Govt will unravel conspiracy, if any, behind Delhi violence: MoS Home G Kishan Reddy
5 years ago

Govt will unravel conspiracy, if any, behind Delhi violence: MoS Home G Kishan Reddy

India TV News  

The Centre has been able to control the situation in violence-hit parts of Delhi and would get to the bottom of truth and unravel the conspiracy, if any, that sparked the communal riots, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said. He also said while issues can be resolved by means of discussion, rumours allegedly spread by a section of political parties and sections in social media added fuel to the fire. "The Narendra Modi government is determined to go to the bottom of truth to unravel the conspiracy, if any, that triggered the riots in Delhi," he said in his address at an event at the Indian School of Business here. rumours spread by a section of political parties and sections in social media added fuel to the fire," he said.

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Nagpur violence: Social media posts from computers with Bangladeshi IP address instigated Muslim mobs
1 week, 1 day ago

Nagpur violence: Social media posts from computers with Bangladeshi IP address instigated Muslim mobs

Op India  

In the Nagpur violence case, Maharashtra Police has uncovered a Bangladesh connection. The police found social media accounts from Bangladesh that issued a threat to incite violence. The cyber cell has taken action against 34 social media accounts for spreading rumours and inciting violence and 10 FIRs have been registered. During the violence, a Muslim mob molested a woman police …

Nagpur violence: Cyber cell finds over 140 online posts, videos inciting unrest
1 week, 1 day ago

Nagpur violence: Cyber cell finds over 140 online posts, videos inciting unrest

Hindustan Times  

In the wake of the Nagpur violence, Maharashtra Cyber department has identified more than 140 posts and videos containing objectionable contents across social media platforms aimed at inciting communal unrest, officials said. The cyber cell in Maharashtra has identified online posts with objectionable content inciting communal unrest amid the tense situation in Nagpur These videos and posts were found uploaded …

Nagpur violence: How online rumour mongering instigated Muslim mobs
1 week, 2 days ago

Nagpur violence: How online rumour mongering instigated Muslim mobs

Op India  

On the evening of 17th March, Nagpur underwent violent unrest that left more than 30 people wounded over rumours of the burning of a copy of the Quran during a protest by Hindu organisations demanding the removal of Aurangzeb’s tomb in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. Aasif Mujtaba who claims to be a journalist and an IIT Delhi scholar alleged that it was …

Mahakumbh 2025: UP Police registers 13 FIRs against 140 social media handles for spreading misinformation
1 month ago

Mahakumbh 2025: UP Police registers 13 FIRs against 140 social media handles for spreading misinformation

Live Mint  

Mahakumbh 2025: Taking strict action against the perpetrators behind misinformation related to Mahakumbh, Uttar Pradesh Police has registered thirteen FIRs against 140 social media handles. Maha Kumbh Deputy Inspector General of Police Vaibhav Krishna confirmed that 13 FIRs have been filed against 140 social media handles for spreading fake news. “13 FIRs have been registered against 140 social media handles …

UP Police books social media users spreading fake news about Mahakumbh 2025: FIR details
1 month, 3 weeks ago

UP Police books social media users spreading fake news about Mahakumbh 2025: FIR details

Op India  

On Saturday, 2nd February, the Prayagraj police booked several social media users for spreading fake information about the Mahakumbh. The police stated that several social media users posted an old video from Nepal to claim that there was a stampede-like situation in Mahakumbh, leading to the deaths of devotees. “Kumbh Mela Police has registered an FIR and is taking legal …

Analysing Indian Social Media Users Spreading Bangladesh-Related 'Fake News'
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Analysing Indian Social Media Users Spreading Bangladesh-Related 'Fake News'

The Quint  

An analysis by a Bangladeshi fact-checking organisation Rumor Scanner found that “72% of the accounts spreading… misinformation” related to Bangladesh’s interim head Mohammed Yunus and the socio-political climate “are located in India”. In our work, we were able to identify six unique X accounts, all subscribers of X Premium, which routinely spread harmful narratives and misinformation related to Bangladesh - …

Social Media's Polarizing Impact on Politics: Negative Interactions Surge in Run-Up to Lok Sabha Polls
5 months ago

Social Media's Polarizing Impact on Politics: Negative Interactions Surge in Run-Up to Lok Sabha Polls

