Thursday, March 28, 2024

Topic: The Wire

Release devices seized from editors of ‘The Wire’, Delhi court orders police

A Delhi court on Saturday directed the police to release the electronic devices seized from the editors of The Wire in October.

Delhi HC quashes summons against ‘The Wire’ on complaint of JNU professor

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday quashed summons issued by a lower court in a criminal defamation case filed against news website The Wire by Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Amrita Singh.

Global press body condemns raid on The Wire, editors

The International Press Institute global network has condemned the raid by Delhi Police on the founder editors and reports at the The Wire after a complaint by BJP leader Amit Malaviya.

DIGIPUB slams The Wire raid, says it cannot become tool to worsen fraught state of journalism

DIGIPUB News India Foundation, a body of digital-only news ventures and freelance journalists, has strongly condemned in no uncertain terms the searches against the editors and reporter of The Wire, which mainly serve the purpose of criminalising and creating a chilling effect against the profession of journalism in India.

Delhi Police searches residences of The Wire’s Siddharth Varadarajan, M K Venu, Jahnavi Sen

Delhi Police Monday searched the residences of The Wire founder and prominent journalist Siddharth Varadarajan, the editor of news website, M K Venu and deputy editor Jahnavi Sen in connection with its reports that BJP IT cell’s Amit Malviya used his special privileges at Meta to take down over 700 social media posts.

FIR against The Wire editors for forgery on BJP IT Cell head’s complaint

The Delhi Police on Saturday filed a first information report against The Wire for cheating, forgery defamation and criminal conspiracy after it published articles claiming Instagram took down posts that Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya had flagged without review.