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Suresh Chavhanke uses Chandrayaan 3 to peddle hate
Suresh Chavhanke, the editor of Sudarshan News who is well known for his anti-Muslim rhetoric and hate speeches, posted a cartoon on X (formerly Twitter) on August 24, Thursday showing Muslims throwing…
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2007 hate speech: SC stays trial court order directing Azam Khan to give voice sample
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an order of a trial court directing Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan to give a voice sample in a case of allegedly delivering a…
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SC to hear Azam Khan’s plea against direction to give voice sample in hate speech case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on Wednesday a plea filed by senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohd Azam Khan against a direction passed by MP/MLA court in…
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Hate speech cases of all sides to be dealt with as per law, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Friday that it does not need to reiterate that ‘hate speech’ cases be dealt with as per the law, irrespective of the community or religion…
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Hate speech: Delhi HC Women Lawyers Forum writes to CJI seeking action
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum has addressed a letter petition to Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud seeking directions to the Haryana government in relation to hate…
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Brinda Karat moves SC on hate speeches by VHP, Bajrang Dal leaders
New Delhi: CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in a pending plea which has alleged “blatant hate speeches” calling for killing Muslims and their social…
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Hate speeches, calls for violence stain I-Day fete at many places
The country marked the 77th Independence Day enthusiastically on Tuesday, August 15. Meanwhile, several video clips surfaced on social media unambiguously showing hate speech being delivered against the Muslim community in several…
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SC asks Centre to form committee to look into hate speech cases
New Delhi: Observing that there has to be harmony and comity between communities, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to constitute a committee to look into the cases of hate…
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Bittu Bajrangi booked for inciting communal violence ahead of Nuh violence
Following the fatal communal clashes in the Nuh district and other areas of Haryana in which at least five people were killed, Dauba police in Haryana’s Faridabad district have booked cow vigilante…
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SC declines to quash hate speech case against Mukhtar Ansari’s son
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to quash criminal proceedings initiated against the son of gangster-turned-politican Mukhtar Ansari for allegedly giving hate speech in a rally during the 2022 Uttar…
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Delhi HC sets aside order for lodging FIR against VHP leader in ‘hate speech’ case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside an order which had directed lodging of an FIR against VHP leader Alok Kumar in a case of alleged hate speech of…
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‘Miya Muslim’ remark: Assam police book CM for hate speech
Guwahati: Rajya Sabha MP Ajit Bhuyan has lodged an FIR against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his remarks against Bangladeshi-origin Muslim settlers (‘Miya’) in the state. Bhuyan filed a police…
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UP Court convicts Azam Khan in yet another hate speech case
Rampur: A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur district on Saturday convicted senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former MLA Mohd Azam Khan in a hate speech case. The MP/MLA court sentenced Khan…
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Mosques will be demolished to build temples: Karnataka BJP leader Eshwarappa
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Karnataka deputy chief minister K S Eshwarappa stoked a controversy by stating mosques should be razed to make way for the construction of temples. In…
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Hate speech on TV channels is dividing society; how can this menace be checked?
Earlier this month, the passing away of former newsreader Geetanjali Aiyar brought back to mind her gracious and dignified bearing. It also reminded us of the days when the news was presented…
