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News Reports

True Indology deactivates his Twitter account after getting legal threats for recounting troubled history of Mizo-Assam strife, this is what he said

OpIndia Staff - 30 July, 2021

Swaraj Kaushal, former Governor of Mizoram, warned Bharadwaj Speaks of legal consequences for posting Mizoram history on Twitter

News Reports

‘You are just a private, for-profit company, don’t try to dictate India’s legal policy. Comply with Indian law’: GOI to Twitter

OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2021

Lawmaking and policy formulations are the sole prerogatives of the sovereign and Twitter is just a social media platform. It will have no locus in dictating what India's legal policy framework should be", the statement strongly asserted.

News Reports

As Suez Canal blockage ends, fear of legal action clouds over the Indian crew of #EverGiven

OpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2021

The Indian Crew onboard Ever Given ship may face legal action by the Suez Canal authorities, says a TOI report.

World

‘Caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, calling Ahmadiyya leader a Muslim’: Why Pakistan is threatening Google and Wikipedia

OpIndia Staff - 26 December, 2020

Pakistan decried internet giants Google and Wikipedia for disseminating sacrilegious content through its platforms

Social Media

Journalist Tavleen Singh sues Twitter user Shashank Singh alias PokerShash over satirical tweet

OpIndia Staff - 17 August, 2020

Tavleen Singh filed a civil lawsuit against @pokershash in Patiala House Court for his sardonic tweet against the author-writer

Law

PepsiCo sues potato farmers for growing the variety used for Lays Chips

OpIndia Staff - 26 April, 2019

In a letter sent to Ministry, the activists have said that the farmers have every right to produce and sell a protected variety of seeds and that Pepsico can't claim intellectual property right on it.

Entertainment