The complainant had alleged that an individual named Rana Ayyub repeatedly used her social media account, specifically Twitter (@RanaAyyub), to post offensive and derogatory comments targeting Hindu deities.
The couple was scheduled to appear before a trial court on Friday in a case linked to allegedly controversial tweets, after failing to attend the previous day despite repeated summons.
Iranian officials on Friday sharply rebuked US President Donald Trump and the Israeli Foreign Ministry for their statements regarding the ongoing protests in the country, warning that any foreign intervention in its internal affairs would be met with a "regrettable response".
PM Modi's posts have dominated X (formerly Twitter), with eight out of the ten most-liked tweets in India over the past 30 days coming from his account.
"The unfairness of this has definitely created a very strong backlash in India, and the accompanying insults, both by Trump's own language in his statements and tweets. Subsequently, the extremely offensive statements by his advisor (Peter) Navarro have gotten a backlash across the countr
PTI founder Imran Khan refused to meet cybercrime investigators at Adiala Jail over tweets from his account, Dawn reported. A petition in the Islamabad High Court seeks conjugal rights for Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi, while security is tightened for his video-linked court appearance.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament Saket Gokhale on Tuesday publicly apologized to former diplomat Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri for a series of defamatory tweets posted in June 2021 regarding her property purchase abroad.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saket Gokhale on Tuesday extended an apology for "having put out a series of tweets against Ambassador Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri on June 13 and 23, 2021.
Amidst tension between India and Pakistan, Pune City Police have arrested a 19-year-old IT engineering student for allegedly sharing an Instagram story containing screenshots of tweets by Pakistani nationals, including posts referencing "Pakistan Zindabad" and "Hindutva extremism."
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that courts are not supposed to do moral policing, while setting aside High Court order imposing Rs 10 lakh costs each on musician Vishal Dadlani and political activist Tehseen Poonawalla over certain tweets they posted in 2016 mocking a Jain monk.
Multiple FIRs had been lodged against journalist Abhishek Upadhyay for his alleged report on caste dynamics of the general administration in UP. As regards, another journalist Mamta Tripathi, various FIRs had been lodged against her for her allegedly defamatory tweets made on X.
A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Augustine George Masih sought the Centre's response within six weeks on the Software Freedom Law Centre's plea, which said that intermediaries like X (formerly Twitter) often take down tweets on government directions without informing the account owner.