Tamil Nadu invokes a seldom-used law against Nakkeeran editor, disproportionate to alleged crime

The text of Section 124 suggests that there has to be a physical element in restraining the governor from functioning.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Oct 09, 2018 · 01:17 pm

Police books Kolkata journalist who tweeted that Bengali film is remake of a Pakistani one

The Bengali film in question, ‘Hoichoi Unlimited’, stars actor and Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament Deepak Adhikari.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Sep 16, 2018 · 10:08 am

Historian Audrey Truschke’s talk cancelled after alleged pressure from ‘Hindu Rashtra proponents’

The lecture, titled ‘Unpopular Stories: Narrating the Indo-Islamic Past and Navigating Present-day Prejudices’, was to be held in Hyderabad on August 11.

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· Aug 08, 2018 · 11:02 am

‘Politics, not Hindu feelings’: Writer KR Meera on why S Hareesh's 'Meesha' was withdrawn in Kerala

The magnitude of the organised attack against the novel has no precedence in Malayalam.

KR Meera

· Jul 28, 2018 · 08:30 am

Rahul Gandhi comes out against demands to censor new Netflix series ‘Sacred Games’

The views of a character on a fictional web series can never change the fact that my father lived and died in the service of India, the Congress president said.

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· Jul 14, 2018 · 08:46 pm

The Indian Right has adopted an American strategy to demonise the Left. But it’s more dangerous

India’s free speech laws are far weaker than those in the USA, allowing legitimisation of state excesses in the name of national security.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Jul 10, 2018 · 07:30 am

‘Winking is blasphemous in Islam,’ say new petitions in Supreme Court against Priya Varrier film

The petitioners want the song featuring the wink removed from the movie.

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· Apr 09, 2018 · 01:20 pm

Opinion: It isn’t surprising that guidelines on fake news were scrapped – they were bad in law

The new rules aimed to suspend the accreditation of journalists against whom complaints of fake news had been registered.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Apr 03, 2018 · 03:16 pm

Malaysia: Artist jailed for a month for making a caricature of Prime Minister Najib Razak

Fahmi Reza was also fined 30,000 ringgits.

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· Feb 20, 2018 · 10:09 pm

Actor Priya Varrier moves Supreme Court, wants the case against her viral song quashed

She said in her plea that the case violated her freedom of speech and expression.

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· Feb 19, 2018 · 05:22 pm

‘Victory of justice and freedom of expression’: Twitter hails Supreme Court’s ‘Padmaavat’ ruling

The Apex Court on Thursday stayed notifications by four states stopping the release of the movie on January 25.

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· Jan 18, 2018 · 06:16 pm

Jammu and Kashmir government bars employees from criticising its policies on social media

The order also prohibited them from sharing any grievance about their workplace.

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· Dec 27, 2017 · 07:51 am