The Delhi Assembly Peace and Harmony Committee has convened Facebook India Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan in connection with complaints about the alleged “deliberate and intentional inaction of the social media company to contain hateful content” in the country. The panel, headed by Party leader Aam Aadmi and …
Read More »Sitaram Yechury and Yogendra Yadav not charged with riots: police officers | Delhi News
Security personnel patrol near burned and damaged residential premises (AFP, file photo) NEW DELHI: Delhi police on Saturday denied media reports that it had appointed CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Swaraj abhiyan Leader Yogendra Yadav, economist Jayati Ghosh, Delhi University professor and activist Apoorvanand and documentary filmmaker Rahul Roy as …
Read More »Row on Disclosure Statement on Delhi Riots Supplemental Charge Sheet
Violence in parts of northeastern Delhi in late February left more than 50 dead (Archive) New Delhi: The general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Sitaram Yechury, and the leader of Swaraj Abhiyan, Yogendra Yadav, are among the people whose names appear in a disclosure statement of a …
Read More »Sitaram Yechury, Yogendra Yadav Named on the Delhi Riots Supplemental Charge Sheet
Delhi police appointed CPI (M) Secretary General Sitaram Yechury, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav, economist Jayati Ghosh and University of Delhi professor Apoorvanand on a supplemental charge sheet in the February riots cases, accusing them of “provoking and mobilizing” anti-CAA. protesters. Some of those named have also been charged – …
Read More »Delhi assembly panel summons Facebook India MD Ajit Mohan for inaction to filter content
The peace and harmony committee of the Delhi legislature on Saturday summoned a senior Facebook official to depose before the committee on September 15 for alleged inaction to address harmful content on its platform. The committee is also investigating whether “there is any role or complicity of Facebook officials in …
Read More »Delhi High Court granted bail to Jamia’s student Safora Zargar
new Delhi: Delhi Police said on Tuesday that Safura Zargar, a student of Jamia Millia Islamia, has been granted bail, as Delhi Police has said he has no objection to release on humanitarian grounds. Zargar was arrested on 10 April. Jargar is 23 weeks pregnant. Given the COVID-19 epidemic and …
Read More »Curious case of ‘humanitarian grounds’ in Safora’s bail order
The next day, on 23 June, Mehta admitted that the police had no objection to Zargar’s release on “humanitarian grounds” and was granted bail on certain conditions – no visit without permission, no affected witnesses, activities. There is no preoccupation in which it is being investigated. As advocate Gautam Bhatia …
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