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Woman journalist acquitted defamation case

On: February 18, 2021

New Delhi: A court in Delhi on February 17 acquitted a woman journalist in a defamation case filed by a former federal minister. Observing that M J Akbar’s defamation case against Priya Ramani could not be proved, the court asserted, “Women can’t be punished for raising instances of sexual abuse.”Continue Reading

Father Tom Uzhunnalil was asked not to go to Yemen: center

By: Matters India

On: January 5, 2017

In: National

New Delhi: Minister of state for external affairs M.J. Akbar Wednesday said that the central government had instructed Kerala priest Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped by terrorists in Yemen, to not go to that country. Fr Uzhunnalil went to Yemen ignoring the government’s instructions. We are yet to findContinue Reading