Live Mint  

The 12th round of the biannual YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey found that politics was the fifth most popular topic among urban Indians, with 47% saying they follow such content. However, 37% of respondents who follow politics on social media reported having faced negative interactions online due to their political engagement in the six months before the survey. The survey also found …

Gurugram DC calls for caution against social media rumourmongering in run-up to state polls
7 months, 1 week ago

Gurugram DC calls for caution against social media rumourmongering in run-up to state polls

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram Citizens can lodge their complaints on the C-Vigil app or on the toll-free number 1950. Deputy commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav on Monday urged the Gurugram electorate to exercise caution while consuming content, to avoid rumourmongering based on misleading news, especially through social media that are intended to incite social discord in the run-up to the assembly elections. The official …

Social media skirmish targeting Lokesh, CM Jagan
11 months, 1 week ago

Social media skirmish targeting Lokesh, CM Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Social media is abuzz with hashtags like #GetWellSoonLokesh for TD leader Nara Lokesh and #WhySoScaredJagan for YSRC leader and CM, Y.S. Lokesh ended the tweet with the hashtag #WhySoScaredJagan, which quickly started trending on the X platform. The YSRC’s X platform handle was quick to respond with a tweet of its own, stating, "Nara Lokesh, we hope you get …

In India’s strife-torn Manipur, narrative battle is fought on social media
1 year, 5 months ago

In India’s strife-torn Manipur, narrative battle is fought on social media

Al Jazeera  

Social media warriors have sprung up to share their community’s views and put down the others’ in this ethnic conflict. “Before we got hackers, we had given access to our social media accounts to people outside the state … Social media has become important to tell people what is happening here,” the leader said. He told me, “I opened this …

OPINION | NUH: HOW VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FANNED VIOLENCE
1 year, 7 months ago

OPINION | NUH: HOW VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FANNED VIOLENCE

India TV News  

Though the embers of communal violence in Nuh are dying down, questions are being raised by some politicians about why people belonging to a certain community are being arrested. Muslims constitute 80 per cent of the population in Nuh, and yet a Muslim family saved a Hindu family during the riots. Fake rumours circulated on social media by anti-social elements …

Nuh violence: FIR against 3 'influencers', 2,300 social media videos under cop lens
1 year, 7 months ago

Nuh violence: FIR against 3 'influencers', 2,300 social media videos under cop lens

India Today  

The Nuh police have registered three FIRs against three people over their inflammatory social media posts that triggered the violence in the district earlier this week. Of the 10 FIRs filed by the Nuh police, three were booked against one Shahid, Aadil Khan Mannaka, and a social media account named 'Shayar Guru Ghantal'. An investigation by India Today's Open Source …

Haryana violence: Massive spike in misinformation in last 2 weeks, say sources
1 year, 7 months ago

Haryana violence: Massive spike in misinformation in last 2 weeks, say sources

India Today  

The government is preparing a document on the spike in misinformation on social media for the past two weeks, which ultimately led to the communal violence in Haryana, sources told India Today. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology witnessed a massive spike in content related to the incident, which was hateful and vitriolic in nature, on social media, sources …

‘Social media played vital role’: Haryana government to scan online posts linked with Nuh violence. Top updates
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Social media played vital role’: Haryana government to scan online posts linked with Nuh violence. Top updates

Hindustan Times  

The Haryana government has formed a three-member committee to scan all social media platforms checking for posts from July 21 to 31, and further, that could have incited people leading up to the communal violence in the state's Nuh district, state's home minster Anil Vij on Wednesday told the reporters. Broken glass and debris strewn on a street as policemen …

Social media rife with polarising disinformation on Odisha train accident
1 year, 9 months ago

Social media rife with polarising disinformation on Odisha train accident

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 15, 2023 11:00 IST - 3 MINS READ At the time of accidents, epidemics, and other disasters, a second tragedy has begun to unfold these days: disinformation. On June 3, “The Random India” handle tweeted a cropped drone image of the accident site with an arrow pointing to one corner that had a fuzzy structure resembling a …

Press Freedom rates India 161 out of 180 based on faulty data on govt spending on ads, claims it spent 13,000 cr on ads: Here is what OpIndia RTI had found
1 year, 10 months ago

