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New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday rebuked Indore-based cartoonist Hemant Malviya for his objectionable caricatures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) while terming his conduct inflammatory and immature. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Aravind Kumar expressed disapproval of the cartoonist conduct saying, The comedians, cartoonists etc. look at their conduct... Advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for Malviya, said the cart ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said on Sunday that although the Constitution of the country guarantees freedom of expression, it does not mean those glorifying terrorism through speeches and statements can go scot-free. Addressing a gathering at Baramulla town where he handed over government job orders to victims of terrorism, L-G Sinha said, "Although the Constitution of the country guarantees freedom of expression, it does not mean that those glor ...Read More >
Prayagraj (UP), Jul 11 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has observed that merely expressing support for Pakistan, without referring to any specific incident or mentioning India by name, does not prima facie constitute an offence under section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The said penal provision deals with acts endangering the sovereignty or unity and integrity of India. Also Read | Thane Horror: Man Abducts 16-Year-Old Girl From Kalyan Railway Station, Rapes Her on Akola-Bound Trai ...Read More >
Prayagraj (UP), Jul 11 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has observed that merely expressing support for Pakistan, without referring to any specific incident or mentioning India by name, does not prima facie constitute an offence under section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The said penal provision deals with acts endangering the sovereignty or unity and integrity of India. "Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the parties and after a perusal of the records, it is not ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on July 14 an anticipatory bail application of Indore-based cartoonist Hemant Malviya for his objectionable caricatures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi posted the matter for hearing on July 14 after advocate Vrinda Grover mentioned the matter for early hearing. Also Read | Shashi Tharoor Emergency Remarks: Congress Lead ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Maulana Arshad Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, on Thursday, welcomed the Delhi High Court decision to stay the screening of a Udaipur Files movie, expressing satisfaction with the outcome. According to an official release, Madani said, We were awaiting a final verdict, but the outcome after the day-long hearing clearly indicates that, even after the removal of objectionable scenes, the film still contains content that can spread the poison of hatred i ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Linda Yaccarino has resigned from her role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of X, formerly known as Twitter, marking an end to her two-year tenure in the high-profile position dedicated to the social media platform. In an X post, Yaccarino shared that the role of CEO for X was a great opportunity in her career and thanked Musk for entrusting her with an "extraordinary mission" of protecting free speech and making X an "Everything App". She also thanked her team for their dedication, ...Read More >
New Delhi: Linda YaccarinoWednesday announced she is stepping down as the CEO of Elon Musk-owned social media platform X, two years after joining the firm. In a statement on her X handle, Yaccarino said she is "immensely grateful to Musk". "After two incredible years, I've decided to step down as CEO of 𝕏," she said on the social media platform. "X is truly a digital town square for all voices and the world's most powerful culture signal," she added. Yaccarino was hired by Musk to run X in 2 ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Linda Yaccarino on Wednesday announced she is stepping down as the CEO of Elon Musk-owned social media platform X, two years after joining the firm. In a statement on her X handle, Yaccarino said she is "immensely grateful to Musk". "After two incredible years, I've decided to step down as CEO of ," she said on the social media platform. "X is truly a digital town square for all voices and the world's most powerful culture signal," she added. Yaccarino was hired by M ...Read More >
Wednesday, 9 July 2025 () Congress leader and National Students' Union of India (NSUI) national incharge Kanhaiya Kumar, along with Pappu Yadav, who is an independent MP from Purnia Lok Sabha constituency, on Wednesday were snubbed by security from boarding a van during the Mahagathbandhan protest against electoral roll revision in poll-bound Bihar. ...Read More >
New Delhi - The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) informed the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that the allegedly objectionable content in the upcoming film 'Udaipur Files' has been removed in accordance with prescribed guidelines. The development comes as the court hears multiple petitions demanding a stay on the film's release, citing concerns over communal harmony. During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma told the court that before certification was granted ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the producer of "Udaipur Files", a movie based on tailor Kanhaiya Lal murder case, to arrange its screening for those seeking a ban on it. The court's direction came after the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) as well as the makers of the movie claimed that objectionable portions have been removed from the film. The bench was hearing petitions claiming that the movie has potential to inflame communal tensions and disrup ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed a special screening of the controversial film 'Udaipur Files' before ruling on petitions seeking to halt its release, scheduled for July 11. The film, inspired by the 2022 murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur, has drawn sharp criticism for allegedly stoking communal tensions. The directive came during Tuesday's hearing, where Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma, representing the Ministry of Information and B ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Social media platform X said today it was "deeply concerned" after the Indian government ordered it last week to block 2,355 accounts, including two Reuters news agency accounts. Many of the blocked accounts were restored hours later, with New Delhi specifically denying its role in the takedown. India, the world's biggest democracy, regularly ranks among the top five countries for the number of requests made by a government to remove social media content. "On July 3, 2025, the Indi ...Read More >
Indore, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) A controversial case surrounding a satirical cartoon took a serious turn as the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Indore denied anticipatory bail to the accused, Hemant Malviya. The order, issued on July 3, 2025, by a single bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar, pertains to a caricature posted on Malviya's Facebook page, which allegedly depicted the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an undignified and offensive manner. The court adopt ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Under the supervision, leadership and instructions of Indian Youth Congress National In-Charge Shri Krishna Allavaru, National President Uday Bhanu Chib, and National Legal Cell Chairman Roopesh Singh Bhadauria, the IYC Legal Cell has launched an all-fronts legal counteroffensive against the coordinated and malicious digital campaign aimed at defaming Rahul Gandhi and mocking women's dignity, a press release from the Indian Youth Congress said. On July 5, 2025, ...Read More >
