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Freedom of Speech
Maharashtra: Shiv Sena asks cable TV operators to stop airing Republic Bharat channel because it is insulting Uddhav Thackeray
In a letter issued on Thursday, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has asked the cable TV operators to stop airing Republic Bharat channel immediately.
Darjeeling based journalist granted anticipatory bail by Calcutta High Court after Mamata Banerjee govt files case against him
West Bengal govt had slammed IPC section 505 against journalist and Dareeling Chronicle editor Upendra Pradhan
Journalist Tavleen Singh sues Twitter user Shashank Singh alias PokerShash over satirical tweet
Tavleen Singh filed a civil lawsuit against @pokershash in Patiala House Court for his sardonic tweet against the author-writer
Arrested for comments against Uddhav and Aditya Thackeray, Twitter user Sunaina Holey gets bail
Twitter user Sunaina Holey was arrested after a Shiv Sena leader complained to police against her anti-Thackeray tweets.
Russian journalist convicted for “justifying terrorism” asked to pay fine of $6,950, prosecutor demands six-year imprisonment
Many human rights groups and media watchdogs have criticised the verdict against the Russian journalist and demanded her acquittal.
When Nehru curbed press freedom and freedom of expression to protect ‘moral standards’ of Indians and faced opposition by all his opponents
Jawaharlal Nehru, who is again ironically hailed as a beacon of liberalism, was insistent on curbing the freedom of the press.
China has blocked the official website of Narendra Modi using the Great Firewall, but has allowed Rahul Gandhi’s website
Congress party had earlier signed an MoU with the Communist party of China to work on various issues together.
Mamata Banerjee threatening journalists with fake FIRs for reporting against state govt: Home Minister Amit Shah
Amit Shah mentioned how the political environment has been deteriorating in West Bengal under the Mamata Banerjee's rule. The Home Minister also added that the Mamata Banerjee-led government has been threatening and intimidating journalists for exposing her government's failure.
Mumbai: BJP MLA files petition in HC, questions the constitutional validity of Uddhav government’s gag order on citizens
The 23c May order also indirectly bans all criticism of the Maharashtra government led by Uddhhav Thackeray as one of the clauses in the prohibitory order says that messages that incite “mistrust towards government functionaries and their actions taken to control Covid-19” will also be acted against.
News channel Calcutta News removed from cable networks in Kolkata allegedly on orders of Mamata Banerjee govt, BJP terms it ‘undeclared emergency’
The broadcast of the channel Calcutta News was stopped on various cable networks in Kolkata and surrounding areas.
