The former cricketer also sought compensation of Rs 100 crore from the officer for making match-fixing allegations against him. The case was listed on Friday, however, it could not be heard and is likely to be heard on Tuesday.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 27 (ANI/PNN): Mumbai's favourite theme-based Resto bar chain, Angrezi Dhaba, has spread its wings to Hyderabad with its first franchise restaurant inaugurated in the Kukutpally locality on Friday.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 23 (ANI/PNN): Hyderabad foodies have all the reason to rejoice! Mumbai's Favorite Theme-based Resto Bar Angrezi Dhaba is opening its door on August 26 at the new buzzing locality Kukutpally, Hyderabad.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 16 (ANI/PNN): Women's empowerment and girl child education are gaining traction in Hyderabad. Thanks to Landvision, a leading real estate company, for establishing the Land Vision Eshwaramma Foundation as part of its CSR initiative to engage in various social activities ranging from empowering women and girls to assisting old age homes and providing employment for youths, among other things.
New Delhi Feb 24 PTI The Delhi High Court Thursday directed social media giant Twitter to take down several tweets made by academician Audrey Truschke against historian Dr Vikram Sampath over allegations of plagiarism by him concerning his work on Vinayak Damodar SavarkarA defamation lawsuit has been filed by Sampath claiming that academicians Dr Audrey Truschke Dr Ananya Chakrabarti and Dr Rohit Chopra wrote a letter to the Royal Historical Society in London making serious allegations of plagiarism against him with respect to the two-volume biography of SavarkarJustice Amit Bansals direction came while hearing a fresh application by Sampath in which he said that pursuant to the February 11 letter Truschke and others sent another communication to the society alleging further plagiarism in his work and this was also posted on Twitter and FacebookThe court in an interim order on February 18 had restrained the publication of any defamatory material and the letter written to the society making allegations of plagiarismThe interim order was passed against academicians Truschke Chakrabarti Chopra and Ashok Swain as well as freelance journalist Abhishek Baxi on the defamation suitThe court also issued summons to Facebook as the letter was also posted on the social media platformOn February 18 the court had issued a summons on the suit to the individuals as well as the Centre and Twitter and said that the plaintiff historian made out a prima facie case for the grant on ad-interim protection as the content of the letter were damaging his career and reputationThe continued publication of the letter has been causing considerable damage to the plaintiffs reputation and career Balance of convenience is also in his favour and irreparable damage will be caused if the injunction is not granted the court had saidConsequently till the next date of hearing defendants no 1 Dr Audrey Truschke 2 Dr Ananya Chakrabarti 3 Dr Rohit Chopra 6 Abhishek Baxi and 7 Ashok Swain are restrained from publishing the letter dated February 11 2022 or any other defamatory material on Twitter as well as any other online or offline platforms it had addedThe court had noted Twitters stand if ordered it would take down the specific tweets which are allegedly defamatory and placed the case for further hearing on April 1 In the plea the plaintiff said that he is the author of a critically acclaimed biography of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in LondonThe plaintiff informed the court that earlier this month Truschke Chakrabarti and Chopra wrote to the Society making serious allegations of plagiarism with respect to the two-volume biography of SavarkarSubsequently Baxi and Swain took to Twitter to post defamatory tweets against the plaintiff it was stated Lawyer Raghav Awasthi appearing for Sampath had said the allegations of plagiarism were baseless considering that the piece contained due citations attributions and footnotesI have cited all authors As a scholar all I have is my reputation amongst my peers My academic reputation will go for a toss the lawyer saidIn the plea filed through lawyer Mukesh Sharma apart from seeking an injunction against the named individuals the plaintiff has also sought around Rs two crore as damagesThe plea has claimed that it is at the receiving end of an international smear campaign to discredit him because he has shown the academic courage and gumption to challenge the prevailing narrative around a historical figure like Sh VD SavarkarCounsel for one of the individual defendants had opposed the interim order and stated that the issue of plagiarism was wider than that of copyright infringement and there were sentences lifted verbatimTwitters counsel had stated that the platform which is an intermediary cant police the letter but if ordered by the court it would take down specific tweets whose URL is clearly identified PTI SKV SKV RKS RKS
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked microblogging site Twitter to take down several tweets made by historian Audrey Truschke in which plagiarism allegations were made against author and historian Vikram Sampath in relation to a two-volume biography of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
