Pakistan booked Baloch nationalists as it failed to buy them, says defence expert
With Pakistan registering five cases, including sedition, against three top Baloch nationalist leaders for allegedly backing Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s words on Balochistan in his Independence Day speech, defence expert Sushant Sareen on Tuesday said they refused to be sold at the hands of Pakistan and continued with their freedom struggle from foreign asylums.
Aug 23, 2016, 13:17 PM IST
Amnesty row: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara takes U-turn, denies giving clean-chit
Two days after Karnataka minister virtually gave a clean chit to Amnesty International, facing sedition charges for its event on Kashmir, the BJP on Monday held a protest in the state and demanded arrest of those who raised anti-India slogans at the event.
Aug 22, 2016, 15:07 PM IST
JNU case: Kanhaiya, 2 others move court seeking regular bail
JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar and two other JNU students Friday approached a Delhi court seeking regular bail in a sedition case relating to alleged anti-India slogans being raised at the university campus in February.
Aug 19, 2016, 18:59 PM IST
'Azadi' slogans at Amnesty event: Digvijay Singh says raising slogans not a fit case to be charged with Sedition
As the row over sedition case slapped against Amnesty International India intensifies, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Wednesday said, simply raising slogans is not a fit case to be charged with the draconian law.
Aug 17, 2016, 12:00 PM IST
'Azadi' slogans raised at Amnesty event: Bengaluru top cop
Amnesty organised the programme -- `Broken Families` -- which had an interactive discussion on peace and justice in Kashmir.
Aug 17, 2016, 06:10 AM IST
Book Eknath Khadse under sedition for his 'links' with Dawood Ibrahim, demands Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday demanded former Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse to be booked under sedition for his alleged links with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
Jun 05, 2016, 12:08 PM IST
Delhi HC refuses to stay rustication of Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, seeks JNU response
Denying interim relief to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the rustication order passed by the university against them over a controversial event on Kashmir in the campus.
May 10, 2016, 19:03 PM IST
How can Shiv Sena support Kanhaiya Kumar? asks BJP
Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray had recently said that it is wrong to brand Jawaharlal Nehru University leader Kanhaiya Kumar as anti-national.
Apr 26, 2016, 15:01 PM IST
Twitteratti lash out at Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for Kanhaiya Kumar-Bhagat Singh comparison - Viral tweets here
Congress leader and Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor on Sunday in his over 43-minute long speech at JNU campus compared the JNUSU president and sedition accused Kanhaiya Kumar to revolutionary Bhagat Singh.
Mar 21, 2016, 13:50 PM IST
Criminal complaint filed against Owaisi in Delhi court
The court will be hearing the matter on March 22.
Mar 19, 2016, 23:41 PM IST
HRD Ministry body asks Urdu writers to declare they will not write anything against govt, nation
Writers have been asked this in a new form which has been introduced by the NCPUL.
Mar 19, 2016, 19:07 PM IST
Umar Khalid's 11-year-old sister raises 'lal salaam', 'Inquilab Zindabad' slogans inside JNU - Watch
Sarah Fatima, a student of Class VI, said that their struggle will not end "till everyone gets justice".
Mar 19, 2016, 17:50 PM IST
Court grants bail to former Delhi University professor SAR Geelani in sedition case
Patiala House Court on Friday granted bail to former Delhi University professor SAR Geelani, who was arrested on sedition charge.
Mar 19, 2016, 11:29 AM IST
After facing flak, Kanhaiya Kumar says Kashmir an integral part of India
Sedition charges were slapped against JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar for raising "anti-India" slogans.
Mar 18, 2016, 21:58 PM IST
JNU row: Anupam Kher hits out at Kanhaiya Kumar, says 'don't do any politics against country`
A Delhi court on Friday granted six months interim bail to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested on charges of sedition.
Mar 18, 2016, 18:30 PM IST
#BharatMataKiJai debate: Two cases filed against AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi in Bihar
Two cases were on Thursday filed in Bihar seeking sedition charges against AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi for his refusal to chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.
Mar 17, 2016, 21:47 PM IST
Delhi HC to hear pleas for cancellation of Kanhaiya Kumar's bail on March 23
The Delhi High Court Thursday fixed for March 23 the hearing on the pleas seeking cancellation of interim bail granted to JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case.
Mar 17, 2016, 11:43 AM IST
Definition of Sedition law 'very wide', says Govt
Government on Wednesday acknowledged that the definition of Sedition law is "very wide" and said it is being reviewed by the Law Commission after members in Rajya Sabha demanded that it should be scrapped as it is a colonial legacy and a "relic".
Mar 16, 2016, 15:49 PM IST
Why was Kanhaiya Kumar charged with sedition, asks Oppn in Rajya Sabha; demands scrapping of law
The Opposition in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday demanded "scrapping" of sedition law and asked why Jawaharlal Nehru University students Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and few others were booked under the serious charge.
Mar 16, 2016, 13:10 PM IST
47 sedition cases registered in 2014, only one convicted
A total of 47 sedition cases were registered in the country in 2014 but only one person was convicted of the crime, the government said on Tuesday.
Mar 15, 2016, 21:34 PM IST
