MUMBAI
February 23, 2011 | Shreya Bhandary , TNN
MUMBAI: The father of a 13-year-old schoolboy accused of posting obscene messages on his principal’s Facebook page has not only denied the charge, but has also alleged that the principal replied to the posts with more abusive language. The father said a friend of his son-who is a class VIII student of M P Shah High School, Vile Parle-posted the messages. He also said his son had been expelled from school. However, the principal denied that the boy was handed a leaving certificate, but…
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MADURAI
March 16, 2013 | TNN
MADURAI: A gang of six went on a rampage, vandalising couple of the streets in Kamarajapuram area on Thursday night. The gang not only caused damage to vehicles and houses in the area but also injured a few residents. Ponnusamy, 64, who was sleeping outside his house was attacked with a stone residents in the area said. They added that the aged man’s hand was fractured in the incident. The public in the area said the gang used abusive language and demolished every object they found on the streets,…
PATNA
April 18, 2009 | TNN
PATNA: BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday condemned RJD supremo Lalu Prasad for allegedly using abusive language against NDA’s prime ministerial candidate L K Advani at Darbhanga, and also asked PM Manmohan Singh to dismiss Lalu from his cabinet to show for one last time that he was “not a weak PM. ” Prasad also said that the Election Commission (EC) should take notice of what Lalu has said, and accordingly, it should take appropriate action on the matter, since his language was…
RAJKOT
December 14, 2011 | TNN
RAJKOT: A complaint has been filed against leader of opposition in Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Rajesh Joshi under Prevention of Atrocities against Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes Act. According to B Division police station officials in Bhavnagar, the complaint was filed on December 12 by a Dalit living in Anandnagar area of the city Dayabhai Chauhan against Joshi, who is a Congress councillor from Krushnanagar area. Chauhan has alleged that Joshi used abusive…
NEWS-INTERVIEWS
March 2, 2013 | Hiren Kotwani , TNN
Apart from earning acclaim for his films like Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster and Pan Singh Tomar, director Tigmanshu Dhulia was also praised for the aesthetically shot love-making scenes in the movie. Ironically, the filmmaker admits that he’s in fact, very uncomfortable while shooting such intimate love-making sequences. Asked about it, Tigmanshu attributes it to being restricted by “our own culture. ” He explains, “Let me tell you that today’s actors are a lot more evolved….
BHUBANESWAR
February 22, 2013 | TNN
BHUBANESWAR: The CPM on Thursday condemned the alleged misbehaviour by Bhubaneswar DCP Nitinjeet Singh’s against party state general secretary Janardan Pati and four other activists, who were waiting to meet speaker Pradip Kumar Amat, outside the Odisha assembly. They demanded immediate suspension of DCP Nitinjeet Singh for allegedly abusing a senior political leader like Pati. Addressing a joint press meet, CPI leader Dibakar Nayak said, “When the protest…
NEWS-INTERVIEWS
July 9, 2011 | Deepika Sahu , TNN
Superstar Amitabh Bachchan says he is not comfortable using abusive languages either in his personal life or on silver screen. But he says, each to his own. Elaborating this, he adds, ” India is a free and democratic country. Our Constitution has guidelines on freedom of expression. People have their creative freedom to do films. And we have a censor board too. So, I am not here to pass judgement on what should be done and what should not be done. I can only talk about…
VADODARA
July 10, 2010 | PTI
VADODARA: A city-based convent school has suspended six girl students of class X and XII for a week for allegedly using ‘abusive’ language on the social networking site Facebook. After learning about the incident, the district education officer has ordered an enquiry into the incident. However, it was not clear when the students were suspended. Talking to PTI on phone on Saturday , the Jesus and Mary school …
MUMBAI
December 24, 2012 | Mateen Hafeez , TNN
MUMBAI: The Malabar Hill police arrested a BJP member for using derogatory remarks while talking to a woman hawker. The accused, Mohan Saini, was arrested three weeks after the victim complained to the police. He was arrested and released on a surety of Rs 15,000, police sources said. Senior police officials at the Malabar Hill police station said that the victim, a fish vendor, had lodged a complaint against Saini, the local BJP member, stating that he had used abusive…
PUNE
July 13, 2012 | Syed Rizwanullah , TNN
AURANGABAD: The Aurangabad commissioner of police Sanjay Kumar recently suspended police inspector Rajendra Singh Dhobal, posted at the Jinsi police station here for allegedly creating scenes and using abusive language against senior police officers and fellow policemen on the police commissionerate premises. Police said that inspector Dhobal, who was posted as second PI (police inspector) at the Jinsi police station, had some grievance…
INDIA
October 25, 2002 | PTI
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday made an oblique attack on VHP leader Pravin Togadia whose certain remarks against Congress president Sonia Gandhi had sparked off a major controversy recently. Without naming the VHP leader, Vajpayee said that there was no place for violence or abusive language in politics. “One should not cross the limits of decency and decorum and only civilised language should be used,” he said addressing a rally to…
PUNE
February 21, 2013 | TNN
PUNE : Tension prevailed in Rahatvade village in Havelitaluka on Wednesday afternoon, after two men, accused of thrashing a pregnant woman on Sunday, were released on bail. A group of women gathered at the Rajgad police station and demanded stringent action against the duo. The police promised to take preventive action against the youths, Rajendra Dardige and Sonya Chorge, both 21 years old. Investigating officer Pradip Jadhav told TOI that the complainant, who…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
February 16, 2013 | TNN
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The One Billion Rising (OBR) campaign held at Sanghumukham on Thursday had an interesting culmination. Amrita Mohan, a college student, who led a bike rally and presented karate and kalaripayattu (traditional form of martial art that started in Kerala) at the event, had to deal with two men who abused her after the programme. In tune with the OBR campaign, which urges women to ‘Strike, dance and rise’ against violence, she beat them up and filed a complaint. “After…
KANPUR
January 30, 2013 | Faiz Rahman Siddiqui , TNN
KANPUR: Image of the city police has been sullied again with a former student of the Indian Institute of Technology being allegedly beaten up mercilessly in full public view because he protested against a policemen using foul language at the Bada Chauraha crossing. The police, however, claimed that the youth had jumped a traffic signal and did not stop when he was asked to.The incident took place on Monday afternoon when Aman Singh, a resident of Barra area of the city and an IIT-K pass-out, was…
BHOPAL
January 26, 2013 | TNN
BHOPAL: Police booked an MBA student and an aspiring chartered accountant (CA) on charges of beating up their roommate, an engineering student, in Saket Nagar locality on January 22. A case has been registered at the Bagh Sewania police station on Thursday evening. Victim, Prakash Gautam and the accused- Ravindra Singh and Dharmendra- were roommates. Police said the dispute started after Ravindra’s lost his mobile phone from the room and he suspected Gautam of…
MUMBAI
January 26, 2013 | V Narayan , TNN
MUMBAI: The Mulund police registered two non-cognizable offences in the complaint filed against a software engineer by a 48-year-old chartered accountant, both residents of Willow Twin Towers in Mulund (West). The complainant had alleged that on January 23 and 24, the accused fought with her over a parking place and used abusive language. The accused reportedly also threatened her that she would meet the same fate as Delhi’s Nirbhaya for complaining against him. The police visited the engineer’s...
