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Hate speech case: Azam Khan granted regular bail
Bareilly: A special MP/MLA court on Tuesday granted regular bail to senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan who has challenged his conviction in the 2019 hate speech case in a sessions court.…
- India
Take action against hate speech makers irrespective of party, religious affiliation: JIH
New Delhi: Latching onto the Supreme Court’s recent remarks on hate speech, a Delhi-based socio-religious organisation on Saturday alleged that it seemed the “silence of governments” on the issue was “emboldening” people indulging…
- India
Azam Khan disqualified as member of UP Assembly
Lucknow: UP Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana has disqualified SP’s Mohd Azam Khan as member of the house. The Speaker announced the decision after receiving the orders of the court which had convicted…
- India
Azam Khan gets three years in jail for hate speech against Yogi Adityanath
In a 2019 hate speech case against Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party politician and former minister Azam Khan was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison along with…
- India
Azam Khan convicted in 2019 hate speech case
Rampur: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has been convicted in the 2019 hate speech case. He was taken into judicial custody, and the quantum of sentence will be pronounced at 3 p.m.…
- India
UP: After AIMIM leader’s hate speech, Uddhav’s Sena threatens to ‘cut off tongue’
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh unit of Shiv Sena (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has threatened to “cut off the tongue” of AIMIM state president Shaukat Ali, who has been booked for making…
- India
Delhi: Organisers booked for ‘hate speech’ event; VHP says ‘laughable’
New Delhi: An FIR has been filed against the organisers of an event in the national capital where some speakers allegedly had made some hate speeches, Delhi Police said on Monday. VHP…
- Delhi
BJP leaders call for boycott, murder of Muslims at event in Delhi
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Delhi Parvesh Kumar along with MLA Nand Kishore Gujjar from Loni, UP at a public event in Delhi on Sunday spewed hate against Muslims. They…
- India
Every Hindu should own weapons, worship them: Hindu Jagarana Vedike
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi, a massive rally consisting of nearly 10,000 workers from the right-wing organisation Hindu Jagarana Vedike was organised in Udupi town, Karnataka. Calls for a Hindu Rashtra…
- India
India rarely saw accountability of state in targeted violence, says Teesta Setalvad
Ahmedabad: Social activist Teesta Setalvad on Sunday said the country has rarely seen accountability of the state as far as targeted violence is concerned and added that survivors and citizens supporting them…
- India
UP: High Court dismisses petition against CM Adityanath
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking registration of a complaint against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his “objectionable” speech while campaigning in Alwar during the…
- India
‘Hate speech poisons, role of anchor is critical’: SC on hate speech on TV
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday strongly criticised hate speech through visual media, including the role of TV anchors, as it emphasised that it poisons the fabric of our society and…
- India
Demolitions, rapes, lynchings: Atrocities against Muslims in August
August 2022 bore witness to a series of atrocities against Muslims with demolitions in Assam at the forefront. The spread of communalism has tightened its tentacles even as India entered her 76th…
- India
Will control hate speech through IPC, RP Act: EC to SC
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Supreme Court that hate speech has not been defined under any existing law in India and in absence of specific law on…
- India
SC grants bail to hate speech accused in Haridwar Dharma Sansad case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, an accused in the Haridwar Dharma Sansad case related to alleged inflammatory speeches made against Muslims. A bench of…
