‘Women should stay childless rather than give birth to those who deform society,’ says BJP MLA

Pannalal Shakya told women to follow an old couplet that asks them to only give birth to children who are devoted, charitable or brave.

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· Jun 14, 2018 · 11:36 am

Dubai hotel terminates contract with head chef Atul Kochhar for ‘anti-Islam’ tweet

Kochhar, a person of Indian origin, had posted a tweet saying Hindus have been ‘terrorised by Islam’ for over 2,000 years.

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· Jun 13, 2018 · 02:40 pm

Indian-origin head chef of Dubai restaurant under fire for ‘anti-Islam’ remarks

Atul Kochhar accused Priyanka Chopra of not respecting the sentiments of Hindus, ‘who have been terrorised by Islam for over 2,000 years’.

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· Jun 12, 2018 · 05:47 pm

Telangana: BJP MLA T Raja Singh says only those begging for votes hold Iftar parties

The legislator said the Quran was responsible for terrorism in India and should be banned.

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· Jun 11, 2018 · 04:56 pm

Modi should apologise to Manmohan Singh for remark involving Pakistan during Gujarat polls: Congress

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, citing an RTI reply, said the prime minister had made the comments based on informal information.

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· Jun 10, 2018 · 12:57 pm

Karnataka: BJP MLA says party should not work for the Muslim community

Basangouda legislator S Patil Yatnal said elections were a war between Hindus and Muslims.

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· Jun 07, 2018 · 06:39 pm

Sita was born through test tube technology, claims Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma

According to the Ramayana, Sita’s father King Janaka had discovered her covered in earth while ploughing a field.

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· Jun 01, 2018 · 03:51 pm

Live telecast began during the time of Mahabharata, claims Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma

He also equated mythological sage Narad to search engine Google.

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· May 31, 2018 · 05:21 pm

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani says mythological sage Narad had as much information as Google

He was speaking at an event organised by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Vishwa Samvad Kendra in Ahmedabad.

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· Apr 30, 2018 · 10:59 am

Shame on him as our brown colouring is to be proud of: Diana Hayden criticises Tripura CM’s comments

Biplab Deb said he did not intend to hurt anybody’s sentiments.

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· Apr 28, 2018 · 09:30 am

Diana Hayden didn’t deserve Miss World title, Aishwarya Rai did: Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb

He claimed women in the country did not use cosmetics before India started winning beauty contests, which he said were fixed.

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· Apr 26, 2018 · 08:25 pm

No offence in Tamil poet Vairamuthu’s comments against Andal, says Madras High Court

The lyricist has been facing criticism since his speech on mystic poet Andal, when he said that she was from the Devadasi community.

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· Jan 19, 2018 · 04:12 pm