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Friday, August 1, 2025
TopicStand up comedy

Topic: Stand up comedy

Bail for 3, but 2 still in jail — why duo arrested with Munawar Faruqui is still in prison

The five men arrested from an Indore cafe for 'offensive jokes' are Faruqui, Prakhar Vyas, Edwin Anthony, Nalin Yadav, and Sadaqat Khan. Yadav and Khan are still in prison.

‘Not a case of no evidence,’ MP HC says as it dismisses comedian Munawar Faruqui’s bail plea

Court also dismisses plea of co-accused Nalin and says prima facie it appears duo made ‘scurrilous, disparaging utterances’ to ‘outrage religious feelings of a class of citizens’.

From Dongri to MP jail — comic Munawar Faruqui’s life is rife with humour, hustle & tragedy

Stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui was arrested by Madhya Pradesh Police on 1 January for allegedly making 'indecent remarks' about Hindu deities and Home Minister Amit Shah.

India’s standup comics need quick wit, quicker legs and lawyer on speed dial: Neeti Palta

We need a captcha feature to weed out brainwashed 'protectors' of Indian culture.

Yashraj Mukhate to Butter Khatri — these 5 pandemic discoveries helped us survive 2020

Despite Covid-19 and the difficulties of the year, some stars won our hearts over with their humour, art, resilience, and empathy.

Love him or hate him, but conservative Greg Gutfeld is the ultimate test for liberals

Fox News anchor Greg Gutfeld is the conservative comic we need to preserve because there is perhaps no one better than him making fun of liberals.

Lawyers weren’t amused by Hasmukh Vir Das on Netflix. But Delhi HC had the sense of humour

I was avoiding Vir Das' standup comedy on Netflix thinking it had something to do with lawyers. Spoiler alert, it doesn't, barring the offence-takers.

Tanmay Bhat, Kaneez Surka to Vir Das: How stand-up comics are helping fund Covid-19 fight

India's stand-up comedians are using humour and tech to help healthcare workers and marginalised communities during lockdown.

Can Shashi Tharoor’s comedy act dilute his political image?

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s stand-up comedy act on Amazon Prime Video's new show ‘One Mic Stand’ has earned him raving reviews.

On Camera

Over six-fold spike in digital transactions since 2019-20, govt informs Parliament

Govt says digital payments also uplift under-served communities by providing them financial footprint that can be used to assess credit worthiness in absence of traditional documents.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.