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Karnataka 'hate speech' bill unnecessary, existing framework adequate: Home MinistryThe Union Home Ministry has informed Karnataka that its proposed bill to curb hate speech might be unnecessary. Existing laws are deemed su...- Mehbooba Mufti says Almighty will help PDP like Iran, Omar Abdullah lacks courage to speakFormer Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti stated she was miserly in imposing the Public Safety Act on youth during her term. S...
- Iran vows 'decisive response' if US continues its 'blockade, piracy, maritime robbery' in GulfIran on Saturday issued a strong warning to the United States, vowing a "decisive response" if Washington continues what it described as "b...
- New chapter in Tamil Nadu's revolving-door politics as Vijay's TVK complicates DMK-AIADMK mathTamil Nadu's politics has seen a major shift. The DMK has gained significant ground, winning recent elections. The AIADMK has experienced a...
- Israeli parliament approves death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering IsraelisIsrael's Parliament has approved a law allowing the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. This measure, a victory...
- Businesses living in fear, says TV Mohandas Pai after ‘extortion’ by CGST officials in BengaluruVenture capitalist TV Mohandas Pai has called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to protect honest bus...
- Release Engineer Rashid, say Kashmir leadersPolitical parties in Kashmir demand the release of Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid, who won the Lok Sabha elections from Baramull...
- North Korea: Kim Jong Un introduces laws banning divorce, allowing cops to check mobile phonesThe North Korean state has introduced two new laws that aim to check the mobile phones of individuals and ban divorce in the country.
- CPI(M) releases Lok Sabha poll manifesto, promises to scrap 'draconian' UAPA, PMLAIn its manifesto, the party pledged to fight for "an uncompromising adherence to the principle that religion is separated from politics".
- Will repeal PMLA, enact better law if Congress returns to power: ChidambaramChidambaram calls for repeal of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, citing misuse. Claims law wasn't UPA's initiative, stresses need for be...
- Petition filed in SC against new criminal laws passed by ParliamentThese new laws-the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Act-will replace the Indian Pe...
- New Indian Penal Code has become more draconian: P ChidambaramCongress leader P Chidambaram expressed concerns over the newly enacted criminal justice bills, stating that the new Indian Penal Code has ...
- Proposal 'treacherous', against spirit of SC stand, signal of centre becoming more 'deadly': Congress"In a terrible, tragic and treacherous development, The law commission has recommended that Section 124A of the IPC (Indian Penal Code) sho...
- Doctor prescribing cure that is worse than disease: Chidambaram on Law Commission's recommendations on sedition lawWith the law commission backing the sedition law, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said the panel's recommendation is a cas...
- Chorus grows for repeal of AFSPA in Northeast after Nagaland killingsThe AFSPA is in force in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur (excluding Imphal Municipal Council Area), Changlang, Longding and Tirap districts of Aru...
- Strike down sedition law, offensive parts of UAPA, retired Justice Rohinton Nariman urges SCJustice Nariman has said that it is "important for the court" to strike down Section 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which c...
- Centre using template of terrorising Kashmiris into silence in other parts of country: MehboobaThe former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, who has been vocal in her opposition to three new farm laws of the Centre, said the government...
- Modi govt pursuing "Atma Samparpan Bharat" in the name of "Atma Nirbhar Bharat": Sitaram YechuryHe also blamed the Centre for trying to muffle the opposition voices by using draconian laws and slapping sedition charges against them.
- Rahul Gandhi hits out at media silence after 10,000 adivasis in Jharkhand charged with sedition"That any Government could slam the draconian 'sedition' law on 10,000 Adivasis, fighting against state oppression, should have shocked the...
- Why Afzal Guru's hanging is bad news for Rajiv Gandhi killersThe execution of Afzal Guru has sent shivers down the spine of advocates involved in a last-ditch legal battle to save three death convicts...
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