Found on The Hindu:

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government will soon bring in a law to punish people for writing offensively against caste or religion, and also ensure that the State's icons are not the subject of defamation, Home Minister R.R. Patil said in the Assembly on Monday.

The House unanimously passed a resolution, he moved, condemning author James Laine and his work Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India, for its remarks against the mother of the Maratha ruler.

The new law would be introduced in the next session, Mr. Patil said replying to a discussion on the Laine issue, which was raised by the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena.

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