A huge posse of policemen were deployed in tension-hit in Rithora locality under Hafisganj police station here on Friday after members of two communities came to the brink of a communal clash...
View ArticleA plague of posters
The city may be on many lists of must-see global tourist destinations, but one prominent feature of Chennai that is likely to remain in the minds of most visitors is the utter chaos caused by cinema...
View ArticleSC stays proceedings on defamation cases against Subramanian Swamy
New Delhi, October 30: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed proceedings on criminal defamation cases filed against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy by AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa. A bench of Justices...
View ArticleNon-bailable case booked against VHR
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha Member V. Hanumantha Rao seems to be in trouble following a non-bailable case booked against him by the Tirupati Urban Police on Sunday. The case has been slapped...
View ArticlePriyanka in fresh row UMA KANT PRASAD VERMA AND JITENDRA KUMAR SRIVASTAVA...
Two complaint cases were filed against Priyanka Gandhi in Patna and Darbhanga accusing her of using derogatory language against the BJPs prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi. BJP leaders...
View ArticleHC quashes case booked for defaming sister-in-law
The Madras High Court Bench here has quashed a criminal defamation case booked against a person for having printed a false marriage invitation, naming himself as the groom and his sister-in-law as the...
View ArticleProtest against Minister’s remarks
A reported remark allegedly made by Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar against a community sparked off protest in the district on Thursday with cadre of the Veera Mutharaiyar Munnetra Sangam protesting...
View Article2 AAP supporters held for 'defaming' BJP, RSS
NEW DELHI: The poster war between Aam Aadmi Party and BJP reached Karkardooma court on Thursday when Delhi Police produced two AAP supporters arrested for allegedly disturbing communal harmony....
View ArticleHearing in plaint against Rahul Gandhi adjourned
KANPUR: Hearing in a case against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was adjourned on Wednesday as the chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM), Kanpur Nagar, asked the complainants to furnish either...
View Article2 held for posters condemning Jaya’s verdict
COIMBATORE: Two men were arrested on Tuesday for putting up banners and posters criticizing the Karnataka high court's verdict of chief...
View ArticleEight Dalits held for burning huts at Athurnahalli village
The district police on Saturday arrested eight Dalits, including a local functionary of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), in connection with burning of huts at Athurnahalli village on Friday...
View ArticleAzam Khan files FIR against website for defamation
LUCKNOW: Senior cabinet minister Mohammed Azam Khan has lodged an FIR with the Rampur police accusing the owner, editor and reporter of a news website of defaming him by publishing a write-up based on...
View ArticleBihar serial blasts: NIA gets 15-day remand of two SIMI operatives
PATNA: Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court, Patna, on Wednesday gave 15-day remand of two suspected Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) operatives in connection with the Bodh Gaya...
View ArticleLittle reason to restrict the freedom of speech
It is common knowledge that Article 19 (1) (a) of the Indian Constitution lays down that “all citizens shall have the right to freedom of speech and expression”; it is also common knowledge that this...
View ArticleVaiko arrested for staging black flag demo against PM
MDMK leader Vaiko, his party functionaries and members of various organisations were arrested in Tiruchi on Friday after they staged a black flag demonstration condemning Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
View ArticleTelangana: Case filed against Chandrasekhar Rao for promoting enmity
Rajahmundry: A case for promoting enmity was registered against Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday for his alleged...
View ArticleMistry arrested for tearing down Modi’s posters in Vadodara
High-drama unfolded in Vadodara on Thursday where Congress candidate Madhusudan Mistry was arrested along with other Congress workers for tearing down posters of Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime...
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