Press Freedom rates India 161 out of 180 based on faulty data on govt spending on ads, claims it spent 13,000 cr on ads: Here is what OpIndia RTI had found

Op India  

On May 3, Reporters sans frontières, or RSF, released its annual Press Freedom Report, in which it put India at 161st position out of 180 countries. RSF claimed Indian government spends 130 billion Rupees on ads every year One of the most bizarre points RSF put in its report is about the money the government of India spends on Under …

Bihar: Man arrested for spreading fake videos of attack on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu
2 years ago

Bihar: Man arrested for spreading fake videos of attack on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu

India TV News  

Bihar: A person has been arrested from Bihar's Jamui district in connection with fake videos of alleged attacks on migrants in Tamil Nadu, PTI quoted officials. "An investigation by the EOU has revealed that the accused were indulging in spreading fake videos of migrants being killed and beaten up in Tamil Nadu on social media," the statement said. Police said …

In an election year, West Bengal topped in fake news cases on social media
2 years, 6 months ago

In an election year, West Bengal topped in fake news cases on social media

The Hindu  

West Bengal recorded the highest number of recorded cases against fake news on social media in 2021, accounting for about one-fourth of the total such cases across the country, according to NCRB data. West Bengal reported 43 cases of fake news on social media with Kolkata alone recording 28 of these cases, according to data published by the National Crime …

Delhi Police inaugurates Social Media Cell to tackle fake news
2 years, 9 months ago

Delhi Police inaugurates Social Media Cell to tackle fake news

India Today  

Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana inaugurated the Social Media Cell of the force with an in-house state-of-the-art studio ‘Face-2-Face’ at its headquarters on Monday. Delhi Police has established SMC for holding Podcast, Twitter Live sessions, panel discussions, press briefings and countering fake news, officials said. Educational and awareness videos produced by SMC can be shared by EOW, SPUWAC and other …

2020 Delhi Riots: Panel Grills Facebook India Officials. 'Don't Want Hate On Our Platform,' Says FB
3 years, 4 months ago

2020 Delhi Riots: Panel Grills Facebook India Officials. 'Don't Want Hate On Our Platform,' Says FB

ABP News  

New Delhi: Chairman of Delhi Assembly’s Committee on Peace and Harmony Raghav Chadha on Thursday sought to know about Meta Chief Executive Officer’s role in Facebook India’s public policy. This came as Facebook’s Public Policy Director Shivnath Thukral and Director GV Anand Bhushan appeared before the committee which seeks to ascertain social media’s role in curbing hate speech post the …

Facebook India officials to appear before committee in connection with Delhi riots case on Nov 18
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook India officials to appear before committee in connection with Delhi riots case on Nov 18

India TV News  

Facebook India officials to appear before committee in connection with Delhi riots case on Nov 18 Facebook India officials have been asked to appear before a Delhi committee in connection with Delhi riots case. Facebook India Public Policy Director, Shivnath Thukral and Director GV Anand Bhushan have been asked to appear before Delhi Assembly’s Committee on Peace and Harmony on …

India: Terror cases over social media posts on Tripura violence
3 years, 4 months ago

India: Terror cases over social media posts on Tripura violence

Al Jazeera  

Police charge more than 100 social media accounts under UAPA and other laws for posting on religious violence in the northeastern state. The social media accounts are accused of sharing “fake news” following attacks on several mosques in Tripura last month by alleged members of Hindu right-wing groups. Rahul Gandhi, leader of India’s main opposition party, the Congress, said the …

As Fact Check Gets Caught in Fake News Web, Twitter Finds Itself in a Spot Again
3 years, 9 months ago

As Fact Check Gets Caught in Fake News Web, Twitter Finds Itself in a Spot Again

News 18  

Who knew that fact-checkers would be the biggest peddlers of fake news? A few hours later another video emerged of the poor man, in a completely different setting in the company of a religious leader, saying that the hooligans had forced him to chant “Jai Sri Ram” and this was used to conclusively settle the communal nature of the incident. …

UP Govt First to Book Twitter for ‘Misleading Content’ After Media Giant Loses Protection
3 years, 9 months ago

UP Govt First to Book Twitter for ‘Misleading Content’ After Media Giant Loses Protection

