India, March 7 -- The Madras high court on Thursday passed an interim order, directing the Union ministry of information and broadcasting (I&B) to unblock the website of a Tamil magazine, Ananda Vikatan, on the condition that the latter temporarily removes an offending cartoon featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump.

Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy passed the interim order on a petition filed by the Ananda Vikatan Productions Private Limited, and the Ananda Vikatan Publishers Private Limited, seeking the quashing of the I&B ministry's February 25 order for blocking the website (www.vikatan.com). The petitioners also sought direction to the Centre for immediate restoration of the public access of the website....