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Brinda Karat seeks review of SC verdict in Thakur-Verma hate speech case

Plea argues the Court wrongly held no cognisable offence was made out without a merits hearing

I am not Gandhi’s monkey: Hate offender, Ragini Tiwari spewing hate against farmers

She has warned the Government that if farmers are not stopped from protesting further, ‘Jaffrabad’ will be recreated

There has been a Bharat Bandh for 70 years: Kapil Mishra

Bharatiya Janata Party politician Kapil Misra wants people not to express solidarity with the farmer unions, defy the Bharat Bandh on December 8

CJP moves Ministry of I&B against Pushpendra Kulshreshtha’s hate speech

His blatant anti-Islamic speeches generate hateful and discriminatory content against Muslims in India

UPSC Jihad show offensive, promotes communal attitude: I&B Ministry

The Ministry is said to have acted upon the various complaints it received about the controversial UPSC Jihad show on Sudarshan TV

Kolkata police file an FIR against fake news repeat offender Madhu Kishwar

Kishwar first issues issues apology, then back-peddles to say that though she mis-identified the location as Kolkata instead of Dhaka, the video itself wasn't fake

Deepak Chaurasia: Spewing communal hate on social media

Known for his growing anti-Muslim debates on National television, Deepak Chaurasia has now come up with Conversion Jihad!

Khadim Rizvi’s insensitive call for a nuclear attack on France

Leader of an extremist religious group, Rizvi demanded the declaration of a jihad against France for allowing caricatures of Prophet Mohammad.

Hate Speech by Zakir Naik: Painful punishment awaits those who abuse the Prophet

Controversial preacher issues a not-so-veiled threat of violent reprisals; endangers French Muslims further who are already facing suspicion and hate in wake of beheadings in Paris and Nice

Rethink advertising on channels that spread discord: Constitutional Conduct Group

Former All India and Central Services officers write open letter to corporates to rethink advertising policy that may indirectly be funding hate speech

Centre to publish order against Sudarshan news complaints, informs SG

During a brief hearing on October 26, in the hate speech related case. the Solicitor General told the Supreme Court that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was ready to publish its order against the broadcast of Bindas Bol show of Sudarshan News TV that was held to be prima facie communal in nature.

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