SC issues notice on plea to regulate explicit content on social media, OTT platforms

SC issues notice on plea to regulate explicit content on social media, OTT platforms

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea seeking directions to the government to take immediate and decisive action to regulate explicit content on social media and OTT platforms. A bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and A.G. Masih issued a notice to the … Read more

Telangana transfers IAS officer Smita Sabharwal amid social media post row

Telangana transfers IAS officer Smita Sabharwal amid social media post row

Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, April 27 (IANS) Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Smita Sabharwal, who was recently summoned by the police for reposting an AI-generated Ghibli image on social media regarding the cutting of trees on 400-acre land near Hyderabad Central University, is among 20 officers transferred by the Telangana government on … Read more

Four held in Tripura for social media posts relating to Pahalgam terror attack

Four held in Tripura for social media posts relating to Pahalgam terror attack

Follow Us on Google News Agartala, April 26 (IANS) Police arrested four people including two retired teachers in the past 24 hours from Tripura’s three districts for making controversial posts on social media relating to the Pahalgam terror attack, officials said on Saturday. A police official said that a retired teacher Jawahar Debnath and a … Read more

Karnataka police file FIR over social media post defending Pahalgam terror attack; hunt on for accused

Karnataka police file FIR over social media post defending Pahalgam terror attack; hunt on for accused

Follow Us on Google News Mangaluru (Karnataka), April 25 (IANS) Karnataka Police on Friday registered an FIR and launched a manhunt for the individual behind a social media post allegedly defending the Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 people were killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The post, made under the username “Nicchu … Read more

‘Celebrating bloodshed’, social media fumes after man seen carrying cake to Pak High Commission

'Celebrating bloodshed', social media fumes after man seen carrying cake to Pak High Commission

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) A video has emerged showing a man carrying a cake into the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on Thursday, just two days after the brutal terror attack that claimed the lives of 26 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam and a day following India’s … Read more

SC agrees to hear next week plea for removal of derogatory social media posts against judiciary

SC agrees to hear next week plea for removal of derogatory social media posts against judiciary

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list next week a plea seeking removal of derogatory social media posts directed towards the judiciary after BJP Lok Sabha member Nishikant Dubey made deplorable remarks regarding the top court and the Chief Justice of India (CJI). The … Read more

Akhilesh Yadav visits Odisha, advocates for rule of social justice

Akhilesh Yadav visits Odisha, advocates for rule of social justice

Follow Us on Google News Bhubaneswar, April 16 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday visited Odisha and held discussions with senior Congress leader Srikant Jena over a range of issues, especially the escalation of efforts towards achieving the rule of social justice in the state. Akhilesh’s visit gave rise to speculations over … Read more

Fulfil Ambedkar’s dream of social transformation, says Maha guv

Fulfil Ambedkar’s dream of social transformation, says Maha guv

Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan on Monday called upon citizens to strive towards fulfilling the dream of social transformation envisioned by Bharat Ratna Dr B.R. Ambedkar. Speaking at Chaityabhoomi on the occasion of Dr Ambedkar’s 134th birth anniversary, the Governor stressed the need to build a society … Read more

Centre seeks report from Rajasthan govt after former CM expresses anguish on social media

Centre seeks report from Rajasthan govt after former CM expresses anguish on social media

Follow Us on Google News Jaipur, April 9 (IANS) The Union government has taken a serious note of the drinking water crisis in Rajasthan following former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s sharp criticism. In response, the Centre has demanded an immediate and detailed report from the Rajasthan government. Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil posted on … Read more