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Police action against freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma 'high-handed', says Press Club of India
• 5 years agoCondemning Sharma's arrest, the Press Club of India also said that the police should provide pertinent details "so that a defence may be possible to construct"
Delhi Police arrests freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma under Official Secrets Act
• 5 years agoThe police said that Sharma 'was found to be in possession of some defence-related classified documents'. His bail plea has been listed for 22 September
Govt clarification on LAC vital, shows accountability critical to democracy, reinforces need for transparency
Bhopinder Singh • 5 years agoAs the din lowers on the Galwan incident per se, the government must willingly welcome and brace itself for more 'questioning' on the overall India-China relationship, and the restiveness in the neighbourhood, including that with traditional allies like Nepal
UK envoy, in leaked memo, accuses Donald Trump of scrapping Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama: Report
• 6 years agoTrump had long been critical of the deal and withdrew the United States on 8 May, 2018. A first batch of leaked reports authored by Darroch last weekend caused major turmoil between Britain and its closest ally.
The Narendra Modi campaign has targeted Rajiv Gandhi as corrupt to draw away attention from PMO role in Rafale deal
Suhit K Sen • 6 years agoIn his election speech on Saturday, the prime minister had said that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi may have been feted by his courtiers, ‘but his life ended as Bhrashtachari No. 1’.
Massacre in Myanmar: The story on Rohingya killings that got Reuters journalists Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo arrested
• 6 years agoThe Rohingya Muslim killings in Inn Din in Myanmar, which Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo traced, marked another bloody episode in the ethnic violence in Rakhine.
Reuters journalists Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo released after 512 days in prison: How Myanmar punished the duo for uncovering an atrocity
John Chalmers • 7 years agoMyanmar has freed Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo from jail as part of a move to pardon thousands of prisoners. They were convicted for allegedly violating the Official Secrets Act.
Myanmar releases Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo from prison; duo among thousands granted amnesty by president
Fp Staff • 6 years agoMyanmar on Tuesday released Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo from prison, 512 days after they were sent to jail for working on an investigative report on the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys in a village in Rakhine state.
Rafale hearing: In Supreme Court, Centre claims State privilege over deal documents, says no one can produce them without permission
Fp Staff • 6 years agoKK Venugopal, appearing for the Centre, referred to section 123 of the Evidence Act and provisions of RTI Act to buttress his claim in the hearing of review petitions in the Rafale deal. He also said that the security of the State "supersedes everything", and that defence acquisitions were related to national security.
Threat to prosecute The Hindu under Official Secrets Act is silly, unless this government thinks it’s the enemy of the people
Bikram Vohra • 6 years agoIf the government wishes to embarrass itself it can charge The Hindu with simple theft but not espionage.