Tanishq ad: Top advertising bodies demand action against ‘intimidating behaviour’

The brand withdrew its ‘Ekatvam’, or oneness campaign, showing a Hindu bride and her Muslim in-laws holding a baby shower.

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· Oct 15, 2020 · 11:25 am

Tanishq showroom in Gujarat forced to put up apology for contentious ad, police deny mob attack

The note, written in Gujarati and posted on the door of the store, apologised to the Hindu community in the district. It has been taken down now.

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· Oct 14, 2020 · 04:53 pm

Tanishq says ad featuring inter-faith baby shower was withdrawn for the well-being of its employees

The jewellery brand said it was ‘deeply saddened with the inadvertent stirring of emotions’.

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· Oct 13, 2020 · 09:32 pm

Tanishq pulls ad featuring inter-faith match, a sign of the angry, fearful times in which we live

Detractors claimed that the jewellery spot normalises so-called love jihad.

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· Oct 13, 2020 · 12:00 pm

Rising intolerance, violence are antitheses of India’s democratic foundations, says Sonia Gandhi

The Congress leader said that fundamental ideas that guided the nation’s freedom struggle and inspired it after Independence were being questioned.

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· Nov 01, 2019 · 08:22 am

More than 3,000 suspects arrested in Bangladesh in crackdown to end minority killings

The suspects, including militants, were caught during a series of raids that were launched following the murder of a senior policeman’s wife last week.

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· Jun 12, 2016 · 08:06 am

India’s social fabric not at its best right now, says Aamir Khan

The actor supported filmmakers, academics, historians and artists who had returned their national awards due to growing intolerance in the country.

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· Nov 23, 2015 · 08:48 pm

Yogi Adityanath compares Shah Rukh Khan with Hafiz Saeed

The Bharatiya Janata Party MP also said that the actor should go to Pakistan if he did not like the atmosphere in India.

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· Nov 04, 2015 · 06:57 pm

Government, not Sahitya Akademi, responsible for intolerance, says astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar

The emeritus professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics said public wrath should be directed at those responsible for maintaining law and order.

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· Nov 04, 2015 · 03:29 pm

Shah Rukh Khan is a traitor, his mind is in Pakistan, says BJP leader

The party has condemned Kailash Vijayvargiya's remarks, and said he could not speak for the BJP as he is not a spokesperson.

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· Nov 03, 2015 · 09:41 pm

Returning awards will not achieve anything, says Kamal Haasan

The actor said that intolerance must be defeated intellectually.

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· Nov 03, 2015 · 03:01 pm

There is complete harmony, no intolerance in India, says Arun Jaitley

The finance minister said it is unfair to blame the central government for incidents such as the Dadri lynching.

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· Nov 03, 2015 · 02:34 pm