News 18  

The Uttar Pradesh government has become the first to book Twitter in a criminal offence after the social media company failed to comply so far with the new IT rules that had come into effect from May 26. Sources in the central government told News18 that social media companies have to comply with the rules to get safe harbour protection …

Twitter India loses intermediary status, can now be prosecuted for content. UP Police file first FIR
3 years, 9 months ago

Twitter India loses intermediary status, can now be prosecuted for content. UP Police file first FIR

Op India  

Note: Later reports suggests the main accused’s name is Parvez Gujjar and not Parvesh Gujjar. Social Media giant Twitter has lost its intermediary status in India for not complying with the new Information Technology Rules, which came into force on May 26, reports Times of India. According to the reports, as Twitter India did not comply with IT rules enforced …

UP Police files FIR against Twitter, The Wire, Alt News' Mohammed Zubair in fake hate crime case
3 years, 9 months ago

UP Police files FIR against Twitter, The Wire, Alt News' Mohammed Zubair in fake hate crime case

Op India  

Note: Later reports suggests the main accused’s name is Parvez Gujjar and not Parvesh Gujjar. On June 15, Ghaziabad Police registered an FIR against Alt News cofounder Muhammed Zubair, The Wire, Rana Ayyub, Twitter and others for trying to stoke communal tension by making false claims that elderly Muslim man was beaten up and forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’. …

Twitter vs Govt of India: Importance of SM and what is the road ahead
3 years, 9 months ago

Twitter vs Govt of India: Importance of SM and what is the road ahead

Op India  

Today, when the whole world is confronted with an unprecedented crisis due to the COVID19 pandemic, another crisis has emerged over the ‘penetrative’ role of social media platforms in India. Considering the kind of enormous outreach of social media, platforms such as Twitter have started to act arbitrarily to become a state within a state Twitter decided to defy an …

'Stop Beating Around The Bush, Comply With New IT Rules': Centre's Strong Response To Twitter
3 years, 10 months ago

'Stop Beating Around The Bush, Comply With New IT Rules': Centre's Strong Response To Twitter

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday condemned the statement issued by Twitter as totally baseless, false and an attempt to defame India to hide their own follies and asked the micro-blogging platform to stop beating around the bush and comply with the laws of the land. Asserting India has a glorious tradition of free speech and democratic practices dating back …

Facebook and Twitter are in a high-stakes standoff with India
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook and Twitter are in a high-stakes standoff with India

CNN  

New Delhi CNN Business — The biggest names in tech are locked in an increasingly tense stand-off with India over strict new social media rules they fear will erode privacy, usher in mass surveillance and harm business in the world’s fastest growing market. On Monday, Indian police visited Twitter’s offices after it labeled a tweet from a prominent official of …

Twitter ‘concerned’ about India staff safety after police visit
3 years, 10 months ago

Twitter ‘concerned’ about India staff safety after police visit

Al Jazeera  

Days after police visited its offices as part of probe into tagging of BJP posts as manipulated, social media firm says it is worried about safety of its workers. Twitter Inc says it is worried about the safety of its staff in India, days after police visited its offices as part of a probe related to the social media firm’s …

Delhi Police says Twitter refusing to cooperate, share evidence in 'toolkit' case
3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi Police says Twitter refusing to cooperate, share evidence in 'toolkit' case

India Today  

The Delhi Police on Thursday issued an official statement in response to Twitter Inc.’s allegation that the police’s visit to its office on Tuesday was a form of ‘intimidation’. In a strongly-worded statement, the police said that Twitter was refusing to cooperate and share evidence with the investigating authority in the ‘toolkit’ case. “Twitter's Inc.’s latest statements are devised to …

HT Editorial: On Twitter, a self-goal
3 years, 10 months ago

HT Editorial: On Twitter, a self-goal

Hindustan Times  

On Monday night, two teams of the special cell of Delhi Police “visited” the offices of Twitter India in Delhi and Gurugram. The objective was to ostensibly give a notice to the company, and seek an explanation for why it tagged a tweet by Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson, Sambit Patra, as “manipulated media”. Stung by Twitter’s decision, the government, which …

‘Truth remains unafraid’: Rahul Gandhi on Delhi Police visit to Twitter India's offices over toolkit row
3 years, 10 months ago

