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TMC ‘strongly condemns’ West Bengal minister’s ‘Muslims can become majority’ remark
The party said that the statement did not reflect its ideology, and warned that such remarks would be met with strict measures.
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Jharkhand minister booked for making allegedly derogatory remark about BJP’s Sita Soren
Irfan Ansari, a Congress MLA, claimed that an ‘edited video’ had been used to defame him.
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SC takes cognisance of Karnataka HC judge referring to Muslim-dominated locality as ‘Pakistan’
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said it may lay down basic guidelines about judges making observations in court.
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Centre changes election conduct rules days after HC tells EC to provide poll documents to petitioner
‘Bride in the Hills’: Kannada writer Kuvempu’s novel depicts life under the ruthless regime of caste
How Zakir Hussain helped bridge the North-South divide in Indian classical music
1971 surrender photo removed from Army chief’s office, replaced by Mahabharata-inspired painting
Protected Area Regime reimposed in Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram
Respond to Mahua Moitra’s plea to quash FIR on X post about NCW chief: Delhi HC tells state police
The police on Friday provided the Trinamool Congress MP with a copy of the first information report lodged against her earlier this month.
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Degrees are of no use, open puncture repair shops to earn, BJP MLA tells students
The legislator, Pannalal Shakya, later claimed that his remarks were taken out of context.
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Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra booked by Delhi Police for allegedly derogatory post about NCW chief
On Friday, the National Commission for Women had filed a police complaint against Moitra and sought an action taken report within three days.
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We need two-thirds majority to amend or rewrite Constitution, says BJP MP Lallu Singh
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Opposition INDIA bloc was spreading lies that the Constitution would be changed if his party retained power.
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BJP needs overwhelming majority in Parliament to change Constitution, says party’s poll candidate
The Congress said that Jyoti Mirdha’s comments make it clear that the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi hate the Constitution and democracy.
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BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde stirs row after remarks on amending the Constitution
The party has distanced itself from Hegde’s statement, saying that it was the legislator’s ‘personal views’.
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SC criticises Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for ‘eradication’ of Sanatana Dharma remark
The Tamil Nadu minister had said that Sanatana Dharma was akin to dengue and malaria, and should hence be annihilated.
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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury apologises to TMC MP Derek O'Brien for calling him a ‘foreigner’
The Congress’ leader in the Lok Sabha said he made the remark inadvertently.
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BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri calls BSP’s Danish Ali ‘terrorist’, uses communal slurs in Lok Sabha
Defence minister Rajnath Singh expressed regret and asked the Chair to expunge the remarks.
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How Zakir Hussain helped bridge the North-South divide in Indian classical music
The ugly history of Boer prisoner-of-war camps in India
What American steel baron Andrew Carnegie thought of Varanasi and the Taj
After ridiculing him all his life, the Carnatic music world is celebrating MD Ramanathan
How Dutch-ruled Jaffna became a major economic hub in South Asia