Arrest Arnab for treason , demands Maha Congress
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Fri, Jan 22 2021 20:51 IST |
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Mumbai, Jan 22 : The Maharashtra Congress on Friday held protests in all the districts and different cities demanding the arrest of Republic TV Editor in Chief Arnab Goswami for treason under the Official Secrets Act, 1923, party leaders said here.
At various places in the state, a large number of Congress activists protested by hurling stones and shoes at photos of Goswami, garlanding his portraits with chappals, and raising slogans against him and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Led by state Congress President and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat, several ministers, legislators, state and district party leaders joined the agitations across all the 36 districts of Maharashtra.
MUMBAI â As a controversy and protests raged across India, the Mumbai Police Jan. 20 lodged a first information report against the team of the web series, âTandav,â including Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, officials said here.
The FIR followed a complaint lodged by opposition Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Ram Kadam a day after he staged a protest march in Ghatkopar Jan. 19 against the show which streams on Amazon Prime Video.
The Ghatkopar Police Station lodged the FIR against âTandavâ director Ali Abbas Zafar, producer Himanshu Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki, Amazonâs top officials like Aparna Purohit and Amit Agarwal, invoking Indian Penal Code Sections 153(A), 295(A) and 505(2), according to a police official.
: Thursday, January 21, 2021, 11:52 AM IST
From Lord Shiva s play to PM insulting Dalit leader â scenes deleted from Tandav web series
The character of prime minister Devki Nandan Singh, played by Tigmanshu Dhulia, insulting Dalit leader Kailash Kumar, enacted by Anup Soni has been snipped.
Mumbai: At least two scenes were removed from the controversial web series Tandav , which found itself in more trouble on Wednesday with fresh FIRs against its makers and cast in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
In a sliver of hope, the Bombay High Court granted transit pre-arrest bail to director Ali Abbas Zafar, Amazon Prime India head Aparna Purohit, producer Himanshu Mehra and the show s writer Gaurav Solanki. The relief was granted for three weeks to enable them to approach the concerned court in Lucknow, where an FIR has been registered against them for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. A scene of a play and a conversation between two key characters were snipped from the
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