New Delhi: A person's right to free and fair trial enjoys no primacy over the right to freedom of speech and expression of the media, senior counsel Ram Jethmalani told the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Fundamental rights could only be restricted by a legislation passed by parliament and no guidelines by the apex court could shrink them, Jethmalani told the apex court constitution bench of Chief Justice SH Kapadia, Justice...
04:29 AM, Apr 18, 2012
London: The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the Internet's creation are facing their greatest-ever threat, the co-founder of Google Sergey Brin said in an interview published by Britain's Guardian newspaper on Monday. Brin said the threat to freedom of the Internet came from a combination of factors, including increasing efforts by governments to control access and communication by their citizens. Brin said attempts by the entertainment industry...
10:23 AM, Apr 16, 2012
Sri Aurobindo scholar may be asked to leave India: Tonight at 10 pm CNN-IBN's Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts, are historians losing their Freedom of Expression?
12:26 PM, Apr 05, 2012
My Lords (Justice SH Kapadia, Justice DK Jain, Justice SS Nijjar, Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice JS Kehar), "News is something someone somewhere ...
01:05 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Lahore: Pakistani civil society activists have demanded that the square in Lahore where Bhagat Singh was hanged over eight decades ago should be renamed after the freedom fighter to honour his struggle to free the people of the region from the suppression and cruelty of British rule. During a ceremony held on Friday evening at Shadman Chowk, the spot where Singh was hanged on March 23, 1931, with his fellow...
12:26 PM, Mar 24, 2012
Agra: Indian Army chief General VK Singh on Sunday opened the first Rashtra Mandir, dedicated to freedom fighters and social workers, at the Mankameshwar temple complex here. The Rashtra Mandir is a unique temple in the name of people like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Annie Besant and Bhagat Singh. Mahant Har Har Puri, who is the brain behind the shrine, told IANS: "Nationalism today has to be the foundation of...
11:14 AM, Mar 04, 2012
Patna: Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju said on Friday that the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government harassed the media if they wrote against it. Katju said the information he had gathered about the media in Bihar was "not good". He reminded the Nitish Kumar government that its alleged action against the press was a violation of the Constitution. A three-member PCI team will be sent to Bihar soon...
07:04 AM, Feb 25, 2012
New Delhi: Press Council Chairman Markandeya Katju on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan over attacks on journalists in the state and threatened to recommend to the President dismissal of the state government. "It is the duty of the state government to maintain law and order in the state but it seems to me that your government is neither able to maintain law and...
11:24 PM, Feb 22, 2012
New Delhi: It isn't just one angry Indian against Google and Facebook. Internet freedom is on trial in India! The ham-handed, state-backed censorship of Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literary Festival earlier this month grabbed headlines - "The Republic bows before the Mob". Yet, a far more serious free-speech drama was quietly playing out. It started with Vinay Rai, editor of a little-known Delhi-based Urdu daily called Akbari, filing a...
01:02 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Daulat Ram, one of the nominees for the CNN-IBN's Citizen Journalist Awards, is fighting to get his pension for his contribution during the freedom struggle. ...
11:16 AM, Jan 29, 2012
In the ongoing Rushdie row at the Jaipur Literature Festival, actor Rahul Bose drew attention to the limitations in the Constitution concerning freedom of expression in the country. "We need to take a look at 'Freedom of Speech' under the Constitution of India. We need to campaign for change," he said. ...
08:52 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: Keeping up the heat on the UPA government, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare will campaign for a strong Lokpal Bill in Chennai on Sunday. Anna is expected to address a public meeting there on Sunday afternoon. On Saturday, the 74-year-old interacted with supporters at Bangalore's Freedom Park. Meanwhile, Team Anna has begun exploring the options for the venue of Anna's fast in Mumbai on December 27. At the moment...
10:31 AM, Dec 18, 2011
On this episode we bring you the history of Goa and tell you why it is a major tourist attraction in India. ...
10:21 PM, Dec 17, 2011
Scores of supporters are expected to gather at the Bangalore's Freedom Park before Anna Hazare's protest march against corruption. ...
01:55 PM, Dec 17, 2011
Bangalore: Social Activist Anna Hazare and his team - Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi - will campaign against corruption in Bangalore on Saturday. Scores of supporters are expected to gather at the city's Freedom Park before beginning a protest march against corruption. Hazare who reached Bangalore on Saturday morning said, "The Lokpal bill will be passed in Parliament, but they have to bring the lokpal Bill in Parliament first. Team...
10:40 AM, Dec 17, 2011
Washington: Asserting that freedom of expression applies equally to the Internet as it does in the real world, the United States has said that it is in talks with Indian government over the regulatory mechanism on Internet. "We believe that freedom of expression applies equally to the Internet as it does in the real world," the State Department spokesman, Mark Toner, told reporters at his daily news briefing when asked...
08:52 AM, Dec 08, 2011
BANGALORE:A large number of people including young women, students from various colleges, members of NGOs, community-based organisations of women in sex work, sexual minorities, people living with HIV and general public took part in an event to observe the World AIDS Day here on Thursday at Freedom Park. The park witnessed multitude of activities and several stalls that aimed to create education and awareness on HIV/AIDS among people. The event...
09:00 AM, Dec 02, 2011
In this week's '30 Minutes' special meet 'The Inheritors' of India's great legacies - men and women who carry the burden and expectations of an illustrious surname. ...
07:12 PM, Nov 10, 2011
Islamabad: Text books in Pakistani schools foster prejudice and intolerance of Hindus and other religious minorities, while most teachers view non-Muslims as 'enemies of Islam,' according to a study by a US government commission released on Wednesday. The findings indicate how deeply ingrained hardline Islam is in Pakistan and help explain why militancy is often supported, tolerated or excused in the country. "Teaching discrimination increases the likelihood that violent religious...
12:42 PM, Nov 09, 2011
Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena members on Wednesday attacked Prashant Bhushan over his comment on Kashmir. ...
11:50 PM, Oct 13, 2011
