Palghar Facebook Arrest

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  Allegations of U-turn as Government Prepares to Defend Controversial IT Rule

  The BJP-led government is likely to defend before the Supreme Court a controversial provision in the Information Technology Act, sources have told NDTV.

• Palghar court closes case against girls arrested for Facebook comments

  A Palghar court has closed the case against the two girls, who were arrested for posting a comment on Facebook on the shutdown after the death of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on November 17 last year.

• Facebook row: High Court seeks govt's reply on action against cops who arrested Palghar girls

  The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government what action it had taken against policemen who arrested two girls from Palghar district for posting comments on Facebook against the shutdown in Mumbai after Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's death in November last year.

• Charges dropped against girls arrested for Facebook post on Bal Thackeray

  Police on Tuesday dropped all charges against two girls from Palghar whose arrest over a Facebook post criticising shutdown in Mumbai during Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's funeral last month had sparked an uproar.

• Cyber laws meet: Applying section 66A of IT Act to require top cops' approval - Top 10 developments

  Outrage over the use of section 66A of the Information Technology Act to arrest young citizens speaking their minds on social media platforms today pushed the government to put adequate checks and balances in place. The decision came as the Cyber Regulation Advisory Committee met in New Delhi.

• Teenager in Palghar detained for Facebook post against Raj Thackeray

  A 19-year-old boy has been detained by the police in Palghar near Mumbai for allegedly writing an "abusive" Facebook post against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray. The police has not charged the teen yet; it is reportedly trying to ascertain whether he wrote the post or if his account was hacked.

• 'Family suggests I avoid Facebook for some time'

  Young women in Mumbai debate today's bandh in the town where two girls were arrested for Facebook posts.

• Shiv Sena bandh in Palghar against suspension of cops for Facebook arrests: Top 10 developments

  The Shiv Sena is enforcing a complete bandh or shutdown of Palghar today - this part of Thane in Maharashtra is where two young girls were arrested recently for their Facebook posts on Bal Thackeray's death. Mr Thackeray, who was 80, was the Shiv Sena president; he died earlier this month.

• Facebook arrests: Schools, markets shut for Shiv Sena bandh in Palghar today

  The Shiv Sena is observing a bandh in Palghar, Maharashtra today to protest against the suspension of two police officers who had arrested two girls for their Facebook posts related to party founder Bal Thackeray's funeral.

• Action after Facebook arrests: Two police officers suspended, Shiv Sena calls for bandh in Palghar today

  The Shiv Sena has called for bandh in Palghar district today in protest against the suspension of two policemen for arresting two young women for an anti-bandh post on Facebook on the Sunday that Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray's funeral shut Mumbai down. As the Maharashtra government cracked the whip, it also admitted that its policemen do not know...

• Facebook arrests: Maharashtra government is likely to announce its decision on probe report today

  Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil today said there was no difference of opinion between him and Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan over action to be taken against police officials who arrested two girls for their Facebook comments on Mumbai shutdown after Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death last week.

• Facebook arrests: Decision on police probe report today, says Prithviraj Chavan

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said that the state government will today take a decision on the police's probe report on the arrest of two girls from Palghar near Mumbai for a post on Facebook against the shutdown of Mumbai during Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's funeral.

• Facebook arrest: The girls were arrested for their own 'protection', report quotes policemen saying

  The two Palghar girls, who were arrested over a Facebook comment one of them posted on Mumbai shut down after Bal thackeray's death, were arrested for 'their own protection', say the policemen in the report submitted by Inspector General Sukhwinder Singh states.

• Facebook arrest row: Senior police officer to submit final report on investigation today

  Special Inspector General Sukhwinder Singh of Konkan range will submit his report today on the case involving the two girls from Palghar in Maharashtra who were arrested and then released on bail for protesting the closure of shops in the wake of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's death on Facebook.

• Facebook arrest row: Prithviraj Chavan promises strict action against cops, if found guilty

  In the midst of a raging furore over the arrest of two young women over their Facebook post on the shutdown in Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has promised "strict action" against police personnel, if they were found guilty in the probe that has been ordered into the incident.