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Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi condemns case filed against journalists
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Gogoi added that the Assam Police's move to obstruct the two journalists from exercising their right to free expression amounted to misuse of legal provisions and was unconstitutional
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“Gaon me jo bastey hain, wahi toh desh hai”: Rights, freedom and corollari
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
At the stroke of the midnight hour, as the world slept, India awoke to "life and freedom" 78 years ago on this day. In the years to come, India's new-found Independence would significantly impact its association with its neighbouring countries.
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"All reasonable restrictions are rightly put": SC flags abuse of freedom o
Updated : 8 months ago IST
A bench led by Justice B.V. Navarathna also stated that reasonable restrictions over the fundamental right of speech and expression are rightly imposed and need to be complied with by citizens.
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"Diversity of our discourse is strength, not weakness": Manish Tewari defe
Updated : 9 months ago IST
"The strength of our democracy is its diversity, and the contesting opinions and narratives distinguish India not only from Pakistan but from a large number of other totalitarian states. The diversity of our domestic discourse is actually a strength, not a weakness. The fact remains that in
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"Today's meeting of NITI Aayog is another exercise in hypocrisy, diversion
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Calling NITI Aayog an "Aayogya" body, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Aayog's 10th Governing Council Meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Bharat Mandapam today.
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Meta accused of undermining free speech, aiding CCP censorship
Updated : 11 months ago IST
A former global policy director at Facebook has testified before the US Senate, alleging that Meta has jeopardised national security and freedom of speech in its dealings with China, as reported by Radio Free Asia (RFA).
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"This message goes far" Congress' Imran Pratapgarhi thanks SC for quashing
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi on Friday thanked Supreme Court for quashing the FIR filed against him over his poem and said that this message from the apex court goes far.
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SC quashes FIR against Congress MP's poem; court must step in to protect f
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Stressing the importance of protecting the freedom of speech and expression, the Supreme Court on Friday quashed an FIR registered against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi by Gujarat police over a social media post with a poem 'ae khoon ke pyase baat suno
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"Investigate if he says something wrong, don't stop him" NCP-SCP's Eknath
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"Kunal Kamra is a comedian, and sometimes in comedy it happens that what he thinks is truth he says. When he says something against the government, sometimes it can trouble them too, but the Constitution has given us the freedom of speech, if Kunal Kamra is saying something wrong then invest
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"Kamra's decision not to apologise is right," says Congress MLA Vijay Wade
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"If anything is wrong, then they should go to the court. Vandalism and suppressing anyone's voice is not right. A government should be able to take criticism. If someone has done a comedy for laughter, then the government should have laughed it off... Kangana Ranaut said even more derogatory
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Kunal Kamra speaks in his own style, unlike Kangana Ranaut: NCP-SCP MLA Ro
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
" ...When opposition was in power, Kangana Ranaut (BJP MP) had made a statement comparing Mumbai to PoK, it was an anti-national statement, that time Devendra Fadnavis had a very different statement and when action was taken against her, he had said that it was wrong to take action...Now, th
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"Where is freedom of speech?": Jaya Bachchan reacts to Kunal Kamra controv
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In the ongoing row over stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra's recent remarks, several political figures, including Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Jaya Bachchan and Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs, have come forward to defend Kamra's freedom of expression and criticize the actions of those who vandalized the Mumbai v
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