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Karnataka minister accuses governor of stalling hate speech bill

File photo of Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara ((Arijit Sen/HT Photo))

Updated on Feb 03, 2026 06:59 am IST

Udhayanidhi’s remarks amount to hate speech: HC quashes FIR against Malviya

Udhayanidhi’s remarks amount to hate speech: HC quashes FIR against Malviya

Updated on Jan 22, 2026 02:15 pm IST

K’taka Guv keeps hate speech bill on hold, approves 7 others

K’taka Guv keeps hate speech bill on hold, approves 7 others

Published on Jan 09, 2026 05:14 am IST

Kashmiri vendor heckled in Kaithal: Police lodge suo motu FIR for ‘hate speech’

Kumar said that the identity of the accused and the time of the incident are yet to be established. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Dec 30, 2025 03:42 am IST

H-1B visa row: IACC calls on FBI amid rising online threats against Indians

The Indian American Advocacy Council has requested the FBI to probe rising online hostility and hate speech against Indians in the US.(REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 28, 2025 06:41 pm IST

After Karnataka, Telangana to introduce legislation against hate speech

Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy announced that the state would bring a bill against hate speech. (PTI)

Updated on Dec 20, 2025 11:10 pm IST

Australian PM announces tougher hate speech laws after Bondi Beach shooting

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during an interfaith memorial service for the victims of the shooting at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach, at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney.(REUTERS)

Published on Dec 18, 2025 08:01 am IST

Karnataka govt defends anti-hate speech bill

Karnataka govt defends anti-hate speech bill

Published on Dec 17, 2025 08:14 am IST

Karnataka govt tables anti-hate speech bill, BJP apprehends ‘misuse’

The bill also outlines what it describes as hate crimes, identifying them as acts involving the communication, promotion, propagation or attempted incitement of hate speech. (PTI)

Published on Dec 11, 2025 07:10 am IST

K’taka brings Bill to check hate speech, BJP apprehends ‘misuse’

K’taka brings Bill to check hate speech, BJP apprehends ‘misuse’

Published on Dec 11, 2025 05:44 am IST

Bengaluru police crack down on hate posts, 37 cases filed, 18 arrested this year

Surveillance by Social Media Monitoring Cells in Bengaluru aimed to track harmful content, with 41 accounts flagged and 19 posts removed to maintain public peace. (Shutterstock)

Published on Oct 11, 2025 02:07 pm IST

Social media user booked over casteist AI video targeting CJI

Social media user booked over casteist AI video targeting CJI

Published on Oct 10, 2025 06:02 am IST

Hate crimes against Jews, Muslims surge across UK post Israel-Hamas war

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people stand next to police officers outside the Manchester synagogue, where multiple people were killed on Yom Kippur in what police have declared a terrorist incident, in north Manchester, Britain, October 5, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay(REUTERS)

Published on Oct 09, 2025 05:53 pm IST

DU VC calls Arundhati Roy’s remarks ‘hate speech’ at law faculty event

At a DU Law Faculty event on hate speech, Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh cited Arundhati Roy’s old remarks on the Indian state as an example of divisive, harmful rhetoric. (AP)

Published on Oct 08, 2025 05:38 am IST

Supreme Court notice to Assam BJP on posts ‘vilifying’ Muslims

The Supreme Court of India (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)(HT_PRINT)

Updated on Oct 08, 2025 04:01 pm IST

Charlie Kirk's death ignites free speech fire storm among Trump supporters

Charlie Kirk's death ignites free speech fire storm among Trump supporters

Published on Sept 21, 2025 09:32 pm IST

Why Trump openly threatened ABC's Jonathan Karl - ‘You have a lot of hate’

Donald Trump (L) and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One ahead of UK visit(Getty Images via AFP)

Published on Sept 16, 2025 11:39 pm IST

Plea against MNS, Raj Thackeray: Supreme Court asks petitioner to move Bombay HC

The petition accused Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray of hate speech.(AFP)

Published on Aug 04, 2025 01:33 pm IST

Take call on certification for Udaipur Files immediately, top court tells govt

Take call on certification for Udaipur Files immediately, top court tells govt

Published on Jul 17, 2025 07:52 am IST

HC slams Tamil Nadu cops for closing complaints against Ponmudi

The HC uestioned the state police’s decision to close over 120 complaints against the DMK leader for his alleged vulgar comments about women, and Hindu sects Shaivites and Vaishnavites. (File photo)

Updated on Jul 09, 2025 02:50 am IST

‘As if they are kings’: Madras HC questions move to close Ponmudi complaints

The observation came after Tamil Nadu advocate general PS Raman told the court that the police examined over 120 complaints received against Ponmudi and concluded that he hadn’t committed an offence (Madras HC)

Published on Jul 08, 2025 04:53 pm IST

Deep in the shadowlands: Check out YouTube’s best-kept secrets

Deep YouTube, as researchers are calling it, has ended up a sort of record of who we are, how we lived, what we loved. Fragments range from experimental selfies to raw footage from dashcams, private events and a child’s rap song about Neptune’s many moons.

Updated on Jun 20, 2025 01:47 pm IST

Elon Musk's X sues New York to block social media hate speech law

Elon Musk, a close adviser to Republican President Donald Trump, has described himself as a free speech absolutist.(AFP)

Published on Jun 18, 2025 07:51 am IST

'Okay with my daughter abusing...': Sharmishta Panoli's father after her bail

Prithviraj Panoli defended his daughter Sharmishta Panoli after she was granted interim bail.(X/@prithvipanoli)

Published on Jun 09, 2025 02:20 pm IST

‘Hate speech unacceptable’: TMC leader after Sharmistha Panoli denied bail

Sharmistha Panoli is currently in judicial custody till June 13.(File/PTI)

Updated on Jun 04, 2025 05:06 am IST

Why was Sharmistha Panoli arrested? Kolkata Police's clarification amid row

Sharmistha Panoli, arrested from Gurugram by Kolkata Police for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through her comments on social media being produced in Alipore Court, in Kolkata on Saturday. (ANI grab)

Updated on Jun 02, 2025 01:16 pm IST

2-yr jail to Mau MLA Abbas Ansari in 2022 hate speech case

A case was registered against the Mau MLA on the complaint of sub inspector Gangaram Bind. (For Representation)

Published on May 31, 2025 11:26 pm IST

Varanasi court dismisses plea against Rahul Gandhi over Lord Ram remark

The court rejected the plea seeking to summon Rahul Gandhi for allegedly calling Lord Ram a mythological character. (FIle Photo)

Published on May 28, 2025 05:30 am IST

WNBA vows to investigate hateful comments at Sky-Fever opener

HT Image

Updated on Oct 06, 2025 08:42 pm IST

SC raps Samay Raina, 4 others over remarks on disabled persons

Samay Raina

Published on May 06, 2025 07:28 am IST

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