Cricketer Yuvraj Singh arrested for allegedly making casteist remark about former teammate

Singh was released on bail shortly after his arrest on Saturday.

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· Oct 18, 2021 · 08:17 am

Javed Akhtar gets show cause notice from Thane court for RSS-Taliban comments

RSS activist Vivek Champanerkar filed a defamation suit against the lyricist for comparing the organisation to the Taliban.

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· Sep 28, 2021 · 08:12 am

Don’t worry about contempt of court, police under my control, Tripura chief minister tells officials

Biplab Deb said that the civil service officers are scared of the courts as if they were ‘tigers’.

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· Sep 27, 2021 · 12:45 pm

Defamation complaint filed against Javed Akhtar for comparing RSS to Taliban

The complainant said that Akhtar made the remarks despite knowing that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other ministers have been RSS members.

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· Sep 23, 2021 · 01:20 pm

Christians at ‘forefront’ of conversions, not Muslims, says NDA ally leader in Kerala

Vellappally Natesan alleged that Christian missionaries have ‘exploited the deprived sections of society’.

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· Sep 21, 2021 · 11:45 am

Only those who said ‘abba jaan’ got ration till 2017, claims Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath

If someone attempted to take away ration from the poor now, they would ‘definitely land in jail’, the chief minister said.

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· Sep 13, 2021 · 10:18 am

Asaduddin Owaisi booked in UP for ‘provocative speech’ on demolition of Barabanki mosque

The Barabanki administration had claimed that the mosque was an ‘illegal residential complex’ and demolished it in May.

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· Sep 10, 2021 · 01:14 pm

Chhattisgarh CM’s father arrested for alleged comments about boycotting Brahmins

A court in Raipur sent 86-year-old Nand Kumar Baghel to judicial custody for 15 days.

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· Sep 07, 2021 · 05:38 pm

Three FIRs filed against UP priest Narsinghanand Saraswati for comments belittling women

A video emerged on social media in which he seems to say that women politicians were mistresses of male leaders or members of influential politicians’ families.

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· Sep 01, 2021 · 06:20 pm

Maharashtra: Union minister Narayan Rane arrested for remark about slapping chief minister

Earlier in the day, a court in Ratnagiri district rejected an anticipatory bail petition filed by the minister.

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· Aug 24, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Kerala women’s panel chief quits after controversy for comments on domestic violence survivor

During a call-in TV programme, MC Josephine rebuked the complainant for not filing a police complaint.

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· Jun 25, 2021 · 04:19 pm

‘Women wearing few clothes will have an impact on men’: Imran Khan’s remarks draw wide criticism

Opposition leaders have castigated the Pakistan prime minister, calling him ‘sick, misogynistic and degenerate’.

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· Jun 22, 2021 · 12:13 pm