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Comments The Delhi High Court on Tuesday, 9 March, issued a notice to the Union of India in a plea moved by Indian news and opinion website The Wire, challenging the constitutional validity of the new rules made by the Centre under the Information Technology Act to regulate digital media. A division bench headed by Chief Justice DN Patel was hearing the petition on Tuesday. The matter will be heard next on 16 April. The petitioners in the case are The Foundation for Independent Journalism (a no...

The petition says the rules impose government oversight upon digital news portals on vague conditions as ‘good taste’ and ‘decency’.

The court will hear the matter on April 16.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on petition challenging Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, notified by the Centre on...

Updated: The major news headlines of the day, and more. Share Article AAA Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat gestures during a press conference after tendering his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya in Dehradun on March 9, 2021.   | Photo Credit: PTI The major news headlines of the day, and more. The crisis over Mr. Rawat’s continuance arose after the national leadership of the party despatched two central observers to the State after consistent complaints on Mr. Rawat...

Why The Wire Wants the New IT Rules Struck Down Synopsis of the petition moved in the Delhi high court by the Foundation for Independent Journalism, publisher of The Wire. File photo of information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar and law and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Photo: PTI/File Media09/Mar/2021 On Tuesday, the Delhi high court issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by the Foundation for Independent Journalism, publisher of The Wire, which pleads that the govern...

Book on disgraced police task force to be made into TV show March 8, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BALTIMORE (AP) — A book about the Baltimore Police Department’s disgraced Gun Trace Task Force will be made into a television show. The Baltimore Sun reported last week that HBO is making a six-episode miniseries based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton. The recently released book is called, “We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption.” The show will be shot...

David Simon, George Pelecanos heading back to HBO for limited series The show will revolve around the Gun Trace Task Force, which was designed to get firearms and violent criminals off the streets of Baltimore amid a rising murder rate in the city. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By PTI LOS ANGELES: Writers David Simon and George Pelecanos, known for acclaimed shows like "The Wire" and "Treme", are set to reunite with HBO for their latest project "We Own This City". The show, billed as a li...

David Simon and George Pelecanos are teaming up for a new miniseries at HBO, adapting Justin Fenton's non-fictioni book about Baltimore police corruption, We Own This City.

How a Suggestion at GoM Meeting Led to National Coverage on an Anti-Congress Claim Shortly after the pro-government commentator Kanchan Gupta reportedly told ministers that "the Communist Party of China’s donation to Rajiv Gandhi Foundation can be used to build a story," the BJP appears to have made an attempt to do just that. Screenshots of the news on BJPs claim on the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation on various outlets. Media05/Mar/2021 New Delhi: In the report by the Group of Ministers (GoM) ...