Journalist held for Facebook post on Himachal Pradesh CM
A journalist was arrested for an adverse post against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on social media, an official said on Friday. Rajneesh Sharma, a journalist based in Mandi town, was...
View Article18-year-old held for calling emergency number 100 over 2,000 times!
Mumbai: An 18-year-old boy has been arrested and subsequently let off on bail for allegedly making as many as 2,407 phone calls on police emergency number 100 without any reason and passing lewd...
View ArticleInternational rights group demands Kovan's release
An international rights group today demanded the repealing of a colonial-era law that was enforced to arrest a 54-year-old folk singer on charges of sedition and writing songs critical of Tamil Nadu...
View ArticlePlaint against UPCA officials, hotel dir
KANPUR: An advocate on Tuesday filed a complaint against UPCA officials and director of Hotel Landmark under The Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act-1971 and Flag Code of India-2002. He alleged...
View ArticleCourt grants bail to singer facing sedition charge
A court here today granted bail to ultra-Left propadandist folk singer Kovan who was arrested on October 30 for alleged sedition. Granting him bail, Principal Sessions Judge N Audinathan observed...
View ArticleBengaluru: Woman raped in Cubbon Park; 2 security guards held
A 35-year-old woman was allegedly raped by two security guards at the famous Cubbon Park here last night, police said today. Police said they have arrested both the security guards in connection with...
View ArticleNDA backs prosecution of Subramanian Swamy for ‘hate speech’ book
Asserting that “divisive forces cannot be allowed to prosper”, the BJP-led NDA government Tuesday supported the prosecution of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy for making a hate speech, and told the...
View ArticleEngineer-turned-quack arrested in Trichy
TRICHY: A civil engineer-turned-quack, who was practicing unauthorized allopathy treatment, ended in jail following a raid carried out by a team of health department officials near Puthanatham on the...
View ArticleSri Lanka navy slaps criminal cases against Tamil Nadu fishermen
RAMESWARAM: A Sri Lanka court has slapped criminal cases against 10 of the 19 fishermen from Pudukottai, 27 days...
View ArticleKovan vows to continue protest against liquor
Chennai, Nov. 7 (ANI): Tamil folk artiste Kovan, who was arrested for criticising Chief Minister Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK government over liquor issue, on Saturday vowed to continue his struggle...
View ArticlePunjab invokes sedition charges against Sarbat Khalsa leaders
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government on Friday invoked contentious sedition charges against organisers of the radical Sarbat Khalsa held on November 10. Those booked includes the three rival jathedars...
View ArticleSedition charges invoked against Sarbat Khalsa leaders
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government on Friday invoked contentious sedition charges against leaders of radical outfits who had called the Sarbat Khalsa at Chabba village, near Amritsar, on November 10....
View ArticleHate speech case: Swamy’s remarks mere statement of fact, says govt. affidavit
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has retracted its steps in the Supreme Court about the contentions made in an affidavit filed by the government against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in a petition...
View ArticleTamil folk artist Kovan, who faced sedition charge for criticising...
CHENNAI: Nearly four weeks after being arrested on sedition charge, folk singer Kovan is all set to step out of Chennai's central jail as a sessions court granted him bail on Monday. Kovan was arrested...
View ArticleNo dengue deaths in the state, says health minister
TRICHY: State health minister Dr C Vijaya Baskar, on Tuesday, dismissed the theory of deaths caused by dengue in Trichy. His reply came after the death of three children due to suspected dengue fever...
View ArticleHate speech law necessary to maintain harmony, MHA tells SC
Facing political fire over growing instances of religious intolerance, the Centre stressed in Supreme Court the need to treat hate speech as a criminal offence. It also accused Dr. Subramanian Swamy of...
View ArticleIndian folk singer held on sedition charges
Call for release of S Kovan, who accused Tamil Nadu chief minister of profiting from state-run liquor shops at expense of poor...
View ArticleThe law is loaded against Dalits
An in-depth study of Dalit murders in Tamil Nadu since 2010 has brought to the front discrepancies on the part of police while registering cases, examining witnesses, filing charge sheets and finally,...
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 ArticleGovt against Swamy's plea for ending provision on hate speech
The Centre has sought in the Supreme Court the dismissal of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's plea challenging the constitutional validity of penal provisions on speeches and writings that could cause...
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