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List of Incidents -> -> 2016

Government requests for FB user data up 14% in H1

2016-12-26 13:07:55

Manipur Gets Hit with a Double Whammy as the Press Shuts Shop in the Middle of an Economic Blockade

2016-11-26 12:50:37

DNA Exclusive: Look who's censoring the Censor Board

2016-11-16 13:20:21

No more cuts? Censor board clears new ratings to allow adult content in films

2016-11-10 15:06:13

Journalist Rana Ayyub Prevented From Speaking at Doha Event, Embassy Pressure Alleged

2016-10-28 22:33:50

Radhika Apte’s Parched gets an A certificate after blurring a bare breast scene!

2016-09-19 13:41:09

J&K govt bans 5 TV channels

2016-09-02 11:47:23

CBFC lodges FIR against producer Kanti Shah

2016-08-17 12:55:49

After mobile Internet, broadband services snapped in Kashmir

2016-08-13 21:08:44

Soha Ali Khan’s film on Indira Gandhi’s assassination cleared by CBFC with 9 cuts

2016-08-09 10:42:09

Govt taking action against cable operators for carrying Peace TV

2016-08-04 14:43:48

Pondicherry University bans magazine for having articles 'critical of the government'

2016-08-03 10:28:16

Government restarts work on drafting national encryption policy

2016-08-01 10:14:54

CBFC denies certification to Malayalam movie 'Ka Body Scapes' for showing 'Hindu Gods in poor light'

2016-07-29 14:55:37

CBFC demands love-making scene to be chopped from Brett Lee’s UnIndian

2016-07-29 14:54:45

Censor Board gets tougher, Mohalla Assi and Power of Patidaar refused clearance

2016-07-19 13:51:52

We applied for licence more than once, centre denied with out proper reason, says Zakir Naik on his Peace TV

2016-07-19 13:43:16

Censor board reduces cuts in 'Missing On A Weekend' from 50 to 7

2016-07-19 13:38:08

High Court dismisses plea against Gujarati film

2016-07-19 13:09:01

Reports say Punjabi movie ‘Toofan Singh’ denied censor certificate

2016-07-19 12:53:01

Centre asks states to ensure cable operators distribute only licensed TV channels

2016-07-11 16:01:41

VHP demands arrest of Zakir Naik under sedition charges

2016-07-11 15:51:58

Government cracks the whip on telecast by unauthorised channels amid Zakir Naik row

2016-07-09 12:53:59

Zakir Naik's Peace TV has no licence in India; govt to take strict action

2016-07-09 12:47:26

Govt blocks Google’s street view for now

2016-06-13 14:35:18

Hacking scare leads to norms for smartphones

2016-05-31 17:21:07

Human rights report accuses Modi govt of silencing dissent by using sedition, criminal defamation tools

2016-05-25 14:50:31

Indian Government says it is still drafting privacy law, but doesn’t give timelines

2016-05-05 17:08:15

CBFC once again refuses to give certificate to 'En Dino Muzaffarnagar'

2016-05-03 15:50:27

Censor bans film on riots

2016-05-03 15:46:42

Urdu writers no longer need to declare ‘anti-govt’ books

2016-04-29 16:14:42

JNU footage: Kejriwal govt takes three TV news channels to court

2016-04-25 16:20:59

The Jungle Book: CBFC chairman Pahlaj Nihalani awards U/A certificate, finds film too scary

2016-04-08 11:51:13

Dirty Pictures Blunt Censor's Scissors, 405 Films Given 'A' Certificates in 2015

2016-03-21 11:35:06

Aadhaar more intrusive than US surveillance exposed by Snowden, say privacy advocates

2016-03-18 12:55:50

47 sedition cases registered in 2014, only one convicted

2016-03-16 12:53:51

Government May Strike Down Sedition Law, Awaits Report from Panel

2016-03-02 16:36:09

Govt. Plans Massive Surveillance of Media; All Negative News To Be Severely Monitored

2016-02-26 12:43:39

Sebi scans Facebook accounts in insider trading case

2016-02-09 11:33:30

CBFC refuses to sanction censor certificate to Great Grand Masti

2016-01-29 12:03:43

CBFC restores previous cuts of 'Saala Khadoos'

2016-01-15 13:40:31

Minority commission's notice to cops, CBFC over film poster

2016-01-11 15:06:11

Nihalani out; Shyam Benegal to revamp Censor Board

2016-01-06 17:31:00