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Topic: Obscenity

Two Sambhal sisters arrested for their ‘obscene’ reels. Villagers are upset they got bail

Their humorous, innuendo and expletive-laden content regularly clocks over a million views. But the family has now been ostracised in a bid to restore 'peace and purity'.

Karnataka govt issues fresh lookout notice for HD Revanna, son Prajwal

The first lookout notice was issued against HD Revanna and his son Prajwal Revanna after they sought time to appear before SIT.

‘HC equated profanities with obscenity’ — SC quashes criminal case against TVF show College Romance

Court set aside Delhi HC’s reasoning in its order last year that said show’s content was ‘foul, indecent, and profane’. It said HC had applied incorrect standards of law to test content.

Milind Soman, Uorfi Javed to Kerala activist — obscenity accusations & what the law says

Debate on obscenity back in focus after Kerala HC quashed POCSO case against women’s rights activist who posted videos on social media showing her kids painting on her bare torso.

‘Nudity shouldn’t be tied to sex’: HC quashes POCSO case against mom who let kids paint her naked torso

Case deals with viral video made by Kerala activist. Judge Kauser Edappagath said she meant to educate her children to treat nude bodies as more than ‘just sexual objects only’.

Mumbai Police registers FIR against actor Ranveer Singh over nude photos on social media

A Mumbai-based NGO filed a complaint, claiming Singh had hurt sentiments of women in general and insulted their modesty through his photographs.

Mumbai court discharges Shilpa Shetty in 2007 obscenity case involving Richard Gere

In 2007, Gere and Shetty had come together for an AIDS awareness programme in Rajasthan. On the stage, Gere kissed the actress on her cheeks, causing a stir in the country.

These Delhi women don’t shy away from breastfeeding in malls, metro or even Uber cabs

As health experts continue to emphasise the importance of breast milk for children, mothers around the country are fighting stares to nurse their little ones.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

We were given free hand, no restrictions placed on us: IAF chief on Op Sindoor

New Delhi: Indian Air Force chief Air Marshal A.P. Singh Saturday made it clear that there were no restrictions imposed by the political class...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.