Bengal asks districts to build ‘holding centres’ for illegal foreigners as anti-infiltration drive gathers paceWest Bengal is setting up holding centers for suspected illegal foreigners and foreign prisoners. This move institutionalizes the state's '...
24 May, 2026, 05.47 PM IST
Govt moves fast on student union polls, parties’ student units seek early rolloutKarnataka government is moving forward with forming student unions. Consultations are underway with student groups from various political p...
22 Apr, 2026, 06.19 PM IST
Follow constitutional morality, fight polls on mutual respect, says SCThe Supreme Court has stressed that political leaders must uphold constitutional morality and engage in elections with mutual respect. Poli...
18 Feb, 2026, 12.07 AM IST
Supreme Court says political leaders must foster fraternity, declines plea for speech guidelinesThe Supreme Court has called upon petitioners to craft a new request for regulations on political address. Emphasizing the importance of co...
17 Feb, 2026, 01.55 PM IST
EC asks parties not to use derogatory words for persons with disabilities in political discourseThe Election Commission (EC) has called on political parties to avoid using derogatory language for persons with disabilities in public dis...
21 Dec, 2023, 02.38 PM IST
Ravi Shankar Prasad writes to Zuckerberg; condemns internal ideology war at FacebookThe letter sent on September 1 and reviewed by ET has also said that before the run-up to the 2019 General Elections, there was a concerted...
01 Sep, 2020, 08.32 PM IST
Officials debate whether India should have its own social media content moderation rulesIndia provides immunity, or safe harbour, to intermediaries under Section 79(2) of the I-T Act on the condition that the platforms do not m...
01 Sep, 2020, 07.11 AM IST
Panel may seek more laws to curb hate speechThe Commission is giving “final touches” to the report and is likely to submit its detailed findings on the issue next week to the governme...
24 Mar, 2017, 02.09 AM IST
Secularism not aloofness to religion: Supreme CourtThe SC bench reserved its verdict on the mode and manner in which a court should try an electoral malpractice committed to seek votes using...
28 Oct, 2016, 01.30 PM IST
Irom Sharmila opposes MHA guidelines to meet prisonersThe MHA in July came out with tougher guidelines to regulate the entry of NGOs and filmmakers into the prison for making documentaries.
09 Nov, 2015, 08.18 PM IST
Bihar poll: After name calling, Election Commission calls for restraintThe Commission's strongly-worded instructions came against the backdrop of politicians using election rallies and press conferences to targ...
09 Oct, 2015, 08.00 PM IST
Chinese officials ordered to deliver lecture on Xi Jinping's speechesChinese officials have been ordered to deliver lectures on President Xi Jinping's speeches and socialism in colleges each semester.
06 Aug, 2015, 04.31 PM IST
Ads on public service vehicles: Delhi High Court seeks Delhi government's responseDelhi High Court has sought city government's response on a plea seeking quashing of its guidelines banning political advertisements on pub...
30 Nov, 2014, 03.36 PM IST
Political advertisement on autos: High Court reserves judgementDelhi government's standing counsel Zubeda Begum told the court that it cannot remove the word "political" from its recent guidelines.
19 Sep, 2014, 08.12 PM IST
Fine-tuning vexed hate speech problemConcern at this pre-poll juncture over political hate speech makes clear that quite a lot of such divisive ruptures in India are directly l...
15 Mar, 2014, 06.44 AM IST
SC asks Law Commission to look into issue of hate speechesThe PIL had named Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh as respondents as the two states witnessed incidents of alleged hate speeches.
12 Mar, 2014, 11.27 AM IST
- Live telecast of speeches paid news in disguise: CPI
Live telecast of speeches by leaders of political parties are a form of paid news, Communist party of India said and demanded that the Elec...
04 Feb, 2012, 02.33 PM IST