Hyderabad: BJP State Chief N. Ramchander Rao stated that the Congress government acknowledges that Akbaruddin Owaisi constructed a college on the land of the old town of Salkam Lake. He emphasized that the lives of the 10,000 students studying there cannot be disrupted. On Monday, he questioned why the houses of thousands of poor people in the Musi catchment area, in Hyderabad and Rangareddy districts, who were unaware that their homes were built on the edge of the lake, have been demolished. " ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking to halt the release of the Bollywood film Udaipur Files, which is reportedly inspired by the 2022 murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan's Udaipur. Filed by Maulana Arshad Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband, the petition alleges that the film may incite communal discord and threaten social harmony. The petition cites the film's trailer, released on June 26, 2025 ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking to halt the release of the Bollywood film Udaipur Files, which is reportedly inspired by the 2022 murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan's Udaipur. Filed by Maulana Arshad Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband, the petition alleges that the film may incite communal discord and threaten social harmony. The petition cites the film's trailer, released on June 26, 2025 ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking to stay the release of 'Udaipur Files', claiming that the movie based on tailor Kanhaiya Lal murder case has potential to inflame communal tensions and disrupt public order in the country. The petition has been filed by Maulana Arshad Madani, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president and principal of Darul Uloom Deoband, and is likely to come up for hearing on Wednesday. Also Read | Silver Lion for Argentine's Javier Mile ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking to stay the release of 'Udaipur Files', claiming that the movie based on tailor Kanhaiya Lal murder case has potential to inflame communal tensions and disrupt public order in the country. The petition has been filed by Maulana Arshad Madani, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president and principal of Darul Uloom Deoband, and is likely to come up for hearing on Wednesday. Madani has claimed in the petition that a trailer o ...Read More >
Nagpur: The Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) has almost completed the Rs 132.49 crore phase 1 of the Tajbagh renovation and beautification project and is now awaiting Rs 95.87 crore to start phase 2 of the project. Under the first phase, NMRDA strengthened and beautified the main dargah, constructed a shopping complex, a choti dargah, shops, and other structures, including marble flooring. According to NMRDA sources, Phase 1 of the project received Rs 132.49 crore adminis ...Read More >
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has denied the bail application of accused Ashraf Khan alias Nisrat for posting objectionable content against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian Armed Forces. While rejecting the bail application of the accused, Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal noted that it has become a "fashion among certain groups of people" to misuse social media in the name of freedom of expression. The judge criticised the misuse of social media as a false excuse for free speech. ...Read More >
Prayagraj (UP), Jul 3 (PTI) Rejecting the bail plea of a person accused of posting objectionable content on social media against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian armed forces, the Allahabad High Court has observed that it has become a "fashion among certain groups of people" to misuse social media in the garb of freedom of speech. Rejecting the bail application of one Ashraf Khan on Wednesday, Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal observed that the freedom of speech guaranteed under the C ...Read More >
Chennai, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu BJP spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad has strongly condemned the brutal attack on journalist Silambarasan in Salem district, alleging a complete administrative breakdown under the DMK government and rampant collusion between officials and the sand mafia. Prasad said the incident exposes the growing impunity enjoyed by criminal networks involved in illegal sand mining across the state, and accused the ruling DMK regime of turning a blind eye to the ongoing pl ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Maharashtra Samajwadi Party chief Abu Asim Azmi on Wednesday criticised the state government over the controversial Maharashtra Public Safety Bill 2024, as activists, civil society organisations, and Left parties announced plans to unite in opposition to the proposed law. Abu Azmi questioned the need for the new legislation, saying there is already a law in the country through which people can be imprisoned or even hanged. "What will you achieve by bringing a ne ...Read More >
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Draft legislation by India's tech hub state of Karnataka that would impose jail terms of up to seven years for spreading "fake news" and other misinformation has stirred concerns among free speech activists that it could lead to censorship. With nearly 1 billion internet users, the stakes are high in a sprawling country of many ethnic and religious communities where fake news risks stirring deadly strife and AI deepfake videos have alarmed officials during elections. India ...Read More >
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Draft legislation by India's tech hub state of Karnataka that would impose jail terms of up to seven years for spreading "fake news" and other misinformation has stirred concerns among free speech activists that it could lead to censorship. With nearly 1 billion internet users, the stakes are high in a sprawling country of many ethnic and religious communities where fake news risks stirring deadly strife and AI deepfake videos have alarmed officials during elections. India ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at the Congress party, saying people who imposed emergency did not just murder democracy but their goal was also to keep judiciary as their puppet, while speaking in the 123rd episode of Mann Ki Baat. The prime minister added that Emergency was a tough period for India. "George Fernandes was chained up, students didn't have the freedom to express themselves. Democracy had entered a dark period during those years. Under 'MISA', anyone was arrested arbitrar ...Read More >
Kolkata: A two-member National Commission for Women team on Sunday visited the south Kolkata law college where a student was allegedly gang-raped last week.The team, accompanied by a videographer, was initially denied entry and asked to produce a formal order. After an hour-long discussion at the college entrance, the team, led by Archana Majumdar, was allowed in under two conditions -- no access to the crime scene and no videography permitted.The visit lasted 10 minutes. "We were denied access ...Read More >
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