'On the directive of Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu, an official working in the post of Deputy Director in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat has been demoted for his social media posts allegedly against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP Cabinet Ministers and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adtiyanath...'
'Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok will have to reveal users’ identities if Indian government agencies ask them to, according to the country’s controversial new rules for social media companies and messaging apps expected to be published later this month. The requirement comes as governments around the world are trying to hold social media companies more accountable for the content that circulates on their platforms, whether it’s fake news, child porn, racist invective or terrorism-related content.
'A 26-year-old resident of Chennai named Kanaganathan was arrested by the Virugambakkam police on Sunday for allegedly shouting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a BJP meeting in his area. This after cadre of the party surrounded his house and demanded that he be booked for raising the slogans. Kanaganathan had allegedly shouted 'Down Down Modi' from the terrace of his building, while the BJP meeting was underway in a public place.
'OMAR Abdullah’s ability to “convince his electorate to vote in huge numbers” and Mehbooba Mufti being “referred (to) as ‘Daddy’s girl’ and ‘Kota Rani’” for “her dangerous and insidious machinations and usurping profile and nature” are among the reasons cited by the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) administration for invoking the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) against the two former chief ministers...'
'More than 10 students of Jamia Millia University, who participated in an anti-CAA march towards Parliament, have been admitted to the Jamia Health Centre for injuries in their private parts. Speaking to India Today TV, the resident doctors at the health centre said that some of the injuries were so severe that the students had to be shifted to Al-Shifa hospital... A student, who was being treated at the health centre told India Today TV that a woman cop removed her burqa and hit her in private parts with a lathi. "I have been hit on my private parts by cops with boots.
'The convoy of CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who is on a state-wide tour of Bihar campaigning against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), was attacked on Wednesday evening, police said. The former JNU student leader escaped unhurt in the attack by a stone-pelting mob, though one of the vehicles in his convoy was damaged and its driver injured, Sudhir Kumar Porika, the SP of Special Task Force, who is holding the additional charge of Supaul, told PTI-Bhasha over phone...'
'The India Today TV has accessed a copy of the letter written by the Delhi Police to the Delhi government seeking permission to set up a temporary jail that could be used to detain people protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the national capital. The letter dated January 29, 2020 was written by Additional Commissioner of Police, Rohini district, SD Msira, and was addressed to Delhi government's principal secretary (home). The Delhi Police has claimed that it had not written any letter seeking permission to set up a temporary jail...'
'Ex-IPS officer and former Special Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abdur Rahman who was in Aligarh to address a protest at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), was detained at the Lodha Police Station in Aligarh and asked to return to New Delhi. He was invited there by the AMU Students Co-ordination Committee to educate them on the new legislation... He told reporters that he was served a notice by the police that his presence at the AMU could result in a law and order problem.
'The Bidar police on Tuesday questioned minor students of the Shaheen Primary School for the fifth time in connection with the sedition case registered against the school’s management and one parent. The sedition case was slapped after students staged a play, which was against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on January 21. On January 26, the sedition case was registered. Ever since the police have questioned the children multiple times.
'Three times in the six days, the Karnataka police has questioned children studying at the Shaheen Urdu Medium Primary School in Bidar. On Thursday, a student’s mother and the school’s head teacher were arrested on sedition charges for a play that the police said criticised the Citizenship Amendment Act. The mother and the teacher were allegedly involved in the creation of the play, while the school management has been booked for allowing the play to be staged in its premises...
