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Poonch Court orders FIR against Zee News, News18 for falsely labelling deceased teacher as “Pakistani terrorist” during Operation Sindoor coverage
While court orders FIR for defamation and public mischief, CJP had earlier filed complaint with broadcaster highlighting defamatory, Islamophobic coverage
Khargone: Why is the administration ignoring the proliferation of hate on social media?
Given how incendiary forwards and inflammatory speeches incite Communal hate and targeted violence, administrative inaction is worrisome
Kashmir: Journalist Aasif Sultan jailed under PSA, after getting bail
He has already been imprisoned for four years; under the PSA an individual can be detained without trial for up to six months
Teesta Setalvad is NOT making any movie titled “The Gujarat Files”: CJP to YouTube news channels
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Two YouTube news channels had aired baseless, inflammatory and defamatory rumours about the Human rights defender’s involvement with a movie based on the 2002 Gujarat violence
Does news of assaults on journalists not reach any minister’s reading list?
Journalists have allegedly been arrested, stripped, assaulted and intimidated in different states across the country, all for speaking truth to power
DUJ announces Committee for Communal Harmony to battle hate
The Union demands immediate arrest of the hate mongers who assaulted seven journalists who were covering the Hindu Mahapanchayat
Adani group defamation case: Guj HC turns down Newsclick’s plea against interim injunction
The Rs 100 crore defamation case involves two articles about former Justice Arun Mishra’s alleged “gift” to the conglomerate
Uttar Pradesh: Journalists who reported on leaked question papers arrested
Ballia edition of Amar Ujala had published the leaked paper in the morning of the day when examination was to be held from 2 P.M
Stop asking such questions… else it won’t be good for you: Ramdev to reporter
Journalist had reminded Ramdev who had once famously asked people to vote for a government that will give petrol at Rs 40 per litre
Kashmir: Journalist Fahad Shah faces fourth FIR now under J&K PSA!
Are security laws in the Union Territory an excuse to stifle the Kashmir media?
Silence is not an option: Journalists to India’s Constitutional institutions
Senior journalists appeal for action against hate speech and open calls for genocide
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