Rush Hour: Court warns Ramdev of contempt proceedings, communal clashes in Nainital and more
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The Delhi High Court warned Patanjali Ayurved founder Ramdev of contempt proceedings for publishing a new video that purportedly targeted food company Hamdard. The court had on April 22 ordered the yoga instructor-businessman to take down advertisements in which he claimed that Hamdard’s drink Rooh Afza was being used to orchestrate “sharbat jihad”.
Ramdev’s counsel on Thursday agreed to remove the objectionable portions of the new video from social media within 24 hours.
While advertising for a Patanjali product on April 3, Ramdev, without naming Hamdard, claimed that proceeds from the sale of a drink by the company were used to construct mosques. He described this as “sharbat jihad”.
Hamdard had moved the court seeking the removal of the video. Ramdev had defended his remark at the time, saying that he had not named any company. Read on.
The Editors Guild of India has expressed concern about the Union government’s directive to block access to the digital news outlet 4 PM’s YouTube channel. Stating that national security cannot become a “pretext to silence critical voices”, the press body demanded a transparent mechanism for the takedown of journalistic content.
On Tuesday, YouTube...
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