Saudi money helping spread of harsher Islam: Rushdie
September 17th, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Well-known writer Salman Rushdie Monday said that a harsher version of Islam was spreading with the help of Saudi Arabia's oil money."What has developed now ... Read more...
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Explain sedition charges against cartoonist, court tells police
September 14th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 14 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Friday said it will create a framework on slapping a sedition charge in future as it heard a public interest litigation ... Read more...
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SIT to investigate cartoonist Trivedi’s case
September 13th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) A Special Investigation Team (SIT) will now investigate the case of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and review the sedition charges against him, a senior police official ... Read more...
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I drew no wrong, I’m not sorry: Aseem Trivedi (Third lead)
September 12th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi Wednesday said he made no mistake in drawing cartoons, and that he would not apologise since he had done no wrong.The 25-year-old ... Read more...
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Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi released (Second Lead)
September 12th, 2012 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, charged with sedition, walked out of jail Wednesday, a day after he was granted bail. The case against the India Against Corruption ... Read more...
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Aseem Trivedi walks out of jail (Lead)
September 12th, 2012 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi walked out of prison Wednesday, four days after he was charged with sedition. Trivedi, an activist of India Against Corruption (IAC), had ... Read more...
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Mahesh Bhatt supports Aseem, calls for freedom of art
September 12th, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has come out in support of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, saying freedom of art is important for a peaceful society."I believe a society ... Read more...
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Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi to be released Wednesday
September 12th, 2012 - 10:59 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) Jailed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi will walk out of prison Wednesday afternoon, an India Against Corruption (IAC) spokesperson said.An IAC team will be present to receive ... Read more...
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Raj Thackeray comes out in support of cartoonist Trivedi
September 11th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 11 (IANS) Supporting jailed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Tuesday demanded that he be set free and the sedition charges against him be ... Read more...
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Indian cartoonist jailed on sedition charges
September 11th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New Delhi, Sept 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A cartoonist in India has been imprisoned for two weeks on sedition charges because of his drawings that were made in a satirical manner on the ... Read more...
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Maharashtra High Court grants bail to Aseem Trivedi
September 11th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 11 (IANS) In an embarrassment to the Maharashtra government, the Bombay High Court granted bail to jailed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi here late Tuesday.A division bench of Chief Justice ... Read more...
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Free cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, demands Kejriwal (Lead)
September 10th, 2012 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad/New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal Monday sought the release of jailed Mumbai cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and slammed the government for suppressing protests over Omkareshwar Dam ... Read more...
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IAC demands cartoonist Aseem Trivedi’s release
September 10th, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Condemning the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi in Mumbai, India Against Corruption (IAC) Monday demanded that he be "unconditionally released" and "baseless charge of sedition" ... Read more...
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Police cut short quizzing cartoonist Aseem Trivedi (Lead)
September 10th, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Barely a day after a cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was sent to seven days police custody after being arrested on sedition charges, investigators cut short his ... Read more...
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Police end quizzing cartoonist Aseem Trivedi
September 10th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Barely a day after a cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was sent to seven days police custody after being arrested on sedition charges, investigators cut short his ... Read more...
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Family stands by jailed cartoonist, coal minister heckled
September 10th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, Sep 10 (IANS) Supporters of India Against Corruption (IAC) and the parents of jailed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was charged with sedition by Mumbai police, Monday heckled union Coal ... Read more...
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Cannot target national symbols in cartoons: Government
September 10th, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) As rights activists criticised the government for arresting a cartoonist for an allegedly derogatory cartoon, the government Monday said that such artists should stay ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu parties demand cartoon’s removal from textbook (Second Lead)
June 13th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 13 (IANS) A cartoon lampooning the anti-Hindi agitation that rocked Tamil Nadu in 1965 has united the political parties in the state to demand its removal from the ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa demands withdrawal of cartoon from NCERT book
June 13th, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 13 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday urged the central government to remove from a Class 12 NCERT textbook the cartoon about the anti-Hindi agitation that ... Read more...
