Facebook India plea dismissed by New Delhi High court

A Delhi court Wednesday dismissed the application of Facebook India seeking removal of its name from a civil suit against various social networking sites for allegedly displaying objectionable content.

Administrative Civil Judge Parveen Singh did not accept the plea of Facebook India that it was not responsible for the content appearing on website "facebook.com".

Facebook India in trouble

The court was hearing a petition moved by petitioner Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi, an Islamic researcher linked to a website run by theIslamic Peace Foundation of India, seeking the removal of allegedly objectionable content from various websites.

Qasmi, in a newly revised list submitted April 12, sought action against Facebook India, Facebook Inc, Google Inc, Orkut, Youtube Inc and Blogspot.

June 9 date set by anonymous for Occupy Protest in India

Occupy protest

Protests over blocking of websites are likely to become strident with hacktivist group Anonymous planning demonstrations in 11 cities on June 9 for restoring internet freedom. The group had targeted government sites and corporate websites after several file and link sharing sites were blocked by authorities and internet service providers (ISPs) recently.

Soon, it announced 'occupy' protests in various cities on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. The FB pages of the 'occupy' protests and Twitter pages of Anonymous are gaining support from netizens with many signing up to reach venues wearing Guy Fawkes masks. "Internet is the only free media we have. Censoring it will mean that free speech is not possible any more," a message given by anonymous on a recently hacked website


If the curbs on internet are not lifted, there will be more attacks on government sites, the group said. "Most of them will be internet-based, but we will protest on the ground if need be," said another member. Just like the 'occupy movement' in the US, which started as 'Occupy Wall Street' and then spread to more than 20 locations, this could also become bigger if the curbs are not lifted, the member said.

Emphasising that the protests will be peaceful and no harm will be done to public, the group said that they targeted the website of Trinamool Congress recently because a professor was arrested for sharing a cartoon on Mamata Banerjee(senior political minister). "A democratic government doesn't have to fear us," a member said. "We are protesting to show that people can unite without anything in common and move towards a common cause," they said. As for their identity, another member said: "We do not have a country, a face, a name or even an identity. We represent only our cause."

Asked if they fear a crackdown by the authorities, the group said, "They can't stop the protests. Peaceful protest is our fundamental right. Their reaction is always for their benefit, they don't take any action for the people. If they fear us, they will try their best." Protests will be held in Mumbai, New Delhi, Chandigarh, Indore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kochi, Kozhikode, Nagpur and Pune. Chennai and a city in Uttar Pradesh are likely to join.




Recently hacked govt. website with the protest details:-
http://www.aitmc.org/

Indian Chess players Viswanathan Anand Won his 5th World title!!!

Viswanathan Anand of India on Wednesday beat Israel's Boris Gelfand in tie breaker to retain world title for the fifth time. Anand clinched the tie-breaker 2.5-1.5.
After drawing on Monday the final regular match in their 12-game Moscow series to leave the world championships level, the two
grandmasters were forced into the chess equivalent of a football penalty shootout.

Viswanathan Anand in 2009

Dubbed the "Battle of the Armageddon" in chess circles, Wednesday's match saw two of the finest players the world has ever seen lock horns in up to 15 thrilling speed chess games to determine the world champion.


Gelfand and Anand drew the first game of the tie-break but the Indian then recorded a nailbiting victory while playing white in the second game amid huge tension at the host venue of the Tretyakov art gallery in Moscow.


The Israeli was in all sorts of trouble at the start of game one despite playing first with the white pieces but pulled himself out of jail with a series of brilliant moves.


Game two initially appeared to have a similar pattern, as Gelfand used all his defensive resources to repel a series of attacks by the Indian champion.




V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred to as Viswanathan Anand born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess Grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. Anand has won the World Chess Championship five times (2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012), and has been the undisputed World Champion since 2007.


Full stats of the iconic game could be found here:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2012