Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police have lodged an FIR against social media network Twitter, news portal The Wire, journalists Rana Ayyub and Saba Naqvi, Congress politicians Shama Mohamed, Salman Nizami and Maskoor Usmani and Alt news co-founder Mohammed Zubair for tweeting a horrific video of the beard of an […]
The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR against journalist Prateek Goyal alleging trademark violation in an article filed in Newslaundry on the decision of the Sakal group in Pune to sack over fifty staffers of the Sakal Times. The court held that mere use of the registered […]
In the midst of the debate on the controversial USC jihad programme of Sudarshan Television, well known academic and public intellectual, Prof. Jagdeep Chhokar, and RTI activist Venkatesh Nayak , have sought proceedings to wind up Sudarshan Television Channel company for acting against the integrity of India and […]
Justice A P Shah delivered a trenchant critique of the state of the judiciary. Speaking on the occasion of the Justice Hosbet Suresh Memorial Lecture, the former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court made no secret of his anguish at the abdication of the responsibilities of the apex […]
Republished from Newsclick The government of India wants the media to stop creating panic by disseminating fake news about the ongoing crisis before first ascertaining from it ‘true’ and ‘factual’ information. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court stated that it does not intend ‘interfering’ with ‘free discussion’ while directing […]
Internet restrictions on people of the Kashmir valley will continue with some additional facilities thrown in for citizens to access the Internet but under heavy and daily supervision! As expected, the Jammu and Kashmir government conducted its ‘review’ of all orders (within four days of the Supreme Court […]
– A two-member team from the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) and the Free Speech Collective (FSC) visited Kashmir to determine the impact of the crackdown on communication on the media in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 on 5 August 2019. – The team […]
This happened today, in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir: The Kashmir Journalists Association issued a statement condemning the attack: KJA condemns attack on photojournalists in Kashmir Kashmir Journalists Association has strongly condemned the physical attack and seizure of cameras of photo journalists while doing their job in Kashmir’s Pulwama […]
