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Gandhi's journals: How the Mahatma shaped a nation's ideas through Young India, Navjivan and Harijan
Karthik Venkatesh •Many, before Gandhi, had employed the press to further their cause. Many did so after him. Few have been as effective as he was in the early 1920s when Young India and Navjivan were at their zenith
Pakistan government mulls initiating sedition case against Imran Khan, others
•Pakistan government has been mulling options for appropriate action against Khan and others for vandalising the property of the State
Sharjeel Imam moves Delhi court for bail in sedition case
Fp Staff •The matter relates to the alleged inflammatory speeches made by Imam in Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia area in Delhi against the Citizenship Amendment Act
Delhi HC permits Sharjeel Imam to approach trial court for interim bail based on SC sedition order
•Imam was arrested in a case related to alleged inflammatory speeches made by him during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in 2019
Explained: How successive state and central governments have defended sedition law in the past
Fp Explainers •From the Aseem Trivedi case of 2012 to the Rana couple incident of 2022, different parties have used the contentious legislation and defended it, despite opposition from other corners
Maharashtra Congress says 326 sedition cases filed in first term of PM Modi; slams BJP
•The BJP leaders have termed the MVA government in the state as brutal for booking Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana in a sedition case
Petition filed in Bombay High Court seeks FIR under charges of sedition against Raj Thackeray
•The petition was filed by a Pune-based activist, Hemant Patil and is likely to be mentioned for an urgent hearing today
No sufficient ground to invoke sedition charge against Rana couple, says special court judge
•The court held that prima facie at this stage the charge under Indian Penal Code section 124A (sedition) was not made out against MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana
'Have no allegation against any political agenda': Sharad Pawar tells Koregaon-Bhima panel
•Pawar in his affidavit said the misuse of the IPC Section 124A, pertaining to sedition, should be stopped with amendments and sought for the section itself to be repealed
13 booked for sedition in connection with sloganeering inside Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, says police
•The sloganeering took place after the culmination of congregational prayers at Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of the city on Friday