- Andhra Pradesh: Cong MPs from Telangana set May 30 deadline for central leadership to take positive decision on separate state
- Assam: Cong names Santiuse Kujur as party nominee for the second RS seat while AIUDF nominates Aminul Islam
- Bihar: One person killed and 2 injured when a truck hit a bike in Sobhiya area in Nawada district, say police
- Chennai: CBCID arrested three persons involved in cricket spot fixing from Coimbatore today, say officials
- Delhi: Railways plan to ease traffic congestion at New Delhi station by demarcating lines for taxis and autos, say officials
- Gujarat: Four persons die, 6 injured in a collision between a dumper, car and bike near Soila village on Sanand Bavla highway
- Haryana: Section 144 imposed in Kaithal after sacked Maruti Udyog staff threaten to gherao MP RS Surjewala, mini secretariat
- Himachal Pradesh: Four people electrocuted, five seriously injured in Chamba due to a faulty transformer
- Jammu and Kashmir: Kashmir University will set up a hostel-cum-coaching centre in Srinagar for civil service aspirants, say officials
- Karnataka: Passenger trains between Mysore and Arsikere will be cancelled from May 20 to May 22 due to doubling of track
- Kerala: Met office predicts partly cloudy sky over the state in next 12 hours; maximum temperature to be 35C
- Kolkata: Met dept predicts partly cloudy sky in Kolkata and other places across the state; maximum temperature to stay at 36C
- Madhya Pradesh: MP Congress chief meets governor after 3 BJP workers, accused in the murder of a youth in Ratlam, were not arrested
- Maharashtra: Maharashtra Engineers Federation snaps membership of PWD engineer Chikhlikar after his arrest on corruption charges
- Mumbai: Mega block on Central Railway between Mulund-Munga stations till 4 pm today due to maintenance work, say officials
- Northeast: Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio urges Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goel to continue flights to the state
- Odisha: Arka Keshari Deo, son of BJP leader late Bikram Keshari Deo, joins Biju Janata Dal today
- Punjab: SAD and Cong workers clash at Athwal in Dera Baba Nanak block of Batala during zila parishad polls; details awaited
- Rajasthan: RBSE likely to declare results of Class 12 humanities exam in the next few days, say officials
- Tamil Nadu: CBCID arrested three persons involved in cricket spot fixing from Coimbatore today, say officials
- UP East: CM Akhilesh Yadav will address Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises conclave in Lucknow on May 22, say officials
- UP West: CM Akhilesh Yadav will address Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises conclave in Lucknow on May 22, say officials
- West Bengal: Met dept predicts partly cloudy sky in Kolkata and other places across the state; maximum temperature to stay at 36C
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Notice to government, Google on anti-Islam film
 IANS New Delhi, Dec 5: The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the central government and Google India on a plea that videos of the controversial anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims" be removed from various sites, including YouTube. A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also issued notices to the commissioner of police as well as the ministries of information and broadcasting, home, corporate affairs, external affairs and minority affairs. Asking the central government to come out with a permanent solution on the issue, the court posted the matter for Jan 23. The petition filed by Maulana Mahmood Asad Madani, general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind (JUIH), sought the removal of the 13-minute clip from YouTube and other sites. It alleged that the movie was made in the US and the filmmaker was backed by anti-Islam groups. Delhi Police counsel Najmi Waziri told the court that police could not remove the video. However, taking suo motu cognisance, it had registered a first information report based on various complaints, and had also written many times to the government on the issue. "The police registered FIR related to uploading of numerous objectionable video clips on YouTube," said Waziri. The FIR stated that "contents of these video clips (were) highly objectionable, malicious and intended to outrage religious feelings of the particular community by insulting its religious beliefs and these video clips may also lead to unrest and communal discord. It is a matter of judicial evidence that alleged contempt has already erupted in communal disharmony in many countries." Additional Solicitor General Rajiv Mehra told the court that the government acts upon complaints that come to it but it is "re-surfed by people again". "But video can be permanently removed by Google Inc, parent company of Google India," he said. Senior advocate R.S. Suri, appearing for petitioner, cited the example of countries like Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan and said if the government could not direct the search engine to remove the video, "banning these sites may be the ultimate solution". © 2013 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. For news, views and gossips, follow @IANSLIVE at Twitter. Find us on Facebook too! Update: 05-December-2012 Comments: [0] Add your comment |
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