Bal Thackeray backs Trivedi, but raps him too
September 12th, 2012 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Wednesday came out in support of jailed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi but also gave him a sharp rap on the knuckles.While ... Read more...
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Current times worse than emergency: Advani
September 12th, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani has come out in support of Aseem Trivedi, saying the act of jailing the cartoonist for an allegedly ... Read more...
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Cartoonist’s arrest an over-stretch: Congress
September 10th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Congress Monday termed arrest of political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi as a bit of an "over-stretch" but said "there are certain emblems and national ... Read more...
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IAC slams action against protests, cartoonist’s arrest (Second Lead)
September 10th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 10 (IANS) India Against Corruption (IAC) members Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav slammed the union government for suppressing peaceful protests at Onkareswar dam and Kudankulam nuclear ... Read more...
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Press Council chief slams sedition charge against cartoonist
September 10th, 2012 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju Monday termed the sedition charge against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi as "stupid" and demanded action against politicians ... Read more...
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IAC demands cartoonist Trivedi’s release
September 10th, 2012 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Condemning the arrest of political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, India Against Corruption (IAC) Monday demanded that he be "unconditionally released" and the "baseless charge of sedition ... Read more...
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Anna’s cartoonist supporter sent to police custody
September 9th, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) A Mumbai court Sunday remanded Aseem Trivedi, an Anna Hazare supporter and political cartoonist, to seven days police custody for drawing an allegedly derogatory sketch ... Read more...
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MSNBC’s Daryl Cagle’s Mexican Flag Cartoon Incites Controversy
September 7th, 2010 - 2:07 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A cartoon depiction of the Mexican Flag which shows the eagle from the true flag of Mexico, laying upside down in the middle of the flag, ... Read more...
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Mexicans upset with a Daryl Cagle cartoon about their flag
September 7th, 2010 - 12:11 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mexico City, Sep 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mexicans are fuming over a cartoonist's drawing of their flag.The cartoonist - Daryl Cagle, drew the Mexican flag and instead of the regal looking eagle ... Read more...
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Now read ‘R.K. Laxman - The Uncommon Man’ (With Images)
August 4th, 2009 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) If newspapers are the sentinels of democracy, cartoonists are the torch-bearers of freedom of speech and expression, Maharashtra Governor S.C. Jamir said Tuesday while releasing the biography ... Read more...
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Amar Singh, Shatrughan to launch Manmohan cartoon book
April 3rd, 2009 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS)In poll season a collection of 150 cartoons of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to be brought out in a book will be launched not by the man ... Read more...
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Cartoon king aims to conquer Everest with art
November 11th, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Nov 11 (IANS) Described as the "Caesar of cartoons" and the "king of American political cartoons" by newspapers across the world, 75-year-old Ranan Lurie now plans to make his biggest conquest ... Read more...
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Renowned Soviet political cartoonist Yefimov dies at 108
October 1st, 2008 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 1 (RIA Novosti) Boris Yefimov, a Soviet political cartoonist noted for his caricatures of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, died Wednesday at the age of 108, the Ekho Moskvy radio ... Read more...
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Political humour may do more damage than you might think
March 16th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): Stand-up comedians have always targeted politicians to generate good humour in their shows. However, University of Iowa professor, Russell Peterson, a former stand-up comedian and political cartoonist ... Read more...
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