Akbaruddin Acquitted: Elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi says 'thank you'
AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi has been acquitted for his hate speech.
Apr 13, 2022, 21:34 PM IST
AIMIM's Akbaruddin Owaisi acquitted in hate speech case
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi, the younger brother of party chief Asaduddin Owaisi, has been acquitted by the special sessions court for MP/MLAs at Nampally in Hyderabad in two cases of hate speech.
Apr 13, 2022, 15:35 PM IST
Priest issues rape threat to Muslim women in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur as crowd cheers, probe ordered
"I am telling this to you with all the love that if a single Hindu girl is teased by you in Khairabad, I will openly bring your daughter and daughter-in-law out of your home and rape her," Bajrang Das Muni said in the video.
Apr 08, 2022, 14:45 PM IST
50% Hindus will convert to Islam if a Muslim becomes PM: Yati Narsinghanand
Addressing a 'Hindu Mahapanchayat' for which the Delhi administration had not granted permission, Yati Narsinghanand, the head priest of the Dasna Devi temple, also exhorted Hindus to take up arms to fight for their existence.
Apr 03, 2022, 23:36 PM IST
MHA bans Zakir Naik's IRF for 5 years for radicalizing Muslim youth
The MHA notification stated that the speeches of Zakir Naik, founder of the IRF, were objectionable as he has been extolling known terrorists, and also proclaiming that every Muslim should be a terrorist.
Mar 31, 2022, 15:36 PM IST
Centre's silence will lead to alienation of minorities: Farooq Abdullah on Haridwar hate speech
"The prevailing blanket silence of the country’s head and absence of any punitive action has emboldened such hate-mongers", said Abdullah.
Jan 13, 2022, 17:40 PM IST
SC to agrees to hear PIL on alleged hate speeches made at 'Dharam Sansad' in Haridwar
The plea, which specifically referred to the hate speeches delivered between the 17th & 19th of December 2021 at Haridwar and Delhi, has also sought compliance of apex court's guidelines to deal with such speeches.
Jan 10, 2022, 19:51 PM IST
FIR against Wasim Rizvi aka Jitendra Tyagi for alleged hate speech in Haridwar
Uttarakhand Police on Thursday registered a case against Wasim Rizvi aka Jitendra Tyagi and others over his "hate speech" at an event.
Dec 24, 2021, 00:23 AM IST
Congress alleges Facebook used by BJP as weapon to spread hate, seeks probe
The Congress has written to Mark Zuckerberg and asked him to conduct an independent inquiry to probe charges of hate speech and fake news being spread through Facebook and WhatsApp in India.
Nov 12, 2021, 18:06 PM IST
Hate speech has dropped by almost 50% in 9 months, claims Facebook
Facebook said when it began reporting metrics on hate speech, only 23.6 per cent of content it removed was detected proactively by its systems; the majority of what it removed was found by people.
Oct 18, 2021, 10:33 AM IST
Facebook's failure to pay attention to non-English languages allows hate speech to flourish
In interviews, administrators from the top three LGBTQI+ public Facebook pages of specified countries told that Facebook would often reject their reports of hate speech, even when the post clearly breached its Community Standards. In some cases, messages that were originally removed would be re-posted on appeal.
Jul 05, 2021, 13:05 PM IST
Kangana Ranaut maligned image of Mamata Banerjee: Activist lodges FIR against Bollywood actress
An activist and spokesperson Riju Dutta has registered an FIR against the Bollywood actress for allegedly spreading hate propaganda and inciting communal violence in West Bengal. He alleged that Kangana had intended to malign the image of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banarjee.
May 07, 2021, 21:21 PM IST
Suvendu Adhikari, BJP’s Nandigram candidate, gets EC notice for alleged ‘hate speech’
The Election Commission has issued a notice to Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP candidate from Nandigram in West Bengal, for alleged hate speech made by him last month. He has been asked to respond to the notice within 24 hours.
Apr 09, 2021, 12:50 PM IST
Complaint against Kangana Ranaut in Mumbai court for 'spreading hate'
The complaint includes several of Ranaut`s tweets in which she had targeted politicians, Maharashtra Police and personalities from the Bollywood film industry.
Oct 23, 2020, 10:57 AM IST
Kim Kardashian and other celebs freeze Facebook, Instagram accounts to protest hate speech
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Orlando Bloom, Kerry Washington and Sacha Baron Cohen are among those also taking part in the protest.
Sep 16, 2020, 19:16 PM IST
DMK MP RS Bharathi arrested for alleged hate speech, granted interim bail
Rajya Sabha MP and DMK Organising Secretary RS Bharathi was arrested on Saturday morning from his residence on charges of making alleged hate speech against the judges and people from scheduled castes (SC) community on February 14 this year.
May 23, 2020, 12:28 PM IST
BJP issues show-cause notice to Deoria MLA for controversial remarks against Muslims vendors
The BJP has issued a show-cause notice to its UP MLA Suresh Tiwari for allegedly asking people not to buy vegetables from Muslim vendors, remarks that attracted the party a lot of flak.
Apr 28, 2020, 21:09 PM IST
Stop buying vegetables from Muslim vendors, says Deoria BJP MLA, defends remarks
When questioned, the MLA confirmed to have made the remark and clarified that he had said it in context of those who recently attended the religious congregation of Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi.
Apr 28, 2020, 16:17 PM IST
Maharashtra Police registers 196 cases for spreading fake news, rumours and hate speech on social media
In the last 24 hours, 13 cases have been registered, out of that 10 are of hate speech over social media, it said.
Apr 14, 2020, 20:19 PM IST
Delhi HC to hear plea seeking FIR against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi for hate speech
The plea has also sought registration of an FIR against Manish Sisodia, Amanatullah Khan, Waris Pathan and Akbaruddin Owaisi.
Feb 28, 2020, 08:12 AM IST