Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai's legal woes: key datesJimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, faces national security law charges. Apple Daily launched in 1995 amid Hong Kong's handover anxieties. L...
28 Aug, 2025, 11.30 AM IST
Hong Kong court rejects bid to drop sedition charge against pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy LaiA Hong Kong court rejected a bid to drop sedition charges against pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai. The founder of the now-shuttered newspape...
22 Dec, 2023, 10.11 AM IST
Hong Kong detains 8 people on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversaryHong Kong police have detained eight people, including activists and artists, on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Squar...
04 Jun, 2023, 07.55 AM IST
Iranian revolution, choice beyond hijabDespotic administrations show their desperation when they resort to crackdowns they no longer care to hide.
02 Nov, 2022, 12.18 AM IST
Pakistan's ruling coalition sends mixed signals on arresting former Prime Minister Imran KhanFederal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Marriyum Aurangzeb further said that "accountability is a major feature of the governmen...
23 Aug, 2022, 08.49 AM IST
Kashmir varsity PhD scholar held for 'seditious' 10-year-old articleThe investigators conducted raids on the residence of Abdul Aala Fazili on Sunday and also searched the office premises of the digital maga...
18 Apr, 2022, 12.25 AM IST
Law panel mooted repeal of sedition law in 2018Following the recommendations of the law panel, the home ministry held consultation with state governments and Union Territories, as law an...
17 Jul, 2021, 07.36 AM IST
Supreme Court junks PIL against Farooq Abdullah, fines litigantsMerely disagreeing with the government will not amount to sedition, a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta said on Wednesd...
03 Mar, 2021, 09.22 PM IST
Expression of view which is dissent from government not seditious: Supreme CourtThe top court was hearing a plea which referred to his statement on restoring Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, ...
03 Mar, 2021, 07.46 PM IST
Special court for MPs to hear on Apr 26 complaint against Rahul Gandhi for remarks against PM ModiThe complaint has sought direction to the police to register an FIR against Gandhi for making allegedly seditious remarks in 2016 against P...
23 Apr, 2019, 02.54 PM IST
NIA files charge sheet against Kashmiri separatist Aasiya Andrabi, 2 othersThe Dukhtaran-E-Millat, which has been banned as a terrorist organisation, through Andrabi and others, openly advocates secession of Jammu ...
14 Nov, 2018, 07.02 PM IST
Law Commission submits consultation paper on seditionIn order to study revision of Section 124-A (sedition), the Law Commission has spelled out a host of issues, which according to it, require...
30 Aug, 2018, 08.24 PM IST
Chinese flags recovered from terror hideouts in Kashmir; 44 heldThe operation was jointly carried out by teams of army, police, BSF and CRPF in 10 sensitive localities in different mohallas of Kashmir.
13 Jul, 2018, 10.53 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
Court dismisses complaint against Arvind Kejriwal for tweets on PM ModiThe complainant alleged that Kejriwal had "intentionally" used defamatory words with a view to spreading a sense of "hatred and contempt" t...
31 May, 2016, 06.09 PM IST
Hurriyat Conference strike in Kashmir, normal life disruptedGeelani had called for a strike today against the government, saying there was no moral or legal justification in slapping the PSA on Masar...
25 Apr, 2015, 12.50 PM IST
- Vaiko forgets Pota days
MDMK leader Vaiko was on Thursday arrested in Chennai for making inflammatory speeches in favour of LTTE.
24 Oct, 2008, 01.44 AM IST