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Five Haryana cops, part of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's security, dismised: DGP
A special CBI court in Panchkula had sentenced the Dera chief to 20-year imprisonment in a rape case on Monday.
Sep 01, 2017, 08:33 AM IST
Amnesty urges Malaysia to free cartoonist accused of sedition
Human rights NGO Amnesty International urged Malaysia on Sunday to free a popular political cartoonist who has been arrested over making offensive drawings of Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Nov 27, 2016, 16:07 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal, P Chidambaram, Sanjay Nirupam to be prosecuted under sedition for statements on surgical strikes in Pakistan?
In a setback to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Congress leaders P Chidambaram and Sanjay Nirupam, a case was filed on Wednesday in a Bihar court.
Oct 06, 2016, 16:29 PM IST
Slap sedition charges on Sanjay Nirupam for raising questions on surgical strikes by Indian Army: Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena on Wednesday demanded that sedition charges be slapped on Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam for questioning the integrity of the Army and sought his immediate removal from the party's Mumbai chief post.
Oct 05, 2016, 19:11 PM IST
Anti-India slogans: Delhi HC asks JNU not to take action against Kanhaiya Kumar, seven others
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration to not take any action, till September 19, including the penalty against JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kanhaiya and seven others.
Sep 06, 2016, 17:48 PM IST
Sedition, defamation charges cannot be invoked for criticism: SC
Sedition or defamation cases cannot be slapped on anyone criticising the government, the Supreme Court on Monday said in a clear message.
Sep 05, 2016, 21:55 PM IST
Shiv Sena taunts PM Narendra Modi over arrest of Baloch leaders
Balochistan CM Sanaullah Zehri, in a speech last week, alleged that the Indian government "fully supports the ongoing insurgency in Balochistan".
Aug 24, 2016, 15:19 PM IST
US backs Amnesty over India sedition case, says it respects group's right to express freely
Amnesty had on August 13 organised an event as part of a campaign to seek justice for "victims of human rights violations" in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan booked Baloch nationalists as it failed to buy them, says defence expert
With Pakistan registering five cases, including sedition, against three top Baloch nationalist leaders for allegedly backing Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s words on Balochistan in his Independence Day speech, defence expert Sushant Sareen on Tuesday said they refused to be sold at the hands of Pakistan and continued with their freedom struggle from foreign asylums.
Aug 23, 2016, 13:17 PM IST
Amnesty row: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara takes U-turn, denies giving clean-chit
Two days after Karnataka minister virtually gave a clean chit to Amnesty International, facing sedition charges for its event on Kashmir, the BJP on Monday held a protest in the state and demanded arrest of those who raised anti-India slogans at the event.
Aug 22, 2016, 15:07 PM IST
JNU case: Kanhaiya, 2 others move court seeking regular bail
JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar and two other JNU students Friday approached a Delhi court seeking regular bail in a sedition case relating to alleged anti-India slogans being raised at the university campus in February.
Aug 19, 2016, 18:59 PM IST
'Azadi' slogans at Amnesty event: Digvijay Singh says raising slogans not a fit case to be charged with Sedition
As the row over sedition case slapped against Amnesty International India intensifies, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Wednesday said, simply raising slogans is not a fit case to be charged with the draconian law.
Aug 17, 2016, 12:00 PM IST
'Azadi' slogans raised at Amnesty event: Bengaluru top cop
Amnesty organised the programme -- `Broken Families` -- which had an interactive discussion on peace and justice in Kashmir.
Aug 17, 2016, 06:10 AM IST
Book Eknath Khadse under sedition for his 'links' with Dawood Ibrahim, demands Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday demanded former Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse to be booked under sedition for his alleged links with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
Jun 05, 2016, 12:08 PM IST
Delhi HC refuses to stay rustication of Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, seeks JNU response
Denying interim relief to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the rustication order passed by the university against them over a controversial event on Kashmir in the campus.
May 10, 2016, 19:03 PM IST
How can Shiv Sena support Kanhaiya Kumar? asks BJP
Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray had recently said that it is wrong to brand Jawaharlal Nehru University leader Kanhaiya Kumar as anti-national.
Apr 26, 2016, 15:01 PM IST
Twitteratti lash out at Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for Kanhaiya Kumar-Bhagat Singh comparison - Viral tweets here
Congress leader and Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor on Sunday in his over 43-minute long speech at JNU campus compared the JNUSU president and sedition accused Kanhaiya Kumar to revolutionary Bhagat Singh.
Mar 21, 2016, 13:50 PM IST
Criminal complaint filed against Owaisi in Delhi court
The court will be hearing the matter on March 22.
Mar 19, 2016, 23:41 PM IST
HRD Ministry body asks Urdu writers to declare they will not write anything against govt, nation
Writers have been asked this in a new form which has been introduced by the NCPUL.
Mar 19, 2016, 19:07 PM IST
Umar Khalid's 11-year-old sister raises 'lal salaam', 'Inquilab Zindabad' slogans inside JNU - Watch
Sarah Fatima, a student of Class VI, said that their struggle will not end "till everyone gets justice".
Mar 19, 2016, 17:50 PM IST
