-Bridge the Gap Bring the Change

Category Censorship

India to Intensify Scrutiny of Citizens’ Social Media, Emails #WTFnews

By Iain Marlow Bid seeks software to shape positive international narrative Tender calls for tool to ‘neutralize’ India’s adversaries Narendra Modi Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg India’s government is looking for a company to analyze social media posts to help boost nationalism… Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh journalist slapped with sedition charges over FB post on Justice Loya Case #WTFnews

Chhattisgarh police have booked a journalist, under sedition charges for sharing an allegedly inflammatory and defamatory cartoon on judiciary on a social media site. Kamal Shukla, a senior journalist based in Kanker district of Bastar, was known for his reports… Continue Reading →

Withdraw FIR against journalist/cartoonist Swathi Vadlamudi

An FIR filed against journalist Swathi Vadlamudi for drawing a cartoon and Ahmad Shabbir of Times Now for sharing it on Twitter. ~ via Divya Trivedi pic.twitter.com/w45jbSBWX8 — Reema Asnani (@RAsnani) April 16, 2018     Gave additional complaint to… Continue Reading →

A decade later: A film on Lokmanya Tilak was never made but funds squandered; files missing, babus spared, reveals RTI

Vinita Deshmukh    This story dates back to 2001 when a special cell called Commemoration Bureau was set up by the Ministry of Culture, with a Rs200 crore fund to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Indian Republic, wherein a… Continue Reading →

No ‘Hey Ram’ in title for film on Gandhian ideology

Censors clear film four days before release with truncated title, Savarkar’s name deleted and a photograph replaced | Roshmila.Bhattacharya On June 15, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish October 2, Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary as the International Day… Continue Reading →

Diljit Dosanjh’s ‘Pant Mein Gun’ gets into legal trouble

  DECCAN CHRONICLE Multiple complaints have been registered against the actor and ‘Welcome to New York‘ makers for the song.  Diljit Dosanjh in a still from ‘Pant Mein Gun.’ Mumbai: A 59-year-old Mumbai resident has filed a complaint before a… Continue Reading →

SC Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Priya Prakash Varrier #FOE

The 18-year-old actress also sought top court’s direction to prohibit states from initiating any criminal proceedings against her. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed all criminal proceedings against actress Priya Prakash Varrier, who recently became an internet sensation for… Continue Reading →

पेरूमल मुरूगन, सोवेन्द्र हांसदा शेखर और अब ओमप्रकाश वाल्मिकी

निशाने पर ‘‘जूठन’ ’ -सुभाष गाताडे ‘तुम्हारी महानता मेरे लिए स्याह अंधेरा है,, मैं जानता हूं,/मेरा दर्द तुम्हारे लिए चींटी जैसा/ और तुम्हारा अपना दर्द पहाड़ जैसा इसलिए, मेरे और तुम्हारे बीच/ एक फासला है/जिसे लम्बाई में नहीं/समय से नापा… Continue Reading →

MIFF: Selection jury protests exclusion of Film on Kashmir #Censorship

Namrata Joshi MUMBAI, Directors request Information and Broadcasting Ministry to reconsider decision to deny exemption certificate At the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017, the members of the Indian Panorama selection jury took on the Information and Broadcasting Ministry… Continue Reading →

Karni Sena and Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Both United in misogyny #Vaw

For both Karni Sena and Sanjay Leela Bhansali, it seems the woman is either to be protected or possessed by Charu Gupta | For both Karni Sena and Sanjay Leela Bhansali, it seems the woman is either to be protected or possessed… Continue Reading →

« Older posts Newer posts »

© 2024 Kractivism — Powered by WordPress

Theme by Anders NorenUp ↑