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Hate crime proceedings against Shillong Times editor quashed

On: March 26, 2021

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on March 25 quashed hate crime proceedings initiated against Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim for a Facebook post. A Bench led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao agreed with Mukhim, a Padma Shri awardee, that her social media post was only an expression of truth inContinue Reading

Journalist quits Editors Guild of India protesting “silence”

By: Matters India

On: November 17, 2020

In: National

Shillong: Veteran journalist Patricia Mukhim, the editor of The Shillong Times, has resigned from the Editors Guild of India, alleging that the top journalists’ body “defends” only celebrity journalists. In her resignation letter, copy of which is available with NDTV, Mukhim, a Padma Shri awardee, gave the example of howContinue Reading