The joke sparked a furious backlash within Shinde’s Hindu supremacist Shiv Sena political party. An angry mob later descended upon The Habitat comedy venue where Kamra had performed in Mumbai.

Kamra has faced the ire of Hindu nationalist groups and political parties in the past, particularly for jokes about Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party politicians. Other Indian comedians have been ...

India's Article 19 faces scrutiny amid political controversy as parties selectively defend free speech based on power dynamics. Incidents involving comedian Kunal Kamra, opposition figures, and ...

Political party workers vandalising a performing arts venue after a standup comic makes a joke about their leader shows crackdowns on comedy in India are escalating, Shahana Yasmin reports ...

Leaders of Mr. Shinde’s party, the Shiv Sena ... himself used the word to describe the political opposition in a statement condemning the comic’s joke. In his song, Mr. Kamra did not ...

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Gracefully stepping away from the political spotlight, former beauty queen and councillor aspirant Shamcey Supsup has officially resigned from the Pasig-based political party Kaya This ... voiced ...

MANILA, Philippines — Beauty queen Shamcey Supsup has resigned from Pasig political party Kaya This after congressional aspirant Christian Sia’s “disrespectful” joke against single mothers.