‘Can’t view every speech as defamation’: Delhi court junks BJP ex-MP Chandrashekhar suit against Tharoor | India News – The Times of India

‘Can’t view every speech as defamation’: Delhi court junks BJP ex-MP Chandrashekhar suit against Tharoor | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court dismissed Tuesday a defamation complaint filed by BJP functionary Rajeev Chandrashekhar against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, saying if every speech was viewed as defamation then “freedom of speech and expression would be reduced to nought”.The court of additional chief judicial magistrate Paras Dalal noted there is “no prima facie evidence”…

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Central government open for talks on farm issues, fast by Dallewal: Ex-MP Jagmeet Singh Brar after meeting agriculture minister | India News – Times of India

Central government open for talks on farm issues, fast by Dallewal: Ex-MP Jagmeet Singh Brar after meeting agriculture minister | India News – Times of India

BATHINDA: Ex-MP Jagmeet Singh Brar met union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and held talks over the ongoing farmer protest, fast by farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal. Speaking to TOI over phone from Delhi, Brar said, “I had constructive talks over the farmers’ issues and the agriculture minister listened to those issues seriously and discussed…

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