Weeks after Ranveer Allahbadia, stand-up comedian Swati Sachdeva faces backlash over vulgar jokeStand-up comedian Swati Sachdeva faces backlash for her recent YouTube episode where she jokes about her mother finding her vibrator. Socia...
29 Mar, 2025, 05.54 PM IST
Come up with draft regulatory mechanism: Apex Court tells CentreThe Supreme Court asked the central government to consider a regulatory mechanism to check vulgarity on online platforms like YouTube, with...
03 Mar, 2025, 11.23 PM IST
SC calls for regulation of obscene online contentThe Supreme Court of India has expressed the need to regulate obscene content on social media, seeking the government's stance on the matte...
18 Feb, 2025, 11.51 PM IST
Samay Raina takes down 'India's Got Latent' from YouTube channel after Ranveer Allahbadia controversyStandup comic Samay Raina has taken down all episodes of his YouTube show India's Got Latent after it hit the headlines for controversial s...
13 Feb, 2025, 09.26 AM IST
Cyber cell files FIR against controversial YouTube show, seeks removal of all episodesSummonses are being sent to about 30 guests who have participated in the show from the first episode till now, he said. The suo moto (on it...
11 Feb, 2025, 07.25 PM IST
Maharashtra Cyber cell files FIR against 'India's Got Latent', seeks removal of all episodesMumbai's Cyber Department registered an FIR against "India's Got Latent" over crude comments by influencer Ranveer Allahbadia. The show fac...
11 Feb, 2025, 07.23 PM IST
IBDF tells its OTT members to avoid vulgar, abusive content without justificationThe DMCRC is part of the Indian Digital Media Industry Foundation (IDMIF), which has been formed by IBDF, and has 10 members, namely JioCin...
05 Nov, 2023, 12.48 AM IST
Will incorporate rules to check vulgar content on social media, OTT platforms: Centre tells Delhi HCThe Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), in an affidavit showing compliance of the high court's earlier directions, sa...
22 Aug, 2023, 05.29 PM IST
HC for content regulation, says vulgar language on social media needs to be taken seriously"The use of obscene words and foul language in social media platforms have to be regulated when it crosses a particular line, as it can be ...
07 Mar, 2023, 08.12 PM IST
Centre asks FM radio channels to refrain from using vulgar, objectionable content"It has come to notice of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting that vulgar and objectionable content is very often being broadcast ...
01 Mar, 2022, 01.41 PM IST
Kerala HC dismisses plea for removing Malayalam horror film 'Churuli' from Sony LIVJustice P V Kunhikrishnan said if courts start to interfere with exhibition of films merely because some dialogues are obscene or use foul ...
10 Feb, 2022, 01.56 PM IST
AIB Knockout 2015: Bombay HC refuses interim relief to Ranveer Singh, Arjun KapoorAn FIR was filed against the actors and other personalities for using "obscene" language during a comedy event in 2015.
04 Apr, 2018, 12.09 PM IST
Offensive content on Radio 1: High Court asks government to check recordingsThe direction from a bench of Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Ashutosh Kumar came after the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting submit...
22 Mar, 2017, 07.14 PM IST
Surprise, surprise! People who swear often are more honest than othersAs dishonesty and profanity are both considered deviant they are often viewed as evidence of low moral standards.
17 Jan, 2017, 03.58 PM IST
BJP MLAs storm out of Assembly over Arvind Kejriwal's 'vulgar' remarksAmid protests by the Leader of Opposition, the Deputy CM, flanked by Kejriwal, moved a resolution on the floor of the Assembly.
22 Dec, 2015, 10.06 PM IST
Poem on Mahatma Gandhi: Supreme Court refuses to quash charge against editorJustices said one cannot be allowed to use indecent language for "historically respected personalities like Mahatma Gandhi".
14 May, 2015, 01.25 PM IST
'AIB Knockout': FIR against Karan Johar, Deepika, Alia and othersMumbai Police registered an FIR against 14 persons, including Karan Johar, Deepika Padukone & Alia Bhat, organisers & participants of the c...
13 Feb, 2015, 01.56 PM IST