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NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday hit out at Congress leader Pawan Khera over his allegations related to his family's assets and financial dealings. Sarma said that he and his wife Rinki Bhuyan Sarma will file criminal and civil defamation cases against the Congress leader within the next 48 hours.The sharp response came after Khera, in a press conference, raised a series of questions regarding Sarma's wife, alleged foreign properties, and financial links, while also ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: DMK leader A Raja has issued a legal notice to a YouTube channel over a controversial audio clip attributed to him. He claimed that the recording is fabricated using artificial intelligence and selectively edited to misrepresent his speech."The audio clip circulated as if I spoke. It has been cut, pasted, and created using artificial intelligence to falsely fabricate a narrative. I have sent a legal notice through my lawyer regarding this," Raja said.He also criticised AIADMK general ...Read More >
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], April 5 (ANI): Senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Sunday launched a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, criticising her political approach and recent statements ahead of the upcoming elections. Speaking to the media, Ghosh alleged that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leadership has been engaging in divisive politics. "Everyone lives together in India," he said, asserting that the BJP has never discriminated while governing the country. Also R ...Read More >
Thiruvalla (Kerala), Apr 4 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday intensified the NDA's campaign for the Kerala Assembly polls, sharpening his attack on the LDF and UDF over issues including the FCRA and the Sabarimala gold loss matter, and likening their rivalry to a "WWF fight". At a BJP-led alliance's rally here in the Pathanamthitta district, Modi sought to reach out to the Christian community, a key voting bloc in the state, which his party has long tried to attract but struggled a ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 4 (PTI) Opposition Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) candidate Kunki Chowdhury on Saturday filed a police complaint for alleged deep fake defamatory videos on social media about her family, following Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's claims on her mother's food habit. The development comes two days after Sarma claimed that Kunki's mother, academician Sujata Gurung Chowdhury, had shared posts related to beef consumption, made remarks offensive to certain sections and supported Pakista ...Read More >
The Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) candidate, Kunki Chowdhury, has taken legal action by filing a police complaint against the circulation of allegedly defamatory deepfake videos on social media. These videos purportedly aim to malign her family and electoral image, following claims made by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma concerning her mother's diet and social media posts. Chowdhury asserts that the manipulated content not only affects her reputation but also threatens electoral integrity. She ...Read More >
Guwahati, April 4: Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) candidate from Guwahati Central, Kunki Chowdhury, has filed a complaint at Panbazar Police Station alleging the circulation of defamatory deepfake videos aimed at tarnishing her image ahead of the Assam Assembly elections. In her complaint addressed to the Officer-in-Charge of the Panbazar Cyber Police Station, Chowdhury stated that "several unidentified individuals operating through multiple social media accounts have created and circulated manipu ...Read More >
Biharsharif: Nine people have been arrested so far and one has surrendered in connection with the alleged molestation and attempted sexual assault of a 32-year-old married woman in a village in Nalanda district.Police said arrests were made during raids conducted between March 31 and April 2. Those arrested included Ashok Yadav, Matlu alias Navneet Kumar, Ranjan Kumar, Sachin Kumar, Dashrath Chaudhary, Shailesh Kumar, Doman Paswan and Sonu Kumar. Anita Devi, who allegedly instigated the accused, ...Read More >
Talking about similarities in Dhurandhar The Revenge and his film, titled D-Saheb, Santosh claims, "The fictional main character has been copied. In my story, a young boy's family gets attacked by criminals and he takes revenge. The son of a former Army officer, he kills 10 people and is arrested. But impressed with his courage, the national security advisor sends him to Pakistan as a RAW agent to finish terrorism. Aditya Dhar is very smart, he has taken only the main lines of my movie and added ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): ADG North Bengal K Jayaraman on Friday said 35 people have been arrested till now in the Malda hostage incident. "We detained Mofakkarul Islam from Bagdogra airport, for instigating people. He was going to his residence in Ithar. We will not allow any such kind of activity. Will definitely probe if this was pre-planned or not. After this incident, we have given CAPF to judicial officers. So far, 35 people have been arrested," ADG said. Also Read | Ai ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, after it was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal emphasised that the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, is designed to foster trust-based governance. