Vikrant Massey apologises for his 'distasteful' 2018 tweet on Lord Ram-Sita: Never my intention to hurtActor Vikrant Massey recently issued an apology after an old tweet of his, featuring a controversial cartoon of Lord Ram and Goddess Sita, ...
22 Feb, 2024, 09.15 AM IST
The Guardian ends longtime cartoonist Steve Bell's contract over Netanyahu caricatureThe Guardian newspaper has decided to end its contract with long-time editorial cartoonist Steve Bell after he refused to publish a caricat...
19 Oct, 2023, 07.59 PM IST
Guardian dismisses long-serving cartoonist Steve Bell over Benjamin Netanyahu cartoon controversyBell's drawing depicted Netanyahu conducting surgery on himself with a marked incision resembling the outline of the Gaza Strip. The illust...
16 Oct, 2023, 09.38 PM IST
Uddhav apologises for 'Saamana' cartoonThe office of the Sena mouthpiece in Navi Mumbai was stoned with a pro-Maratha social outfit, Sambhaji Brigade, claiming responsibility for...
01 Oct, 2016, 07.41 PM IST
Saamana row: Shiv Sena reels after cartoon self-goalAccording to sources, at least one MP and MLA were ready to resign in solidarity with the sentiments expressed by the Maratha community.
29 Sep, 2016, 02.56 AM IST
New York Times terms Lata Mangeshkar a 'so-called' singer, Twitter goes tizzyThis is the latest in a string of portrayals of India or Indians by The NYT that has found itself rubbing people the wrong way.
01 Jun, 2016, 05.20 PM IST
Editor held for reprinting Prophet Mohammed's offensive image"The court has granted her bail. She was held on charges of hurting religious sentiments by reprinting the controversial cartoon of Prophet...
29 Jan, 2015, 05.14 PM IST
Year in review: Mamata hogs limelight in BengalBegal CM finds herself more at the receiving end facing one controversy after another.
21 Dec, 2012, 11.37 AM IST
Shashi Tharoor hopes pending HRD Bills will be passed soon in ParliamentGovt expects that pending legislations pertaining to HRD ministry will be passed during the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament.
04 Nov, 2012, 07.32 PM IST
- National monitoring panel's decision on cartoons to be final
"What the national monitoring committee decides will be an all round decision. The books will not be affected and will come out on time," N...
07 Jul, 2012, 09.50 PM IST
- Overuse of political cartoons in school textbooks: Thorat Committee
The Thorat Committee constituted to review NCERT’s political science textbooks is of the view that there has been an overuse of political c...
29 Jun, 2012, 08.29 AM IST
- India becoming 'democracy of sound bytes': Politicians
India is increasingly becoming a "democracy of sound bytes" because of "undue" coverage given by the media to disruptions in Parliament.
16 May, 2012, 09.31 PM IST
- Politicians should introspect instead of criticising cartoons: Kashmiri MP
Even as MPs continued to demand a ban on cartoons of politicians in textbooks, Sharifullah Shariq said politicians should introspect instea...
16 May, 2012, 12.29 PM IST
Ambedkar cartoon row: An act of cowardly populism, says Shiv VisvanathanTwo professionals were abandoned by the education minister in another knee-jerk display of populist politics. The event needs to be analyse...
15 May, 2012, 09.29 AM IST
- Mamata Banerjee should behave in a more mature manner: Justice Markandey Katju
Justice Markandey Katju today said the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must learn to function in a democratic and more mature ma...
18 Apr, 2012, 06.54 PM IST
Mamata's minister Jyotipriyo Mullick backtracks on his comments on CPMWest Bengal food supplies minister Jyotipriyo Mullick has asked Trinamool workers to "boycott" CPM workers and "learn to hate them".
18 Apr, 2012, 01.01 PM IST
- UAE, Oman boycott Danish products
Supermarkets in the UAE and Oman have stopped selling Danish products to protest against the new publication in Denmark of a controversial ...
17 Mar, 2008, 12.02 PM IST