‘Truth remains unafraid’: Rahul Gandhi on Delhi Police visit to Twitter India's offices over toolkit row

Firstpost  

The Congress on Monday had alleged that the “cowardly raid” on Twitter’s offices by the Delhi Police “exposes lame-duck attempts” to hide a “fraudulent toolkit” by BJP leaders New Delhi: “Truth remains unafraid,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday after the Delhi Police sent a notice to Twitter India in connection with the probe into a complaint about the …

Aakar Patel | Why Twitter's action on BJP manipulation' is rattling govt
3 years, 10 months ago

Aakar Patel | Why Twitter's action on BJP manipulation' is rattling govt

Deccan Chronicle  

Twitter has marked tweets by Bharatiya Janata Party figures, including its spokesman Sambit Patra, as “manipulated media”. The BJP is upset and has sent another threatening note to Twitter saying that it should remove the “manipulated media” tag because the government was investigating the matter. These are legal notices from the Government of India asking Twitter to either block an …

India police visit Twitter offices after BJP tweet flagged
3 years, 10 months ago

India police visit Twitter offices after BJP tweet flagged

Al Jazeera  

Police visit Twitter offices to serve notice to its country managing director after social media giant tags BJP spokesman’s post as ‘manipulated media’. Police in India’s capital have served a notice at Twitter’s offices, seeking information for a complaint about why a tweet by the spokesman of the ruling Hindu nationalist party was tagged as “manipulated media”. Congress complained to …

Mamata Banerjee cracks down on SM posts talking about post-poll violence in Bengal
3 years, 10 months ago

Mamata Banerjee cracks down on SM posts talking about post-poll violence in Bengal

Op India  

Just five days after Mamata Banerjee took oath as the third time Chief Minister of West Bengal, a crackdown on social media posts has begun. As per a report by The Print, the West Bengal Police claims to have identified 550 “fake” posts on social media related to post-poll violence out of which 150 posts were blocked, 34 cases registered …

Opinion: Modi has offered little more than hollow words amid India’s horrifying covid crisis
3 years, 10 months ago

Opinion: Modi has offered little more than hollow words amid India’s horrifying covid crisis

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Akanksha Singh is a journalist based in Mumbai, India. Desperate cries for medication and oxygen tanks abound on Twitter and Instagram, where posts read, “In need of ICU bed” or “Plasma urgently required for treatment of Covid patient in Max Hospital, Delhi.” One journalist live-tweeted his Covid-19 symptoms and died while waiting for help. But India’s government – …

Facebook, Twitter: A lifeline for Indians in the Covid crisis and a threat for Narendra Modi
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook, Twitter: A lifeline for Indians in the Covid crisis and a threat for Narendra Modi

CNN  

On most days, Network Capital, a business networking group with over 67,000 members on Facebook, focuses on providing its community with information on job vacancies, higher education, and careers. Sonali Pal Chaudhury/NurPhoto/Getty Images In a statement last week, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said it had asked Twitter, Facebook and others to remove around 100 posts by users …

Delhi riots: SPP Amit Prasad quotes Newslaundry to show how media is building false narrative
4 years ago

Delhi riots: SPP Amit Prasad quotes Newslaundry to show how media is building false narrative

Op India  

On the 2nd of March, a Delhi Court continued to hear the case of the ‘larger conspiracy’ hatched ahead of the Delhi riots. During the hearing, Special Public Prosecutor cited a report by Left-leaning publication NewsLaundry to say that while the lawyer defending the accused Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita is talking about how the investigative agencies are allegedly ‘leaking’ …

Action will be taken if social media used to spread fake news, violence: Ravi Shankar Prasad
4 years, 1 month ago

Action will be taken if social media used to spread fake news, violence: Ravi Shankar Prasad

India TV News  

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that the government respects social media for empowering common people but action will be taken if it is misused to spread fake news and violence. However, if social media is misused to spread fake news, violence then action will be taken," said Prasad while addressing the Rajya Sabha. In response to …

Farm stir: Delhi Police acts tough on 'instigators', registers 4 FIRs against several social media accounts
4 years, 1 month ago

Farm stir: Delhi Police acts tough on 'instigators', registers 4 FIRs against several social media accounts

