NEW DELHI: Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi and human rights organizations, including Amnesty International India, have expressed solidarity with Mohammad Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking platform Alt News. Zubair faces allegations by the Uttar Pradesh Police of “endangering the sovereignty and unity of India” under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The charges stem from […]
While the issue has become a major embarrassment for the EU parliament exposing how easy it is to infiltrate decision making in one of the most important legislative bodies of the European Union, India should also watch out the developments closely and remember how coordinated social media attacks on a BJP spokesperson led to Qatar's diplomatic intervention during Nupur Sharma episode.
NEW DELHI: A court in Delhi on Friday granted bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair in a case registered here for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. The court observed that Delhi Police has failed to establish the identity of the said Twitter user who felt offended by the tweet of the accused. Additional Sessions Judge […]
HATHRAS: Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair, who is facing six cases in different districts of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly hurting the sentiments of Hindus, has been sent to 14 days of judicial custody by a court here. The court sent him to judiciary custody in two cases registered at separate police stations in the districts. […]
NEW DELHI: Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair had tried to create a civil war kind of situation in the country by putting out a tweet with the help of Twitter India, said the FIR which was registered in UP’s Lakhimpur Kehri in September 2021. Lakhimpur police have now got the arrest warrant against Zubair and […]
NEW DELHI: In a big blow to the designs of Alt News Co-Founder Mohammad Zubair, a Sitapur court rejected his bail plea on Thursday. The court observed that Zubair was intentionally involved in spreading “animosity” in society and hurting the sentiments of the people from the Hindu community while rejecting his plea. The court also […]
NEW DELHI: Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair, who was arrested for a 2018 tweet on Lord Hanuman, has been denied bail and sent to 14 days of judicial custody by a court here on Saturday. Zubair has come under a tight scrutiny after a Delhi Police probe found that he “apparently removed the data […]
NEW DELHI: A day after Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair, who is facing investigation into a 2018 tweet on Lord Hanuman for allegedly fanning sentiments in India, approached the Delhi high court, the Delhi Police have pressed fresh charges of criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence against him. The charges have been pressed under the […]
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Monday said it has arrested Alt News Co-founder Mohammad Zubair, who has been accused multiple times in the past by many in India of hurting religious sentiments on social media, after a long investigation. Zubair has been arrested by special cell for allegedly promoting enmity groups by posting hateful comments […]