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, he said, "There will be fear in those who break the law knowingly." Also Read | Delhi Police Files FIR Ov ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started probe by registering a "preliminary enquiry" into Malda violence case in which thousands of people on Wednesday blocked the two gates of the Kaliachowk-2 Block Development Office (BDO), holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. Also Read | Airline Seat Policy Rollback: Govt Suspends 60% Free Seat Selection on Flights After FIA and A ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Friday stated that Advocate Mofakkarul Islam, the mastermind of the Kaliyachak Murshidabad case, has been arrested at the Bagdogra Airport when he was trying to flee. This comes after seven judicial officers, including three women, were held hostage by villagers in Malda district on Wednesday. Also Read | Airline Seat Policy Rollback: Govt Suspends 60% Free Seat Selection on Flights After FIA and Akasa Air Raise Concerns. T ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): US President Donald Trump's decision to impose a 100 per cent tariff on patented pharmaceutical imports--citing national security and supply chain risks following a Section 232 probe--is expected to have a mixed impact on India. Crucially for India, the proclamation clarifies that generic drugs--a segment in which Indian firms dominate globally--are exempt "at this time," adding that such products "shall not be subject to Section 232 tariffs." Also Read | Delh ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 3: Mahindra International School (MIS), Pune, hosted a landmark visit by two senior leaders of the Council of International Schools (CIS): Jane Larsson, Executive Director, and Dr. Sudha Govindswamy Sunder, Associate Director of School Support and Evaluation. Also Read | Delhi Police Files FIR Over Alleged FSSAI Document Tampering, Seeks X Account Details in Defamation Probe. A historic milestone for international education in India: Mahindra International Sch ...Read More >
Imphal (Manipur) [India], April 3 (ANI): Good Friday was observed at MBC Centre Church in Imphal on Friday, with special prayers and worship services marking the day that commemorates the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Speaking to ANI, Pastor Rev. Zuankamang Daimai said that Good Friday is one of the most significant days for Christians, as it marks the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, who sacrificed His life for the sins of humanity. Also Read | Delhi Police Files FIR Over Alleged FSSAI Document Tamp ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Asom Jatiya Parishad (AJP) has expressed deep concern over what it described as a sustained smear campaign against its party candidate for the 36 Guwahati Central Assembly constituency, Kunki Chowdhury. In a press statement, Samsher Singh, Vice President of AJP and Chief Convenor of the Election Management Committee, and Ziaur Rahman, Secretary of AJP and Convenor of the Election Management Committee, said that Chowdhury, a young and highly educated candidate representing the new ...Read More >
Ranchi/Hazaribag, Apr 2 (PTI) Jharkhand's ruling JMM took out a rally in Ranchi and Hazaribag on Thursday over the murder of a 12-year-old girl, while the Congress alleged that one of those arrested in the case was linked to the BJP. The BJP, however, denied the allegation, terming it an attempt to defame the party by the ruling alliance. The Hazaribag Police on Wednesday night revealed that the girl's mother has been arrested for allegedly strangulating the 12-year-old as part of a sacrificia ...Read More >
New Delhi/Kolkata, Apr 2 (PTI) Observing that West Bengal was the "most polarised state", the Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a stinging indictment of the state administration after seven judicial officers engaged in SIR exercise were held hostage by protesters in Malda district and directed a CBI or NIA probe into the incident. Slamming the administration for its "complete failure" and inaction over the "deplorable" gherao and attack on the officers during the Special Intensive Revision(SI ...Read More >
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has defended himself in court, arguing that allegations of 'hate speech' and 'defamation' stemming from his criticism of political ideology are baseless. He contends that his speech constitutes political critique, protected under the freedom of speech, without aiming to incite violence or defame any group. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has described the claims against him as a misuse of the legal process, after a Delhi court dismissed a plea for an ...Read More >
