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Kerala: Two students held for putting up 'Freedom for Kashmir' poster in g
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Malappuram (Kerala), [India], Feb 22 (ANI): Two students were arrested on Friday under sedition charges for allegedly putting up posters saying 'Freedom for Kashmir' in the premises of a government college in Kerala's Malappuram.
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Manipur student arrest: Delhi HC asks investigating officer to submit case
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday asked Investigating officer probing the case of Veewon Thokchom, a student activist from Manipur who was arrested and charged with sedition for a Facebook post critical of the citizenship amendment bill, to present the file o
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JNU sedition case: Delhi court to hear matter on Feb 28
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): A Delhi court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Police to urge the Delhi government to expedite the sanction process to prosecute former JNU Student's Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case.
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No proposal being considered to scrap sedition law: Hansraj Ahir
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): MoS Home Hansraj Ahir in a written reply in Lok Sabha to a question on whether sedition law will be scrapped, on Tuesday said no such proposal is under consideration by the government.
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Delhi Law Minister issues showcase notice in JNU sedition case
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Delhi law minister Kailash Gehlot on Thursday sent a show-cause notice to the principal law secretary for clearing without his approval the sanction to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students in a case of sedition.
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JNU sedition case: Court enquires how police filed chargesheet without app
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): A Delhi court on Saturday pulled up Delhi Police in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) sedition case for filing a chargesheet without legal approval to which the police has replied that it will procure the requisite sanction within 10 days.
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BJP slams Sibal's call to scrap sedition law
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 18 (ANI): The BJP on Friday slammed Congress leader Kapil Sibal's call for scrapping the sedition law, saying the opposition party supports those wanting to divide the country rather than contributing towards making a new India.
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Anti-national, anti-social activities on social media cause of concern: Na
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Asserting that the central government has no objection with social activities on social media, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday outlined that anti-social or anti-national activities are indeed a cause of worry.
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Remove sedition law: Kapil Sibal to ANI
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday accused the Centre of misusing the sedition charges and termed it a "colonial law".
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Mehbooba likens JNU charge sheet with Afzal Guru hanging, calls it vote ba
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday likened the charge sheet filed against JNU student leaders in the sedition row with the hanging of terrorist Afzal Guru and termed it
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Hearing in JNU sedition case adjourned till Jan 19
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India) Jan 15 (ANI): The Patiala House Court on Tuesday adjourned the JNU sedition case till January 19.
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JNUSU terms sedition, criminal conspiracy and rioting charges against Kanh
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan 14 (ANI): The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) has termed the charge sheeting of Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in a sedition case as "a clear case of vendetta" allegedly carried out at the "well-planned instruction from the Prime Minister's Office (
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