‘Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow’: Jimmy Kimmel defends joke amid backlash, White House demands action from ABCLate-night host Jimmy Kimmel sparked significant backlash for a joke about First Lady Melania Trump, calling her an "expectant widow." The ...
28 Apr, 2026, 12.25 PM IST
PM Modi flays Opposition for women's quota bill defeatPrime Minister Narendra Modi has strongly criticized opposition parties for the defeat of a bill aimed at fast-tracking women's reservation...
19 Apr, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
UK adopts definition of ‘anti-Muslim hostility’, plans special envoy to tackle hate crimesIn a pivotal step, the UK is redefining anti-Muslim animosity with the introduction of a dedicated representative to tackle hate crimes dir...
10 Mar, 2026, 09.33 PM IST
Karnataka clears hate speech bill: What counts as an offence, punishments and penalties explainedHate Speech Bill Karnataka: Karnataka has enacted a new law to combat hate speech and hate crimes. The Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crime...
19 Dec, 2025, 06.41 PM IST
Allahabad HC quashes Abbas Ansari's conviction in hate speech case; restores his Assembly membershipAbbas Ansari, son of Mukhtar Ansari, got relief as Allahabad High Court overturned his conviction in a 2022 hate speech case. This led to r...
21 Aug, 2025, 09.57 AM IST
UK launches review to provide working definition of IslamophobiaThe UK has initiated a review, led by Dominic Grieve, to define Islamophobia and address rising anti-Muslim hate crimes. The working group ...
01 Mar, 2025, 02.52 PM IST
Will strengthen 2018 guidelines to curb hate crimes in country, says SCThe bench said this court cannot go into the genuineness or authenticity of the videos as many times wrong things are said, which should no...
25 Aug, 2023, 07.05 PM IST
Elon Musk says new Twitter policy is ‘freedom of speech & not freedom of reach’ as resignations mountMusk detailed the new policy in a series of tweets.
19 Nov, 2022, 12.24 PM IST
Can't give hate any air, firm regulatory mechanism needed against hate speeches: Supreme Court"Where is our nation headed," the bench asked. While freedom of press is important, "these speeches on mainstream media or social media are...
22 Sep, 2022, 06.36 AM IST
Uttarakhand: SIT constituted to probe Haridwar 'hate speech' conclaveThe BJP government in Uttarakhand is under tremendous pressure from different quarters for acting against those who delivered hate speeches...
02 Jan, 2022, 02.28 PM IST
Facebook is stonewalling questions, says Delhi Assembly committee on riotsFacebook India’s Public Policy Director Shivnath Thukral mentioned pulling down any content found that read against the community standards.
18 Nov, 2021, 05.07 PM IST
Facebook changing 'race-blind' hate speech policy: ReportThe change is set to alter the social network's "so-called race-blind" system that has removed anti-white comments and excised innocuous co...
04 Dec, 2020, 01.27 PM IST
Mark Zuckerberg loses $7 billion as firms boycott Facebook adsMark Zuckerberg just became $7.2 billion poorer after a flurry of companies pulled advertising from Facebook Inc.’s network.
28 Jun, 2020, 01.14 PM IST
Godse extremist remark: Kamal Haasan secures anticipatory bailMadras HC granted anticipatory bail to Kamal Haasan in the case filed against him for his Hindu extremist comment.
20 May, 2019, 05.00 PM IST
US Senator slams Twitter, FB for blocking Mother Teresa's quote on abortionMother Teresa, the founder of Missionaries of Charity who is revered for her work with the poor in India, was proclaimed a saint by Pope Fr...
12 Apr, 2019, 01.32 PM IST
Law Commission working on hate speech definitionLaw Commission has been working on a report to suggest laws to tackle hate speeches and whether the EC can be empowered to disqualify a pol...
11 Aug, 2014, 04.07 AM IST
- Akbaruddin Owaisi: Protests against MIM leader's arrest, stones pelted at cops
Scores of protesters pelted stones at cops after the Friday prayers at Mecca Masjid near Charminar.
11 Jan, 2013, 08.48 PM IST