Outrage after Pakistan PM Imran Khan links rise in rape cases with how women dress

Khan said that sexual violence was a result of ‘increasing obscenity’, adding that it was a product of Bollywood, Hollywood and the West.

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· Apr 08, 2021 · 01:28 pm

UP claims video of Adityanath abusing cameraperson is morphed, despite being carried on live TV

However, news agency ANI retracted the chief minister’s comments and tweeted a new five-minute clip.

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· Apr 05, 2021 · 05:29 pm

Delhi Police file FIR against head priest of Ghaziabad temple for comments against Prophet, Islam

Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati said it was because of poor leadership that something as ‘filthy as Islam’ was allowed to be practiced in India.

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· Apr 04, 2021 · 01:28 pm

Former Kerala MP says Rahul Gandhi only visits women’s colleges, apologises after backlash

Former CPI(M) MP Joice George claimed that students should be careful while Gandhi ‘teaches them to bend’ as he was not married.

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· Mar 30, 2021 · 04:18 pm

Former Madras HC judge CS Karnan, jailed since December, gets conditional bail

Karnan was arrested in December for allegedly making offensive remarks against a woman judge and the wives of Supreme Court judges.

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· Mar 24, 2021 · 09:54 am

Uttarakhand CM asks people with 2 children why they didn’t have 20 to get additional rations

Tirath Singh Rawat also claimed that the quality of rice was so good that people stocked it and sold it.

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· Mar 22, 2021 · 10:14 am

Watch: ‘US ruled India for 200 years,’ says Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat

The chief minister mixed up Britain and the United States while speaking about the coronavirus at an event.

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· Mar 21, 2021 · 09:08 pm

‘Shameless, bad mindset’: Jaya Bachchan, Mahua Moitra condemn Uttarakhand CM for ‘ripped jeans’ barb

Several women took to Twitter to share photos of them in distressed denims to protest Tirath Singh Rawat’s comment.

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· Mar 18, 2021 · 10:35 pm

Women who wear ripped jeans set a bad example, claims Uttarakhand CM Tirath Rawat

A minister in his government, Ganesh Joshi, added to the controversy by claiming that women should focus on their families.

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· Mar 17, 2021 · 05:53 pm

Secularism biggest threat to India’s traditions finding a spot on global stage, says Adityanath

Praising the technology at the time of the ‘Ramayana’, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister said Ram came back from Sri Lanka in a flying machine.

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· Mar 07, 2021 · 12:55 pm

Amit Shah has plans to form BJP government in Nepal, Assam, claims Tripura CM Biplab Deb

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Congress demanded action against Deb and sought a clarification from the central leadership of BJP.

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· Feb 15, 2021 · 09:14 am

Congress MLA publicly threatens Madhya Pradesh woman officer

In a video clip, MLA Harsh Vijay Gehlot can be seen arguing with the Kamini Thakur over a memorandum.

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· Jan 18, 2021 · 02:20 pm