-Yahoo With the government trying to gag everything that criticises its policies or actions, the day is not far when India too will be seen as 'illiberal'. Bizarre. Affectionate. Eccentric. These are some of the adjectives that have been used to describe India, but never has the word 'intolerant' become a prefix to our nation. However, with the government trying to gag everything that criticises its policies or actions, the day is...

-The Telegraph Mumbai, Sept. 9: Kanpur-based cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, Arrested for posting purported seditious content on his website, was today remanded in police custody till September 16 by a local court. Trivedi was Arrested last evening after he surrendered before the Bandra-Kurla Complex police. Police had sought his custody to question him on the contents on his website, www.cartoonsagainstcorruption. The court had issued a non-bailable warrant against him last month. A member of the...

-PTI CHENNAI: Terming the Arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi in Mumbai a "serious criminal offence", Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju on Monday said politicians and police officials behind it should be instead Arrested and tried. "Because under Section 342 of the PIC, wrongful Arrest and confinement are serious criminal offences ... If you are Arresting a person who has not committed a crime, then you are committing a crime. So,...

-CNN-IBN The Arrest of cartoonist and India Against Corruption activist Aseem Trivedi on charges of sedition has sparked outrage. Aseem has been sent to police custody for a week for allegedly posting 'ugly and obscene' content on his web portal. Aseem's family and other anti-corruption activists are standing by him claiming there was nothing unpatriotic about his cartoons."Why should the government Arrest our son, a cartoonist when there are so many corrupt...

-Outlook A labour survey underway in Bihar has indicated that outflow of labourers from the state in search of livelihood has further gone down from earlier estimates of 30 per cent on account of development works being carried out in the state. Preliminary reports emanating from the survey suggests a drastic Arrest in exodus of workers mainly from districts like Saharsa, Madhubani, Katihar and Purnea in the state. These areas had earlier witnessed...