Refusing to take cognisance of the complaint, additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) Paras Dalal of Rouse Avenue Courts, in a 31-page order, said the complaint by Lipika Mitra lacked the necessary ingredients to initiate criminal defamation proceedings against the minister. Terming the complaint "worthless material" that had been "stretched for too long," the court said the statements made by Sitharaman were nothing more than political discourse among rival parties. Mitra, represented by ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has told a Delhi court that a revision petition assailing the dismissal of a plea seeking an FIR against him is an abuse of law, as mere criticism of a political ideology has vaguely been categorised as "hate speech" and "defamation". The leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha filed his response on Wednesday before Special Judge Jitendra Singh, seeking the dismissal of the revision plea. The court was hearing the revision plea filed ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 2: A Delhi court has drawn attention after using the 29-letter word "floccinaucinihilipilification" while dismissing a criminal defamation complaint against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The case, filed by Lipika Mitra, was rejected by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal at the Rouse Avenue Court, which described the complaint as "valueless or worthless." The court observed that the complaint lacked merit and had been prolonged unnecessarily. In its or ...Read More >
Erode (Tamil Nadu), Apr 2 (PTI) DMK President, Chief Minister M K Stalin, on Thursday, alleged that the NDA's betrayals include 'strangling' the MSMEs during the ongoing West Asia crisis. Addressing an election rally here, Stalin alleged AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami had no achievements to claim for his government during 2017-21; neither does PM Modi, who comes on "election tours" to Tamil Nadu. Ridiculing the slow pace of work to build Madurai AIIMS, as that project was announced by the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi HC has directed removal of "defamatory" posts over the alleged molestation of a journalist on a flight, saying that using social media to circulate the allegations and reveal the identity of the perpetrator before any formal investigation was a severe transgression of his fundamental right to live with dignity and a fair trial. Justice Vikas Mahajan, in an interim order passed on a lawsuit by the man, asked the woman journalist as well as certain online platforms not to pub ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Wednesday refused to take cognisance of a criminal defamation complaint against Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, holding that no prima facie case was made out to proceed further.Additional chief judicial magistrate Paras Dalal of the Rouse Avenue Court observed that the court failed to find the "necessary ingredients of criminal defamation" in the complaint. Dismissing the plea, the court termed it "floccinaucinihilipilification" -- an English word meaning s ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked news channel Republic TV and its editor-in-chief, Arnab Goswami, to avoid "hitting below the belt" while covering the Enforcement Directorate's (ED's) investigations into companies linked to industrialist Anil Ambani. A single-judge bench of justice Milind Jadhav orally told Goswami and Republic TV to "bring down the rhetoric" and refrain from "giving superlative taglines to news" that could be seen as attacking an individual. "Please run storie ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked news channel Republic TV and its editor-in-chief, Arnab Goswami, to avoid "hitting below the belt" while covering the Enforcement Directorate's (ED's) investigations into companies linked to industrialist Anil Ambani. A single-judge bench of justice Milind Jadhav orally told Goswami and Republic TV to "bring down the rhetoric" and refrain from "giving superlative taglines to news" that could be seen as attacking an individual. "Please run storie ...Read More >
"A public figure, such as defendant no. 7 (Richa Chadha), bears a legal and moral responsibility to verify the veracity of facts before leveraging her platform to amplify grave accusations. The Court is prima facie of the view that endorsement of unverified allegations has inflicted immediate, exponential, and incalculable harm on the plaintiff's reputation. The endorsement and amplification of an unverified allegation, accompanied by the instigatory text "Make him famous", transcends mere free ...Read More >
A court in Delhi's Rouse Avenue complex has scheduled a defamation complaint filed by former Minister Satyendra Jain against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Karnail Singh for framing of charges on April 8. This decision awaits the outcome of pending revisions in the Sessions court, highlighted by Singh's challenge of the proceedings. Jain's complaint centers on an allegedly defamatory statement Singh made during a news interview on January 19, 2025, accusing Jain of corruption and illicitly ac ...Read More >
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