'Mumbai Police has come down heavily on the protesters who raised slogans in favour of JNU student Sharjeel Imam, who was arrested on sedition charges. Acting on the sloganeering, the Azad Maidan Police on Saturday registered a case against 50-60 people under stringent section like sedition. One of the accused has been identified as Urvashi Chudawala, associated with TISS Queer Collective and student of second-year MA in media and culture at Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS)...'
'"By looking at the face of a person, can one be identified as being a Bangladeshi national?” questioned Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, slamming the state over the demolition of settlements in Bengaluru over suspicions that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants stayed there. The High Court bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Hemant Chandangoudar told that state that it will have to rehabilitate those affected by the demolitions.
'Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Saturday joined a series of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders appearing to suggest the use of bullets as a means to get dissenters on board. He made the remark in an election rally in poll-bound Delhi while referring to those who allegedly pose a threat to the annual Kanwar yatra of Shiv devotees. Those who do not listen to words will surely understand the language of the bullet, he said...'
'...“Nazbunnisa (the mother of the child) is a widow. She told me that her daughter is alone in the house and the landlord was looking after her. She was clearly in pain and wanted to come out of jail quickly. The head mistress of the school- Fareeda Begum- told me that her BP shot up and she was unwell and was administered glucose in the jail,” Owaisi said... “They are still in shock. They asked me how long they had to stay in jail. I met Fareeda Begum’s husband. He had tears in his eyes,” Owaisi said...'
'The Bidar police on Thursday arrested Anuja Minsa, mother of a girl student who played a role in a controversial play in a private school and allegedly delivered dialogues “insulting” Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Fareeda Begum, the woman teacher who was involved in the staging of the play. As per school sources, the police came to the institution in the evening and interrogated the staff and children for a couple of hours before taking the women with them...'
'Karnataka Minister CT Ravi has backed Union Minister Anurag Thakur after he was caught on video urging people at a Delhi election rally to "goli maaro" (gun down) traitors". In a tweet posted Tuesday afternoon, CT Ravi lashes out at Mr Thakur's critics and said they should "get bullet(s) not biryani". He went on to accuse Mr Thakur's critics of "spreading lies" against the controversial citizenship law and supporting the "tukde tukde gang".
'After receiving temporary bans from four airlines for heckling television news anchor Arnab Goswami on a IndiGo flight, stand-up comic Kunal Kamra Wednesday said it was “not shocking” that the airlines took action against him for exercising his “right to speech”. On Tuesday, Kamra shared a video which showed him accosting Goswami onboard an IndiGo flight. Hours later, IndiGo and Air India suspended him for his “unacceptable behaviour” based on Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s advisory.
'On Tuesday, the dean of students’ affairs (DoSA) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay issued a circular stating that the administration would take action against students that participate in any “anti-national, anti-social or any other undesirable activities”. In the code of conduct, which lists 15 rules, the college has said that students cannot distribute pamphlets or posters without prior permission; screen unlicensed/pirated movies, move furnitures from here, deface walls and so on.
'The management of a school in Bidar has been slapped with sedition charges after its students performed a drama against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) on Sunday. Shaheen Education Institute was on Monday booked under sections 124A (sedition), 504 (provoke breach of peace), 505(2) (statements promoting enmity), 153A (promoting communal hatred) and 34 (act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC, while the FIR named the head of the school and its management as accused.
'Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, who was detained in Hyderabad Sunday ahead of a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, tweeted this morning that he was “being sent to Delhi”. He also claimed that his supporters were thrashed by cops before he was detained. In a tweet in Hindi, Azad wrote, “Dictatorship is at its peak in Telangana. Peoples’ right to protest is being snatched.
