The Bombay High Court told the actor, a US citizen, that overseas cardholders have no right to criticise India, and put his Leave India Notice on hold until December 7.
Kapil Mishra called the cockroach a symbol of “jihadism” and “traitors” at a Ramlila run by a BJP lawmaker, as the Cockroach Janta Party leads protests against the Election Commission. AAP has filed a complaint.
Rahul Gandhi and nine other opposition leaders have taken India's Election Commission to the Supreme Court over more than 130 million vanished voters.
Amnesty, Human Rights Watch and the UN have converged on the same verdict about India's mass detentions, a record that 'mother of democracy' rhetoric does not easily survive.
Grandparents and students waved the same flag over the same grievance in central Delhi, a sign the Cockroach protests have outgrown their organisers.
A campaign that began mocking the Election Commission with an insect's name just drew a national film star and millions of online followers to Freedom Park.
Mobile data cut, journalists in judicial custody, a historic protest ground de-notified: Delhi's response to the SIR protests looks less like crowd control and more like attrition.
An extensive security investigation uncovered a sustained Indian intrusion into the publication’s digital infrastructure. With normal operations restored, The Thursday Times says its commitment to independent journalism remains unchanged.
Protests are gathering pace across India, with the Cockroach Janta Party set to hold another demonstration at Delhi's Connaught Place on Friday after the Delhi High Court refused to restrain it.