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DMK demands removal of cartoon from NCERT textbook
June 9th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai June 9 (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi Saturday urged the central government to remove from a textbook the controversial cartoon lampooning the anti-Hindi agitation that raged in Tamil Nadu ... Read more...
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‘Let academicians decide on Ambedkar cartoon’
May 15th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A artist-activist group Tuesday said the government should not withdraw a textbook cartoon featuring Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar under political pressure.Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (Sahmat) ... Read more...
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Shankar made the Ambedkar-Nehru cartoon in 1950s
May 11th, 2012 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The school textbook cartoon of B.R. Ambedkar which created a furore in parliament Friday was sketched by cartoonist Keshav Shankar Pillai in the 1950s while ... Read more...
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Foreign tourists turned away from Victoria Memorial
May 6th, 2012 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) Foreign tourists who arrived at the historic Victoria Memorial hall Sunday afternoon were irate after they were denied permission to enter due to the high-profile ... Read more...
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A treat, says Hillary after Victoria Memorial visit
May 6th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) "It has been a treat for me" US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton exclaimed Sunday after a 15-minute visit to the Victoria Memorial British-era museum.Founded in ... Read more...
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Goa University to have Mario Miranda, Anthony Gonsalves chairs
May 3rd, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 3 (IANS) Legendary cartoonist Mario Miranda and Bollywood music composer Anthony Gonsalves, both natives of Goa, have been honoured posthumously with the establishment of two chairs in their ... Read more...
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Spanish cartoonist dies
April 4th, 2012 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, April 4 (IANS/EFE) Spanish artist, cartoonist and writer Antonio Mingote died Tuesday in Madrid, his widow, Maria Isabel Vigliola, told EFE. He was 93.Mingote, whose broad professional career was ... Read more...
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No one quite like Mario, say Goan artists
December 12th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 12 (IANS) Creative artists from Goa have lamented the death of legendary cartoonist Mario Miranda, saying he introduced their state to India and the world in the real ... Read more...
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Mario Miranda was a quintessential Goan: Shyam Benegal
December 11th, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Noted filmmaker Shyam Benegal was inspired by the legendary Goa-based cartoonist Mario Miranda -- who passed away Sunday morning -- into making "Trikal", a movie ... Read more...
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Governor expresses grief over Mario Miranda’s death
December 11th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 11 (IANS) Condoling the death of cartoonist Mario Miranda's death, Governor of Maharashtra and Goa K. Sankaranarayanan has expressed grief over his demise."Mario Miranda will go down in ... Read more...
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Compassionate man with wicked humour, say Mario’s friends, fans
December 11th, 2011 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Friends, associates and members of the art fraternity remember eminent cartoonist Mario Miranda as a "warm, wickedly humorous and compassionate man who reacted positively to ... Read more...
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Mario was to inaugurate fort on Goa liberation day
December 11th, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 11 (IANS) Legendary cartoonist Mario Miranda, who died Sunday, was due to inaugurate a newly-renovated fort of Reis Magos near here on the 50th anniversary of the liberation ... Read more...
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Two cartoonists - Laxman and Thackeray - to meet in Pune
November 24th, 2011 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Nov 24 (IANS) They had a common entry to the world of cartooning, and while one became a legend in the field, the other moved to make a ... Read more...
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TV show a way to keep Laxman’s work alive: Family
November 14th, 2011 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 14 (IANS) Family members of veteran cartoonist R.K. Laxman Monday said they will be involved in a TV show inspired by his cartoons to ensure that his works ... Read more...
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R.K.Laxman’s Common Man inspires TV show
November 7th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Veteran cartoonist R.K.Laxman's popular creation "The Common Man" has inspired a TV show -- "R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya", which will deal with the aspirations and ... Read more...
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Katy Perry’s nails get ‘Smurf’ed!
July 25th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) American singer Katy Perry seems to be living the spirit of forthcoming movie "The Smurfs" completely. After giving voiceover in the animated movie, she ... Read more...
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