NEW DELHI — Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Thursday approached the Delhi High Court challenging his police remand in a case related to an alleged objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. The petition, which challenges the trial court’s June 28 order granting four days of custody of Zubair to […]
UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for the full respect of all religions and for ensuring that different communities can live in harmony and peace globally, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has said amidst communal tensions in Rajasthan after the killing of a tailor in Udaipur. Dujarric said this in response to a question […]
UNITED NATIONS — Journalists should not be jailed for what they write, tweet and say, a spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday in response to the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in India, asserting that it is important that people be allowed to express themselves freely without the threat of […]
JAIPUR — Two people have been detained for allegedly killing a tailor in Udaipur, a murder that has triggered communal tension in the district, police said on Tuesday. At 8 pm, curfew was declared till further orders in seven police station areas in the city as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot appealed for calm. The accused […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Tuesday extended by four days the custodial interrogation of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to an “objectionable tweet” he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria passed the order after hearing arguments from Delhi police as well as […]
NEW DELHI — Harassment and arbitrary arrests of human rights defenders for tirelessly seeking truth and justice have become alarmingly commonplace in India, Amnesty India said on Tuesday, demanding immediate and unconditional release of fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair. Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday night for allegedly hurting religious […]
NEW DELHI — Alt news co-founder Mohammed Zubair has been allowed by a court here to meet his counsel once a day for half an hour in police custody for providing legal assistance, a senior police official said. Zubair, 33, was arrested for allegedly hurting sentiments of a particular religious community. His counsel had moved […]
NEW DELHI — The Enforcement Director has summoned Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday for questioning in a money laundering probe linked to the re-development of a Mumbai ‘chawl’, officials said. The Rajya Sabha MP has been asked to depose before the federal agency at its office in south Mumbai on June 28 and […]
NEW DELHI — Fact-checking website, Alt news’ co-founder Mohammed Zubair was arrested in the national capital on Monday for allegedly hurting sentiments of a particular religious community, the police said. The police had registered a case after getting a complaint from a Twitter handle, where it was alleged that Zubair had tweeted a questionable image […]
THANE — Police have arrested a 28-year-old man in Maharashtra’s Thane district for his alleged objectionable and provocative post on Prophet Mohammad on a social messaging platform, an official said on Saturday. The accused, Nikesh Raju Pashte, a ‘mathadi’ worker (porter in wholesale market) from Sangampada in Bhiwandi town in the district, was arrested on […]