New Delhi: Pakistani authorities on Friday evening arrested 24 Indian fishermen after their fishing boats strayed into Pakistan's territorial waters. The fishermen were handed over to the Karachi police. Last month Pakistan released 48 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture following talks between Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar. The fishermen were arrested by the Maritime Security Agency (MSA) and brought to a...
07:14 AM, Oct 13, 2012
Male: Maldives' first democratically elected President Mohamed Nasheed was arrested on Monday, a week after he failed to appear before a court in Male to face charges of abuse of power while in office. Maldivian police arrested Nasheed, 45, at the Island of Faresmaathodaa of Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, south of Maldives. Police spokesman Hassan Haneef confirmed that the former president has been arrested after Hulhumale Magistrate Court ordered the police...
01:09 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: All four of the accused in the Jind gangrape case have been arrested, police said on Sunday. The accused included a woman relative of one of the accused, who, said the police, stood guard while the incident took place. The girl set herself on fire on Saturday evening, unable to take the trauma of the incident. She succumbed to over 95 per cent burn injuries at a hospital....
01:51 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Cartoonist and anti-corruption activist Aseem Trivedi is out on bail. But the government is yet to drop the sedition charge slapped against him. ...
10:09 PM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who is facing the charge of sedition among others, on Wednesday said he had not done anything wrong and vowed to intensify his campaign for scrapping of the sedition law. "I want to awaken people. Government is not listening to us. There was a countrywide protest for a strong Lokpal bill. We had to make such cartoons to awaken the government," he said. While speaking...
09:44 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Speaking to CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Aseem Trivedi said he had not done anything wrong. ...
08:09 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, booked on the charge of sedition, on Wednesday walked out of Arthur Road Jail, a day after being granted bail by the Bombay High Court. ...
05:14 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Mumbai: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, booked on the charge of sedition, on Wednesday walked out of Arthur Road Jail, a day after being granted bail by the Bombay High Court. Trivedi also wants the sedition law to be scrapped. "I will cooperate in court cases. Section 124 (A) should be removed from the Indian Constitution," said the Kanpur-based Trivedi. Trivedi thanked India Against Corruption member Arvind Kejrwial for his support and...
03:59 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Mumbai: Hours after refusing to take the bail granted by the Bombay High Court, cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, arrested on the charges of mocking Parliament and the National Emblem, on Tuesday evening said that he would accept it and execute the bond on Wednesday. The cartoonist said, "I respect judiciary, will execute the bail bond tomorrow." This came hours after the cartoonist was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on...
10:00 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Mumbai: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, arrested on the charges of mocking Parliament and the National Emblem, has been granted bail by the Bombay High Court on a personal bond of Rs 5,000. But Aseem Trivedi told the court that he was not taking the bail as the sedition charge under Indian Penal Code Section 124 (A) against him had not yet been dropped. Aseem Trivedi had made it clear on Monday...
06:10 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Mumbai: Even as Mumbai Police did a U-turn on arrested cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and decided to give up his custody, India Against Corruption (IAC) activists demanded that the charge under Indian Penal Code Section 124(A) (sedition) against him should be dropped first. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Aseem Trivedi, arrested on Saturday, has taken a moral stand that he will not seek bail unless the Maharashtra government dropped the charge...
02:25 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Mumbai: After country-wide outrage and severe criticism for the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, Mumbai Police decided to give up his custody on Monday. Trivedi was sent to police custody till September 16 on Sunday. Trivedi's friend and India Against Corruption (IAC) member Mayank Gandhi met Trivedi on Monday and was told by the police officers that they would give up his custody soon. Earlier, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil...
01:15 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Justice Markandey Katju has slammed the charges against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi as "non-sense, stupid" and said that the policemen who arrested him must be put behind bars for violation of fundamental rights. ...
11:01 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
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
Islamabad: In a new twist to the blasphemy case involving a minor Christian girl, an imam in the Pakistani capital was arrested and remanded to 14-day judicial custody on Sunday for allegedly planting pages of the Quran in her bag and using it to implicate her under the controversial law. Khalid Chishti, the prayer leader of Jamia Aminia mosque in the low-income Mehria Jaffar neighbourhood of Islamabad, was arrested on...
07:38 PM, Sep 02, 2012
The families of the 11 men who were arrested by Bangalore Police on Thursday say they are innocent. ...
11:47 AM, Sep 01, 2012
