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It is quite poignant, and completely misleading, that the BJP crowd, led by Union Interior Minister Amit Shah and party chairman JP Nadda, shed crocodile tears over the ‘assault on press freedom’ in the matter of its Republic. Coming from these commissioners a danda regime, this extraordinary – and revealing …

New Delhi: Malayalam journalist Siddique Kappan and three other people who were arrested by UP police in Mathura on Monday while on their way to Hathras have been arrested under the provisions of the Illicit Activity (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and sedition . On Tuesday, a local Mathura court referred them …