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Trouble mounts for Ranveer Allahbadia & others linked to Samay Raina’s show: Top developments | India News – The Times of India

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Samay Raina & Ranveer Allahbadia NEW DELHI: The massive uproar over content creator Ranveer Allahbadia‘s “sex and parents” remark at comedian Samay Raina‘s “India’s Got Latent” show only intensified on Tuesday, with people across the spectrum stepping in to condemn Allahbadia’s crass comment.Allahbadia, widely popular for his YouTube channel “BeerBiceps,” landed trouble after a clip…

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Balraj Sahni, Dev Anand, Kishore Kumar: How PM Modi used Bollywood to attack Congress | India News – The Times of India

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NEW DELHI: In a fierce attack on Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a big ‘anti-democratic’ charge at the party while citing big Bollywood names.PM Modi, while replying to Motion of Thanks in Rajya Sabha on the President’s address on Thursday said the Congress has always crushed freedom of speech in the country.Starting from Nehru…

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‘Can’t view every speech as defamation’: Delhi court junks BJP ex-MP Chandrashekhar suit against Tharoor | India News – The Times of India

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NEW DELHI: A Delhi court dismissed Tuesday a defamation complaint filed by BJP functionary Rajeev Chandrashekhar against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, saying if every speech was viewed as defamation then “freedom of speech and expression would be reduced to nought”.The court of additional chief judicial magistrate Paras Dalal noted there is “no prima facie evidence”…

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India to UK: Can’t apply freedom of speech selectively | India News – The Times of India

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Spokesperson of the ministry of external affairs Randhir Jaiswal (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over Khalistan supporters disrupting screenings of the movie ‘Emergency’ in the UK, MEA on Friday said freedom of speech cannot be applied selectively.“We consistently raise concerns with the UK government regarding incidents of violent protest and intimidation by anti-India…

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Do ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chants in masjid hurt religious sentiment? SC to rule – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Does shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ inside a mosque hurt religious sentiments of Muslims? Supreme Court on Friday will hear a petition challenging a Karnataka HC decision which quashed criminal proceedings against miscreants who raised the slogan inside a mosque on the ground that it did not hurt religious sentiments.A bench of Justices Pankaj…

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What will you say of Khajuraho temples: Bombay HC to Customs department | India News – Times of India

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MUMBAI: Criticising Customs department for confiscating nude artworks of Francis Newton Souza and Akbar Padamsee on the ground that such “obscene material” is prohibited for import, Bombay high court asked if Customs officials can apply their own notion of what is obscenity. “At this rate, what will you say of Khajuraho temples?” Justice Mahesh Sonak…

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Criticism of government no ground for criminal case against scribe: SC | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Protecting a journalist who is facing a criminal case for writing what was perceived to be against Uttar Pradesh govt, Supreme Court said the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression should be respected in a democracy and criticising govt should not be grounds for initiating criminal prosecution of writers and scribes.A…

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