India TV News  

The Delhi Police has registered four FIRs against social media accounts "inciting" violence in the name of farmers' protests. One person has been arrested from Rajasthan's Churu for posting an old video carrying the fake news of resignation by 200 police personnel, police said. The Delhi Police said the accounts/handles that were posting fake, offensive and provocative content have been …

Be It Farmers Protest, Covid Deaths or Vaccine Drive, Global Media’s Shrill Headlines Fail the Credibility Test
4 years, 2 months ago

Be It Farmers Protest, Covid Deaths or Vaccine Drive, Global Media’s Shrill Headlines Fail the Credibility Test

News 18  

“Angry farmers storm India’s Red Fort in challenge to Modi,” screams The Washington Post. From the pandemic to the storming of India’s Red Fort, the privileged Western gaze has been a feature of almost all reporting about India in global media. An attempt to demonise India Last week, Joe Biden, the newly inaugurated President of the United States, addressed his …

India Has 75 Crore Internet Connections, Over Half Joined in Last 4 Years. But What About Fake News?
4 years, 4 months ago

India Has 75 Crore Internet Connections, Over Half Joined in Last 4 Years. But What About Fake News?

News 18  

While 2020 would be remembered for many remarkable things like the emergence of an unprecedented pandemic or the entire nations surviving simultaneous lockdowns, some would also remember it to be the year when India completed 25 years of having the internet. In fact, not only did India complete 25 years of having internet in 2020, it also marked a distinct …

Delhi Assembly to Examine NewsClick Editor, Alt News Co-founder
4 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Assembly to Examine NewsClick Editor, Alt News Co-founder

News 18  

Delhi Legislative Assembly’s Committee on Peace and Harmony will examine the editor of online news portal NewsClick, Prabir Purkaystha, and co-founder of Alt News, Pratik Sinha, on Monday in continuation of its proceedings against Facebook for its alleged inaction to tackle harmful content on its platform. The decision was taken in a meeting in continuation of the previous proceedings of …

Anatomy of a rumour: An analysis of social media content surrounding Sushant Singh Rajput's death
4 years, 5 months ago

Anatomy of a rumour: An analysis of social media content surrounding Sushant Singh Rajput's death

Firstpost  

While social media may have facilitated certain kinds of virality and speed with which the narratives have changed, the Sushant Singh Rajput case and its victims are a reminder of ways in which the patriarchy is alive and well, and always readying its blades for the next execution. *** Abstract — The suicide of Indian actor Sushant Singh Rajput in …

Never posted communally charged content on social media: T'gana BJP MLA Raja Singh
4 years, 7 months ago

Never posted communally charged content on social media: T'gana BJP MLA Raja Singh

India Today  

Raja Singh, the lone BJP MLA from Telangana and apparently in the centre of a row over social media giant Facebook's policy on hate speeches, has rejected allegations he makes communally loaded posts online, asserting he only works in the national interest. In a report published last week, US newspaper Wall Street Journal had cited interviews with unnamed Facebook insiders …

Government pulls up Twitter, Facebook over Delhi riots
5 years ago

Government pulls up Twitter, Facebook over Delhi riots

The Hindu  

The Centre on Tuesday pulled up representatives of social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook for not blocking objectionable content, hate messages and videos flagged by the police during the communal riots in northeast Delhi last week. “The representatives of the social media platforms were told that they cannot take an unusually long time to pull down content and accounts …

How Indian journalists were attacked during Delhi violence
5 years ago

How Indian journalists were attacked during Delhi violence

Al Jazeera  

Attacks on reporters during violence that has claimed 47 lives highlight growing risk to journalists in India. Journalists in India say attacks on the media during last week’s deadly anti-Muslim violence in the capital, New Delhi, show deteriorating press freedom in the South Asian nation. Censorship of critical content But experts and journalists say the attacks on reporters covering the …

Number of deaths in Delhi violence mounts to 34, more than 250 injured
5 years, 1 month ago

Number of deaths in Delhi violence mounts to 34, more than 250 injured

Hindustan Times  

The number of deaths in Delhi violence rose to 34 on Thursday after one of the injured at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital succumbed to injuries, reported news agency ANI. There is relative calm in Jafrabad, Maujpur, Chand Bagh and other areas of Northeast Delhi, where violence broke out on Monday and continued till Tuesday evening. Watch | Delhi violence: Death …

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