Mumbai: Even as the debate over cartoonist Aseem Trivedi's arrest continues, the Mumbai Police maintains that cartoonists must know their limits. Mumbai Police Commissioner Dr Satyapal Singh has said, "I can't say if the charges will be dropped or not. We don't need him anymore for the investigation. This is not a big case. I would like to give a message to artists and cartoonists that they should not cross...
07:39 AM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: Defiant cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested on sedition and two other charges for mocking Parliament and the National Emblem, on Monday refused to apply for bail even as the police said that they did not want his custody any more. The cartoonist said that he would not apply for a bail till the charge of sedition against him was dropped, calling his action a party of the...
10:39 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Mumbai: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, arrested for mocking Parliament and the National Emblem, has been sent to judicial custody by a Mumbai court till September 24. The police did not seek Aseem's custody and Mumbai's Bandra court send him to judicial custody as he did not apply for bail. Aseem refused to take the services of a lawyer and declared that he would not seek bail on moral grounds till the...
04:03 PM, Sep 10, 2012
While the Press Council has called the charges against the cartoonist ridiculous, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has said that police custody was not needed. ...
11:23 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has said there were no grounds for the police to take cartoonist Aseem Trivedi into custody. "The police investigation was complete. There was no need to seek police custody. I am looking into the matter. We will say so in court," Patil said. Union Minister Sriparaksh Jaiswal has also said that the government will help Aseem if needs be. "We will check with the...
11:23 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was on Sunday arrested by the Mumbai Police for 'obscene' cartoons that allegedly showed Parliament as a commode and the national emblem with wolves instead of lions. ...
10:06 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi's parents, Pratibha and Ashok, have lashed out at the police saying they arrested Aseem for his links with India Against Corruption. ...
09:28 AM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: The arrest of cartoonist and India Against Corruption activist Aseem Trivedi on charges of sedition has sparked outrage. Aseem has been sent to police custody for a week for allegedly posting 'ugly and obscene' content on his web portal. Aseem's family and other anti-corruption activists are standing by him claiming there was nothing unpatriotic about his cartoons."Why should the government arrest our son, a cartoonist when there are...
07:40 AM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: Justice Markandey Katju, Press Council of India chairman, on Sunday defended Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested for allegedly posting seditious content on his web portal, saying the cartoonist has done nothing illegal. "My opinion is that the cartoonist did nothing illegal. In a democracy many things are said, some truthful and others false," Katju said in a statement. Trivedi was arrested yesterday and produced in a Mumbai court...
07:30 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Trivedi has been sent to a week of police custody for allegedly posting 'ugly and obscene' content on his web portal. ...
10:47 PM, Sep 09, 2012
Mumbai: Yet another cartoonist has become the victim of the ongoing policing by political parties. Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was on Sunday arrested for allegedly posting "ugly and obscene" content on his web portal. Trivedi was arrested in Mumbai and produced in a Bandra court later in the day following which he was sent to police custody till September 16. He was charged with sedition under Section 124 A of the...
01:36 PM, Sep 09, 2012
New Delhi: It seems that Arvind Kejriwal is not just upsetting politicians but also his India Against Corruption members. Speaking to IBN7, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare confirmed that there are differences between the team members. "Arvind Kejriwal and a few others wanted to float a political party and I agreed that it was a possibility. However, all of them agree they won't fight elections without consulting me. Kiran Bedi is...
08:24 AM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption (IAC) leader Arvind Kejriwal, along with former Team Anna members Prashant Bhushan, Manish Sisodia and Kumar Vishwas surrendered before the Delhi Police on Monday morning. However, they were later let off from the Parliament Street police station. The former Team Anna members courted arrest in response to the FIRs filed against them by the Delhi Police after their protest on August 26. The Delhi Police...
05:05 PM, Sep 03, 2012
The police filed FIRs against Kejriwal and others for agitating outside the houses of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and BJP President Nitin Gadkari last month. ...
09:06 AM, Sep 03, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption (IAC) leader Arvind Kejriwal will lead a 'jail bharo andolan' in the capital on Monday. Alleging harassment of IAC volunteers, Kejriwal and others will stage a protest outside the Parliament Street police station in New Delhi and offer arrest. Kejriwal's move comes just over a week after his August 26 protest against the government over the CAG report on alleged irregularities in coal blocks allocations....
09:27 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Bhopal: Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal will be in Bhopal on Tuesday to stage a sit-in protest outside Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's residence. A few India Against Corruption (IAC) members were lathicharged outside the CM's residence on Sunday when they protested there. The protest was a part of the rally called in by Kejriwal to protest against the government over coalgate. ...
11:35 AM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: Five cases were on Sunday registered against unknown persons for rioting and violating prohibitory orders in connection with the protest of India Against Corruption during which around 1,000 people were detained, including activists Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan. Twenty-one people, including 15 policemen, were injured when security personnel used force and water cannons and lobbed teargas shells to disperse the crowd which was marching to the residences of...
10:34 PM, Aug 26, 2012
If Arvind Kejriwal becomes MP in 2014 then it will a fresh start for 'Parliamentary Democracy'. All great political leaders are crying for Parliamentary Democracy ...
09:09 PM, Aug 26, 2012
New Delhi: Accused by the India Against Corruption of being hand-in-glove with Congress on the coal block allocation issue, the BJP on Sunday warned that any attempt to target the Opposition parties might dilute the war against corruption. The party, however, welcomed the group's political agitation, saying there was nothing wrong in it. "We welcome their political agitation. There is nothing wrong about it. But, the fact remains that this...
08:09 PM, Aug 26, 2012
As India Against Corruption (IAC) activists tried to demonstrate outside Congress president Sonia Gandhi's residence at 10 Janpath in New Delhi, they were detained by the police. ...
06:46 PM, Aug 26, 2012
