[ad_1] Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international working president Alok Kumar spoke to The Hindu on issues such as the Kashi and Mathura mosques, suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma and the violence that followed her statement. Mr. Kumar said Kashi and Mathura continued to be an agenda of the Hindus, including the VHP, and ‘we shall […]
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[ad_1] The targeted killings of Umesh Kolhe and Kanhaiya Lal Teli in towns far apart have left their neighbourhoods stunned. Shoumojit Banerjee and Devesh Pandey visit the sites of murder in Amravati and Udaipur, respectively, and piece together the events The targeted killings of Umesh Kolhe and Kanhaiya Lal Teli in towns far apart have left […]
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[ad_1] Tension prevailed in the Kerur town in Badami taluk, Bagalkot district after four persons were injured in a group clash near the bus stand on Wednesday night. At least ten push carts and five vehicles were torched by angry mobs. J.B. Majjigi, Tahsildar, Badami, has clamped prohibitory orders under CrPC 144 from Wednesday night […]
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[ad_1] The video purportedly showing ‘khadim’ Salman Chisti was shot before tailor Kanhaiya Lal’s murder in Udaipur on June 28 but surfaced on the internet later. The video purportedly showing ‘khadim’ Salman Chisti was shot before tailor Kanhaiya Lal’s murder in Udaipur on June 28 but surfaced on the internet later. The Rajasthan police arrested […]
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[ad_1] An all-party United Joint Action Committee members(UJAC) took out a rally on Monday from the old city in Anantapur with Communist Party of India(CPI) State secretary K. Ramakrishna, Anantapur Urban MLA Anantha Venkatarami Reddy along with leaders of several people’s organisations appealing for peace in the country and denouncing objectionable comments made on the […]
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[ad_1] The calls for boycotting Qatar Airways in India were made by “misled” individuals and do not worry the airline, chief executive officer Akbar Al Baker told The Hindu on Monday. When asked if he was concerned about the such calls, the Qatar Airways CEO replied with an emphatic “no”. “It is being done by […]
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[ad_1] The United States on Thursday condemned remarks by Indian ruling party officials about the Prophet Mohammed that have sparked an uproar in Muslim countries. “We condemn the offensive comments made by two BJP officials and we were glad to see that the party publicly condemns those comments,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters. […]
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[ad_1] Nominations for Presidential elections to begin on Wednesday With the nomination process for the presidential election set to begin from Wednesday, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat set up a special cell for the poll on Tuesday. Rajya Sabha Secretary General P.C. Mody has been appointed returning officer for the July 18 presidential election. He will also head this […]
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[ad_1] Several towns across West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, where protests over the comments of erstwhile BJP spokespersons on the Prophet had spiralled into violence on June 10, were limping back to normalcy on Monday. The count of persons arrested by the police in the two States rose to 333 in Uttar Pradesh and 200 […]
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[ad_1] Rahul Gandhi questioned by ED for 9 hours in National Herald case, summoned again today Congress workers took to the streets in large numbers in multiple cities, including Delhi, on Monday as former party chief Rahul Gandhi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper. The […]
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