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SC: Defamatory statement in Parliament not a crime
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a proposition to term defamatory slogans at political opponents in Parliament or assemblies as part of criminal conspiracy so as to attract penal provisions of law and said an act of defamation on the floor of the House is not a crime.

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00:00 Hello and welcome to National Headlines.

00:20 I am Aminah Ansari and I will be taking you to the top headlines from the leading newspapers

00:24 of the country.

00:25 Let's start with the Times of India.

00:28 Supreme Court - Defamatory statement in Parliament not a crime.

00:33 The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a proposition to term defamatory slogans at political opponents

00:38 in Parliament or Assemblies as part of criminal conspiracy so as to attract penal provisions

00:44 of law and said, "An act of defamation on the floor of House is not a crime."

00:50 Next headline is from the Indian Express.

00:52 BJP poster portrays Rahul Gandhi as New Age Ravan.

00:57 Congress staged bid to incite violence against him.

01:00 The BJP on Wednesday triggered a row after it shared a poster on social media depicting

01:05 Congress MP Rahul Gandhi as a New Age avatar of demon king Ravan, eliciting strong reaction

01:12 from the opposition party.

01:13 Let's move on to the headlines from the Hindu.

01:17 Supply copy of FIR to Newsclick founder.

01:20 Court tells Delhi Police.

01:22 The Patiala House Court on Thursday allowed Newsportl Newsclick founder Prabir and its

01:27 human resource head Amit Chakraborty to get a copy of their first information report (FIR)

01:33 in the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) case filed against them by the Delhi

01:38 Police.

01:39 The police had opposed an application earlier in the day.

01:43 Next, let's move on to the headlines in the Economic Times.

01:47 Colgate to brush up on science than focus on Ayurveda.

01:51 Colgate chairman and CEO believes his company got distracted by Patanjali and said the company

01:56 that controls half of the oral care segment in the country will rather focus on its scientific

02:01 credentials and technical superiority and not in Ayurveda.

02:06 Let's move on to the headlines from the Telegraph.

02:09 EDM issues will backfire on BJP in election.

02:12 Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqul Rehman Barkh.

02:16 Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqul Rehman Barkh on Thursday alleged that the BJP was abusing

02:22 the powers of the Enforcement Directorate to get votes of people but it will backfire

02:27 on it.

02:28 Barkh made this statement in reaction to the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh

02:33 by ED on Wednesday.

02:34 Finally, our last headline is from the Hindustan Times.

02:39 Frantic operation on Asikkim counts the cost.

02:43 The toll in the flash flood that tore through Asikkim and parts of West Bengal rose to 18

02:48 on Thursday and 98 people were missing.

02:51 According to officials who said rescue teams were amounting, operations amid cut-off roads,

02:56 uprooted bridges, interrupted communication and heavy rainfall.

02:59 That's all for national headlines.

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