Cheering a cricketing opponent may be unpatriotic, but certainly not seditiousIn theory, the Indian political parties support the Constitution freedom to dissent. In practice, they seem to deny Kashmiris these freedom...
03 Nov, 2021, 11.38 PM IST
Arrests under sedition charges rise but conviction falls to 3%Between 2016 and 2019, the number of cases filed under Section 124-A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) increased by 160% while the ...
17 Feb, 2021, 07.51 AM IST
Court orders framing of charges against Kashmiri separatist Aasiya AndrabiSpecial Judge Parveen Singh ordered putting Andrabi as also Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen on trial for various offences punishable under...
21 Dec, 2020, 05.54 PM IST
CM Yediyurappa says student activist Amulya had Naxal links; Cong, JD(S) condemn pro-Pak sloganeeringAnother Congress leader D K Shivakumar said that there was no question of defending anti-nationals, be Amulya or anybody. “A thorough inves...
21 Feb, 2020, 08.23 PM IST
Sedition tag for Pulwama comments worries activistsGovernments have used sedition as a tool to crush dissent more than anything else, says an advocate.
28 Feb, 2019, 11.30 AM IST
Court gives last chance to cops to file ATR on plea against Mani Shankar AiyarA Delhi court today granted the last opportunity to the police to file an action taken report on a BJP leader's plea seeking lodging of a s...
11 Jul, 2018, 04.56 PM IST
BJP leader moves court seeking sedition case against AiyarAjay Agrawal, a practising lawyer, claimed "derogatory" words were used against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the meeting, which was also...
27 Dec, 2017, 09.27 PM IST
Those who celebrated Pak's win should go and live there: Gairul Hasan Rizvi"I feel those who did so, were on the wrong side. Therefore, I said what I said," the former leader of BJP's minority wing said.
22 Jun, 2017, 12.22 PM IST
NGO moves Supreme Court over sedition law, says it harasses students, intellectualsCommon Cause, a New Delhi-based non-government organisation has alleged that Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code was being increasingly m...
18 Aug, 2016, 01.57 AM IST
Bangladeshi court orders sedition probe against Khaleda ZiaZia's BNP is a crucial ally of fundamentalist Jamaat-e- Islami, which was opposed to Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan.
27 Dec, 2015, 07.11 PM IST
Those mourning Yakub Memon's death are anti- national; should go to Pakistan: Sakshi MaharajBJP MP Sakshi Maharaj dubbed as "anti-national" those mourning the death of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon.
01 Aug, 2015, 04.41 PM IST
Election Commission seeks report on dropping of sedition charges against J&K studentsOn BJP's complaint, the Election Commission has sought a report from the district administration of Meerut in connection with dropping of s...
08 Mar, 2014, 08.27 PM IST
Omar Abdullah unhappy over row involving Kashmiri students in MeerutOmar expressed regret that BJP was making withdrawal of sedition charges against Kashmiri students in Meerut an election issue.
08 Mar, 2014, 04.06 PM IST
BJP against withdrawl of sedition charges against Kashmiri studentsLaxmikant Bajpai, President of BJP, "BJP will meet the Union Home Minister in connection with this issue and will demand a CBI probe into i...
07 Mar, 2014, 01.18 PM IST
Sedition charge against Kashmiri students: Congress steers clearCongress today steered clear of the issue of sedition charge against some Kashmiri students studying in Meerut for cheering Pakistan's vict...
06 Mar, 2014, 07.43 PM IST
Kashmiri students booked for sedition for cheering Pakistan teamAround 60 Kashmiri college students studying in Meerut were charged with sedition by Uttar Pradesh police for cheering Pakistan's victory a...
06 Mar, 2014, 06.12 PM IST
Sedition charges against Kashmiri students uncalled for:OmarAround 60 Kashmiri students at Swami Vivekananda Subharti University in Meerut were expelled for three days from the hostel after they had ...
06 Mar, 2014, 05.08 PM IST