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Missing Files Reveal Missing Law: 66 Years On, No Official Records Act In Madhya Pradesh
Information commissioner fines three officers for losing even the RTI application filed to track a missing certificate, asks government to frame a law
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Clarence Gilyard, 'Top Gun' And 'Die Hard' Star, Dies At 66
Before beginning his acting career, Clarence Gilyard spent a year at the US Air Force Academy as a cadet.
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"Officials Will Be Jailed": Top Court On 'Arrests' Under Scrapped IT Law
The Supreme Court today strongly criticised the government for not preventing arrests under a scrapped section of a law that deals with cybercrime and e-commerce. It warned that those who ordered the arrests would face severe action.
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Trolled Over Mammootty Comment, Kerala Actor's Tearful Apology On Facebook
Kerala actor Anna Rajan, 25, wept on Facebook Live today as she explained that she had meant no disrespect to mega star Mammootty, 66, when she answered a question on a TV show on whether she would like to act with him or his son Dulquer Salman, also an actor.
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Actor Om Puri's Unforgettable Intensity In A Career Of Stellar Performances
Om Puri, acting powerhouse, has died at 66 in Mumbai after a heart attack. He was known for his under-played performances and searing intensity. Mr Puri, who was born in 1950 to a Punjabi family living in Haryana, studied acting at the famous Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
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EgyptAir Wreckage Search Continues After Plane Disappears
Authorities in Egypt and France sought to explain the disappearance of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 jet that vanished on an overnight flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 people on board, raising concerns of a deliberate act or mechanical failure.
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Rajesh Vivek, Astrologer Guran From Lagaan, Dies of Heart Attack
Mr Vivek, 66, who acted in a string of Bollywood films such as Son of Sardar, Agneepath and Mumbai Mast Kalandar, is best known for playing astrologer Guran in Lagaan and the postmaster from Swades
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Naseeruddin Shah Briefly Hospitalized With an Allergy
Naseeruddin Shah, 66, was attending an acting workshop at IIT Kanpur, when he developed a sudden allergy and complained of breathing problems. He was taken to a private hospital in Kanpur, and was discharged after a few hours
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Opinion: Dear Government, Social Media Needs No New Laws
Why do we need any new law for social media when we already have a defamation law? What we need is speedier justice.
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Blog: Why I, Shreya Singhal, Challenged Section 66(A)
I filed the petition challenging Section 66(A) of the IT Act, 2010, in 2012 after the arrests of the two young girls in Maharashtra, I was so shocked as to why they were arrested and even more so when I read the section 66(A) under which they were arrested
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Section 66(A) Scrapped: Congress Admits Flaw in its Law on Offensive Online Content
New Delhi, March 24 (PTI) After the Supreme Court today struck down Section 66 (A) of the Information Technology Act, which allowed arrests for offensive online content, the Congress acknowledged that the law enacted by its government in 2008 was poorly drafted and vulnerable to misuse.
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Section 66 (A) Scrapped: On Online Freedom, Government's Balancing Act
Hours after the Supreme Court struck down the Section 66A of the Information and Technology Act, 2000, agreeing it infringed on free speech, the government said it was ready to amend the law if needed, "objectively" after "widest consultation".
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What was Section 66(A)?
The Supreme Court has quashed Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act on Tuesday, terming it "vague" and "unconstitutional". The controversial section has long been decried by activists, freedom of speech and internet freedom campaigners as being aimed solely at muzzling dissent and differences of opinion on the internet.
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Section 66(A) Scrapped: Meet Shreya Singhal, Petitioner Who Fought for Net Freedom
The end of a controversial law seen as an infringement of freedom of speech online marks a big victory for Shreya Singhal, the young law student who first challenged it in the Supreme Court.
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Opinion: Our Politicians Loved Section 66(A)
What do Narendra Modi and Azam Khan, Karti Chidambaram and Mamata Banerjee have in common? The law will no longer allow someone to be arrested for writing an online comment that offends or annoys them.
