Palghar Facebook Row

• Facebook outrage: Court drops charges against two women

  A Maharashtra court on Thursday dropped all charges against the two women who wrote comments on Facebook questioning the shutdown in the city after Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray's death on November 17 last year, a lawyer said.

• 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.

• Another complaint filed on Facebook post against Bal Thackeray in Palghar

  In yet another case emerging from Palghar town in the district, police have received a complaint about some "objectionable" matter relating to late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray posted on a "fake" Facebook account of a local newspaper.

• Facebook row: Police to close case against two Palghar women

  Relief is finally on way for the two young women from Palghar, Maharashtra whose frank opinion on Mumbai's shutdown for Bal Thackeray's funeral put them at the receiving end of the Shiv Sena and an over-zealous Maharashtra police.

• 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.