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From Rohith Vemula Suicide To Sedition Row, JNU Debates All Ahead of Polls
Rohith Vemula's suicide, sedition row, nationalism and BR Ambedkar's vision were some of the topics that were part of the high-voltage JNU presidential debate ahead its students' union election.
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Sedition Case Against Amnesty India After Slogan-Shouting At Kashmir Debate
Amnesty International's India chapter has said it has not yet received a copy of a FIR or First Information Report in a sedition case filed against it in Bengaluru, but has questioned why "organising an event to defend constitutional values is now being branded 'anti-India' and criminalized."
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JNU's Kanhaiya Kumar, Charged With Sedition, Will Now Write Book 'Bihar To Tihar'
JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar, whose arrest on charges of sedition catapulted him to the centrestage of students politics and ignited a nationwide debate on nationalism and free speech, will write with a book on his eventful journey from a nondescript Bihar village.
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Opposition, Experts Back President's Call For Changes In 'Archaic' Penal Code
Amid a raging debate on JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar being booked for sedition, President Pranab Mukherjee has called for changes to the 'archaic' India Penal Code which he says has undergone a very few changes.
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Indian Penal Code Requires Thorough Revision, Says President Pranab Mukherjee
Amid a raging debate on the sedition law, President Pranab Mukherjee today said the Indian Penal Code (IPC) requires a thorough revision to meet the needs of the 21st century and changes are necessary in the "archaic" police system.
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Sedition Law 'Necessary' To Stop Talks Against Country: Santosh Hegde
Retired Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde today said he is in "favour" of the sedition law as some "restrictions" are needed to stop people from abusing and talking against the country.
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Today in India, Protest Means Sedition: Rahul Gandhi on 'Intolerance'
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament today for his -silence- on the incidents of perceived intolerance in the country. -Today in India, protest means sedition,- he said.
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Won't Stop Singing, Says Artiste Arrested for Criticising Jayalalithaa
Tamil folk singer Kovan, who was arrested last week on sedition charges for criticising Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, remained defiant in face of the police action against him.
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'Black Day' for Free Speech as Malaysia Amends Sedition Law
Malaysia's parliament earlier today approved tougher penalties for sedition in a move criticized by the United Nations and described by the opposition as "a black day" for democracy and free expression.
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Aseem Trivedi's Cartoons Didn't Incite Violence, Says Bombay High Court on Sedition Charges
In a major relief to cartoonist and free speech activist Aseem Trivedi, the Bombay High Court today said that his cartoons did not incite violence, adding that, they only expressed anger with the state machinery. The court's verdict came on a Public Interest Litigation, filed by an activist-lawyer Shankar Marathe, challenging Mr Trivedi's arrest on...
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From Rohith Vemula Suicide To Sedition Row, JNU Debates All Ahead of Polls
Rohith Vemula's suicide, sedition row, nationalism and BR Ambedkar's vision were some of the topics that were part of the high-voltage JNU presidential debate ahead its students' union election.
-
Sedition Case Against Amnesty India After Slogan-Shouting At Kashmir Debate
Amnesty International's India chapter has said it has not yet received a copy of a FIR or First Information Report in a sedition case filed against it in Bengaluru, but has questioned why "organising an event to defend constitutional values is now being branded 'anti-India' and criminalized."
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JNU's Kanhaiya Kumar, Charged With Sedition, Will Now Write Book 'Bihar To Tihar'
JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar, whose arrest on charges of sedition catapulted him to the centrestage of students politics and ignited a nationwide debate on nationalism and free speech, will write with a book on his eventful journey from a nondescript Bihar village.
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Opposition, Experts Back President's Call For Changes In 'Archaic' Penal Code
Amid a raging debate on JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar being booked for sedition, President Pranab Mukherjee has called for changes to the 'archaic' India Penal Code which he says has undergone a very few changes.
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Indian Penal Code Requires Thorough Revision, Says President Pranab Mukherjee
Amid a raging debate on the sedition law, President Pranab Mukherjee today said the Indian Penal Code (IPC) requires a thorough revision to meet the needs of the 21st century and changes are necessary in the "archaic" police system.
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Sedition Law 'Necessary' To Stop Talks Against Country: Santosh Hegde
Retired Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde today said he is in "favour" of the sedition law as some "restrictions" are needed to stop people from abusing and talking against the country.
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Today in India, Protest Means Sedition: Rahul Gandhi on 'Intolerance'
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament today for his -silence- on the incidents of perceived intolerance in the country. -Today in India, protest means sedition,- he said.
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Won't Stop Singing, Says Artiste Arrested for Criticising Jayalalithaa
Tamil folk singer Kovan, who was arrested last week on sedition charges for criticising Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, remained defiant in face of the police action against him.
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'Black Day' for Free Speech as Malaysia Amends Sedition Law
Malaysia's parliament earlier today approved tougher penalties for sedition in a move criticized by the United Nations and described by the opposition as "a black day" for democracy and free expression.
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Aseem Trivedi's Cartoons Didn't Incite Violence, Says Bombay High Court on Sedition Charges
In a major relief to cartoonist and free speech activist Aseem Trivedi, the Bombay High Court today said that his cartoons did not incite violence, adding that, they only expressed anger with the state machinery. The court's verdict came on a Public Interest Litigation, filed by an activist-lawyer Shankar Marathe, challenging Mr Trivedi's arrest on...