Puducherry Feb 21 PTI A delegation of DMK legislators presented a memorandum to Puducherry Assembly Speaker R Selvam on Monday urging him to convene the House for more than a week to discuss several important issues Headed by Leader of Opposition R Siva the delegation of DMK MLAs including L Sampath Annibal Kennedy and Senthil Kumar met the Speaker in his chamber The Union Territory Assembly has been convened by the Speaker on February 23 after getting the approval from Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan Official sources told PTI that the session would be held for a day A release from the DMK said party legislators wanted the Speaker to ensure that the duration of the session would be for more than a week as important issues like NEET funds from the Centre as grants for developmental projects holding civic polls and implementation of health schemes including Ayushman Bharat Yojana were required to be discussed in the House The DMK has six members in the opposition in the territorial assembly PTI COR HDA HDA
New Delhi Feb 18 PTI Books by Naheed Phiroze Patel Ambai Sarah Joseph Selma Carvalho Tarana Husain Khan and Krupa Ge have made it to the shortlist of SheThePeoples inaugural Women Writers PrizeNovels and short story collections written by Indian women authors residing in India are eligible for the prize which carries prize money of Rs 50000 and will be announced in MarchIn case of translated work the award money will be shared equally between writer and translatorThe shortlisted works are A Mirror Made of Rain Patel A Red-necked Green Bird Ambai translated by GJV Prasad Budhini Joseph translator Sangeetha Sreenivasan Sisterhood of Swans Carvalho The Begum and the Dastan Khan and What We Know About Her GeThe six books were selected by a jury comprising Preeti Gill G Sampath and Lakshmi SubodhThe Women Writers Prize aims to recognise the works of women writers and their worldview The selection of works spans from debut novels to translated ones of experienced authors tracing stories from across the globe and deeply focusing on their tapestry of experience and imaginationSpeaking on the diverse shortlist Padma Shri author and prize mentor Shashi Deshpande said The value and reputation of any literary award depends on the books that seek the award Considering this the shortlist of the newly instituted Women Writers Prize is a great beginning It is an excitingly eclectic list with a melange of writers from different backgrounds belonging to different generations and books with very varied themes According to her this list seems to validate the need for an exclusive prize for the writing of womenToo often we have seen lists in which womens writing is pushed into the also-ran category It is now for the judges to tackle the hard job of selecting one out of these deserving six as the final winner she addedShaili Chopra is the prize founder and Shinie Antony the prize curator PTI ZMN RB RB
New Delhi Feb 18 PTI The Delhi High Court Friday restrained publication of any defamatory material and the letter written to the Royal Historical Society in London alleging plagiarism by historian Vikram Sampath in relation to his work on Vinayak Damodar SavarkarJustice Amit Bansal passed the interim order against academicians Audrey Truschke Ananya Chakrabarti Rohit Chopra and Ashok Swain as well as freelance journalist Abhishek Baxi on a defamation lawsuit filed by SampathThe judge issued summons on the suit to the individuals as well as the Centre and Twitter and said that the plaintiff historian made out a prima facie case for grant on an ad-interim protection as the content of the letter was damaging his career and reputationThe continued publication of the letter has been causing considerable damage to the plaintiffs reputation and career Balance of convenience is also in his favour and irreparable damage will be caused if the injunction is not granted the court statedConsequently till the next date of hearing defendants no 1 Dr Audrey Truschke 2 Dr Ananya Chakrabarti 3 Dr Rohit Chopra 6 Abhishek Baxi and 7 Ashok Swain are restrained from publishing the letter dated February 11 2022 or any other defamatory material on Twitter as well as any other online or offline platforms it addedThe court noted Twitters stand that if ordered it would take down the specific tweets which are allegedly defamatory and placed the case for further hearing on April 1In the plea Sampath said he is the author of a critically acclaimed biography of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in LondonHe informed the court that earlier this month Truschke Chakrabarti and Chopra wrote to the Society making serious allegations of plagiarism with respect to the two-volume biography of SavarkarSubsequently Baxi and Swain took to Twitter to post defamatory tweets against the plaintiff it was statedLawyer Raghav Awasthi appearing for Sampath said the allegations of plagiarism were baseless considering that the piece contained due citations attributions and footnotesIve Sampath cited all authors As a scholar all I have is my reputation amongst my peers My academic reputation will go for a toss the lawyer saidIn the plea filed through lawyer Mukesh Sharma apart from seeking an injunction against the named individuals the plaintiff has also sought around Rs 2 crore as damagesThe plea has claimed that it is at the receiving end of an international smear campaign to discredit him because he has shown the academic courage and gumption to challenge the prevailing narrative around a historical figure like Sh VD SavarkarLawyer Jawahar Raja appearing for one of the individual defendants opposed the interim order and stated that the issue of plagiarism was wider than that of copyright infringement and there were sentences lifted verbatimI am not asking you to withdraw the letter Im just saying dont publish it I only need to take a prima facie view It is only for an ad-interim arrangement Justice Bansal saidSenior advocate Sajan Poovayya appearing for Twitter stated that the platform which is an intermediary cant police the letter but if ordered by the court it would take down specific tweets where URL is clearly identified PTI ADS SA
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