A week after two girls in Thane district of Maharashtra were arrested over a Facebook post criticising the Mumbai bandh for the funeral of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, the state administration has finally taken some action. In a major step, the Superintendent of Police of the Thane district and a sub-inspector of Palghar police station were suspended on Tuesday, but charges against the girls were not dropped. ...
06:37 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil on Monday said there was no difference of opinion between him and Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan over action to be taken against police officials who arrested two girls for their Facebook comments on the Shiv Sena last week. ...
07:41 PM, Nov 26, 2012
A 23-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl in his neighbourhood in the city, said police on Sunday. Vijender lured the girl to his house on the pretext of playing with her. ...
12:49 AM, Nov 26, 2012
In this week's episode of The Week That Wasn't, Cyrus Broacha also talks about the film 'Life of Pi', Facebook post arrests and much more. ...
11:43 PM, Nov 24, 2012
The girl who was arrested for posting a Facebook comment criticising the Mumbai shutdown over Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death, has said that she stands by her post. ...
10:59 AM, Nov 24, 2012
Mumbai: The girl behind the Facebook post on Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray finally spoke up for herself on Friday, saying that she did not regret what she wrote but added that what followed afterwards should not have happened. She was joined by her father who said that the family received immense support from the media and were thankful to it. "We say we are free, but in many ways,...
07:40 AM, Nov 24, 2012
Mumbai: The Inspector General Konkan Range on Friday submitted his investigation report into the arrest of two Thane girls over a Facebook post criticising a bandh in Mumbai for the funeral of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. In his report, the IG said that the arrest of the girls by the police was unjustified. The probe report also recommended action against the police officials involved in the arrest of the...
07:18 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Mumbai: The police investigation report in connection with the arrest of two girls over a controversial Facebook post on Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray is likely to be submitted to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday. The two girls from Palghar were arrested after one of them posted a new status on her Facebook account denouncing the Mumbai shutdown after Thackeray's death and the other 'liked' it. The media...
10:25 AM, Nov 23, 2012
Idukki: The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by CPM in Idukki to protest arrest of party leader M M Mani for his refusal to turn up for a polygraph test in connection with a case registered in the wake of his controversial speech, hit normal life in the high range district on Thursday. Mani was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on Wednesday for rejecting the police notice to undergo brain mapping...
03:21 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Hyderabad: A principal of a primary school at Fatehnagar here was on Thursday arrested on allegations of corporal punishment meted out to a five-year old student, police said. Following a complaint by the mother of the LKG student, principal Mumtaz Ahmed who also runs the school, was arrested. Ahmed allegedly hit the boy with a stick resulting in bruises on his back as a punishment for reportedly not attending the...
02:36 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Idukki: Senior CPM leader M M Mani was on Wednesday arrested for declining to turn up for a polygraph test as part of the probe in connection with his controversial speech in which he said his party had in the past eliminated some of its political rivals in Idukki district. Mani was arrested from his house at Kunnhithanni near here and was taken to the police station at Nedumkandam. He...
09:18 AM, Nov 21, 2012
There is anger on the streets over arrests of girls on Facebook post as people demand change in laws to check abuse. ...
10:35 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Does the high-handed arrest of two young girls mean it's time to review and revise the IT Act? ...
10:11 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Minister of State for Communication and IT, Milind Deora, has come out in support of the two girls who were arrested over a Facebook post against Mumbai bandh during Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray's funeral, saying they did nothing wrong and have nothing to fear. Speaking to CNN-IBN's Rupashree Nanda, he's also said that the police over-reacted in this case and that he is open to amending the IT Act....
07:15 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: The arrest of two girls in Maharashtra for a Facebook post in which they criticised the closure of Mumbai over Bal Thackeray's death has become a national talking point. The event has outraged people all over the country who are now looking for answers from the state as well as the Central governments. Karan Thapar spoke to Information and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal in CNN-IBN's show 'The Last...
09:54 AM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: The arrest of two girls over their Facebook post on shutdown in Mumbai for Bal Thackeray's funeral on Monday again opened a can of worms with netizens calling the move a "social media hijack by the powerful and the fundamentalists". Social media was abuzz with tweets and posts about the arrest, with most referring to the arrest as yet another move to curb freedom of speech on the...
02:39 AM, Nov 20, 2012
Mumbai: The reported arrest of a 21-year-old girl over her Facebook status update questioning the shutdown of Mumbai over Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's death has drawn flak from former Supreme Court Judge and chairman of Press Council of India Justice Markandey Katju who has written to Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, seeking his active intervention in the matter. In the letter addressed to Chavan, Justice Katju has written: "It...
04:37 PM, Nov 19, 2012
Ramanathapuram: Leader of a Thevar outfit Shanmugaiyah Pandian was arrested on Monday for reportedly instigating his community against the Dalits in Kadaladi area, police said. They said the speeches of Pandian, leader of Thevar Kuzham Kootamaippu, was such that it endangered peaceful existence of the two communities in this part of the state. Police said they did not want to take chances as clashes between the two communities had already...
11:32 AM, Nov 19, 2012
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says it's good to be back in India after nearly 25 years. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, she said she was disappointed when India began engaging with the generals who had put her under house arrest, but added she held no hard feelings against India. Below is the full transcript of the interview: Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to a special...
01:50 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Auckland: Police say they caught a New Zealand man before he had a chance to throw a bucket of horse manure over Prince Charles and his wife Camilla during a royal visit to the Pacific nation. Castislav "Sam" Bacanov, 76, pleaded not guilty in an Auckland court on Tuesday to planning a crime in a public place. He has agreed under his bail conditions to keep at least 500 meters...
05:33 AM, Nov 13, 2012