_7_January_2019_1-08-29PM.jpg?downsize=260:195 "\"Officials Will Be Jailed\": Top Court On 'Arrests' Under Scrapped IT Law")
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Missing Files Reveal Missing Law: 66 Years On, No Official Records Act In Madhya Pradesh
Information commissioner fines three officers for losing even the RTI application filed to track a missing certificate, asks government to frame a law
-
Clarence Gilyard, 'Top Gun' And 'Die Hard' Star, Dies At 66
Before beginning his acting career, Clarence Gilyard spent a year at the US Air Force Academy as a cadet.
-
"Officials Will Be Jailed": Top Court On 'Arrests' Under Scrapped IT Law
The Supreme Court today strongly criticised the government for not preventing arrests under a scrapped section of a law that deals with cybercrime and e-commerce. It warned that those who ordered the arrests would face severe action.
-
Trolled Over Mammootty Comment, Kerala Actor's Tearful Apology On Facebook
Kerala actor Anna Rajan, 25, wept on Facebook Live today as she explained that she had meant no disrespect to mega star Mammootty, 66, when she answered a question on a TV show on whether she would like to act with him or his son Dulquer Salman, also an actor.
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Actor Om Puri's Unforgettable Intensity In A Career Of Stellar Performances
Om Puri, acting powerhouse, has died at 66 in Mumbai after a heart attack. He was known for his under-played performances and searing intensity. Mr Puri, who was born in 1950 to a Punjabi family living in Haryana, studied acting at the famous Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
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EgyptAir Wreckage Search Continues After Plane Disappears
Authorities in Egypt and France sought to explain the disappearance of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 jet that vanished on an overnight flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 people on board, raising concerns of a deliberate act or mechanical failure.
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Rajesh Vivek, Astrologer Guran From Lagaan, Dies of Heart Attack
Mr Vivek, 66, who acted in a string of Bollywood films such as Son of Sardar, Agneepath and Mumbai Mast Kalandar, is best known for playing astrologer Guran in Lagaan and the postmaster from Swades
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Naseeruddin Shah Briefly Hospitalized With an Allergy
Naseeruddin Shah, 66, was attending an acting workshop at IIT Kanpur, when he developed a sudden allergy and complained of breathing problems. He was taken to a private hospital in Kanpur, and was discharged after a few hours
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Opinion: Dear Government, Social Media Needs No New Laws
Why do we need any new law for social media when we already have a defamation law? What we need is speedier justice.
-
Blog: Why I, Shreya Singhal, Challenged Section 66(A)
I filed the petition challenging Section 66(A) of the IT Act, 2010, in 2012 after the arrests of the two young girls in Maharashtra, I was so shocked as to why they were arrested and even more so when I read the section 66(A) under which they were arrested
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Section 66(A) Scrapped: Congress Admits Flaw in its Law on Offensive Online Content
New Delhi, March 24 (PTI) After the Supreme Court today struck down Section 66 (A) of the Information Technology Act, which allowed arrests for offensive online content, the Congress acknowledged that the law enacted by its government in 2008 was poorly drafted and vulnerable to misuse.
-
Section 66 (A) Scrapped: On Online Freedom, Government's Balancing Act
Hours after the Supreme Court struck down the Section 66A of the Information and Technology Act, 2000, agreeing it infringed on free speech, the government said it was ready to amend the law if needed, "objectively" after "widest consultation".
-
What was Section 66(A)?
The Supreme Court has quashed Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act on Tuesday, terming it "vague" and "unconstitutional". The controversial section has long been decried by activists, freedom of speech and internet freedom campaigners as being aimed solely at muzzling dissent and differences of opinion on the internet.
-
Section 66(A) Scrapped: Meet Shreya Singhal, Petitioner Who Fought for Net Freedom
The end of a controversial law seen as an infringement of freedom of speech online marks a big victory for Shreya Singhal, the young law student who first challenged it in the Supreme Court.
-
Opinion: Our Politicians Loved Section 66(A)
What do Narendra Modi and Azam Khan, Karti Chidambaram and Mamata Banerjee have in common? The law will no longer allow someone to be arrested for writing an online comment that offends or annoys them.
