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Haryana Independent MLA Withdraws Support To BJP Alliance Over Farm Bills
Independent MLA from Dadri assembly constituency Sombir Sangwan on Tuesday withdrew his support to the BJP-JJP government in Haryana, dubbing it "anti-farmer".
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Dalit Family Attacked In Karnataka Allegedly Over Rumours Of Eating Beef
A Dalit family in Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru district was attacked last week allegedly by members of a right-wing group who suspected that they had eaten beef.
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Hearing in Case Against BJP Legislator Sangeet Som Adjourned
The hearing in a case against BJP legislator Sangeet Som and others for allegedly blocking roads in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district during a protest in 2009 has been adjourned till December 22.
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Learn to Fight Government Politically, Says Filmmaker Shyam Benegal
Filmmaker Shyam Benegal is against the recent trend of filmmakers and writers returning National awards as a protest against the growing intolerance in the country. He believes it's not a healthy trend.
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'Secularism Under Threat Like Never Before,' Writer Nayantara Sahgal Says
Secularism in India is under threat like never before said noted writer Nayantara Sahgal who had recently returned her 'Sahitya Akademi' award in protest against mob lynching of man in Dadri over rumours that he had eaten cow meat.
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Needlessly Being Blamed For Dadri Incident, Intolerance, RSS Says
The Rashtriya Swayamswevak Sangh or RSS is being needlessly blamed for the mob-lynching of a man in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri and similar incidents of violence, General Secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi has said.
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Uma Bharti Slams Targets Writers, Calls Movement Manufactured
Questioning the sudden awakening of their conscience, Union Minister Uma Bharti said today that all those who have been returning awards in protests against intolerance were themselves fanning communalism in the country.
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Jaitley's Comments on Akademi Row Show Government is Rattled: Nayantara Sahgal
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's comments on writers, historians, scientists and filmmakers returning awards to protest the climate of intolerance in the country show that the Narendra Modi government is rattled by the public outcry, noted writer Nayantara Sahgal said today.
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Writers Hold Protest March in Delhi Ahead of Crucial Sahitya Akademi Meeting
With black gags and arm bands, writers and their supporters held a solidarity march in New Delhi ahead of the Sahitya Akademi emergency meeting to discuss the returning of awards by eminent authors in protest against "rising intolerance" in the backdrop MM Kalburgi's killing.
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Opinion: Why Aren't Scientists Returning Awards?
If the spate of Award-wapsi is a 'motivated protest' by persons who have been patronized by the Congress or the Left, that would be as true of the scientists. Why then have few, if any, scientists protested publicly?
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State Governments Should Answer for Dadri, Kalburgi Killing: Amit Shah
With BJP on the backfoot over beef controversy and the writers' protest against rising intolerance, party president Amit Shah today said that BJP cannot be blamed for incidents which occurred in states ruled by other parties.
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Opinion: Why Mr Jaitley is Wrong About Writers
The "manufactured controversy" (to quote our honourable Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley) over the return by over 40 writers of their Sahitya Akademi Awards in protest against the Dadri butchery of Mohammed Akhlaq and related killings refuses to die down.
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Citing Dadri Killing, Protesting Army Veterans Demand Grievance Redressal Mechanism
A conglomerete of organisations of ex-servicemen, which has been agitating for 'One Rank, One Pension', today raked up the Dadri mob killing and demanded a grievance redressal mechanism for the servicemen and their families.
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'Never Said Muslims Must Go to Pakistan,' Clarifies Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today back-stepped after a howl of protests over a newspaper interview in which he was quoted as saying that Muslims in the country must give up beef.
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Misguided Anger Not a Solution to Problems: Sangeet Natak Akademi
Amid a string of writers and a theatre artiste returning their awards in protest against the Dadri lynching and the "rising intolerance" in the country, the Sangeet Natak Akademi chair has advised against "misguided reactions."
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Haryana Independent MLA Withdraws Support To BJP Alliance Over Farm Bills
Independent MLA from Dadri assembly constituency Sombir Sangwan on Tuesday withdrew his support to the BJP-JJP government in Haryana, dubbing it "anti-farmer".
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Dalit Family Attacked In Karnataka Allegedly Over Rumours Of Eating Beef
A Dalit family in Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru district was attacked last week allegedly by members of a right-wing group who suspected that they had eaten beef.
-
Hearing in Case Against BJP Legislator Sangeet Som Adjourned
The hearing in a case against BJP legislator Sangeet Som and others for allegedly blocking roads in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district during a protest in 2009 has been adjourned till December 22.
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Learn to Fight Government Politically, Says Filmmaker Shyam Benegal
Filmmaker Shyam Benegal is against the recent trend of filmmakers and writers returning National awards as a protest against the growing intolerance in the country. He believes it's not a healthy trend.
-
'Secularism Under Threat Like Never Before,' Writer Nayantara Sahgal Says
Secularism in India is under threat like never before said noted writer Nayantara Sahgal who had recently returned her 'Sahitya Akademi' award in protest against mob lynching of man in Dadri over rumours that he had eaten cow meat.
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Needlessly Being Blamed For Dadri Incident, Intolerance, RSS Says
The Rashtriya Swayamswevak Sangh or RSS is being needlessly blamed for the mob-lynching of a man in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri and similar incidents of violence, General Secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi has said.
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Uma Bharti Slams Targets Writers, Calls Movement Manufactured
Questioning the sudden awakening of their conscience, Union Minister Uma Bharti said today that all those who have been returning awards in protests against intolerance were themselves fanning communalism in the country.
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Jaitley's Comments on Akademi Row Show Government is Rattled: Nayantara Sahgal
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's comments on writers, historians, scientists and filmmakers returning awards to protest the climate of intolerance in the country show that the Narendra Modi government is rattled by the public outcry, noted writer Nayantara Sahgal said today.
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Writers Hold Protest March in Delhi Ahead of Crucial Sahitya Akademi Meeting
With black gags and arm bands, writers and their supporters held a solidarity march in New Delhi ahead of the Sahitya Akademi emergency meeting to discuss the returning of awards by eminent authors in protest against "rising intolerance" in the backdrop MM Kalburgi's killing.
-
Opinion: Why Aren't Scientists Returning Awards?
If the spate of Award-wapsi is a 'motivated protest' by persons who have been patronized by the Congress or the Left, that would be as true of the scientists. Why then have few, if any, scientists protested publicly?
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State Governments Should Answer for Dadri, Kalburgi Killing: Amit Shah
With BJP on the backfoot over beef controversy and the writers' protest against rising intolerance, party president Amit Shah today said that BJP cannot be blamed for incidents which occurred in states ruled by other parties.
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Opinion: Why Mr Jaitley is Wrong About Writers
The "manufactured controversy" (to quote our honourable Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley) over the return by over 40 writers of their Sahitya Akademi Awards in protest against the Dadri butchery of Mohammed Akhlaq and related killings refuses to die down.
-
Citing Dadri Killing, Protesting Army Veterans Demand Grievance Redressal Mechanism
A conglomerete of organisations of ex-servicemen, which has been agitating for 'One Rank, One Pension', today raked up the Dadri mob killing and demanded a grievance redressal mechanism for the servicemen and their families.
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'Never Said Muslims Must Go to Pakistan,' Clarifies Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today back-stepped after a howl of protests over a newspaper interview in which he was quoted as saying that Muslims in the country must give up beef.
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Misguided Anger Not a Solution to Problems: Sangeet Natak Akademi
Amid a string of writers and a theatre artiste returning their awards in protest against the Dadri lynching and the "rising intolerance" in the country, the Sangeet Natak Akademi chair has advised against "misguided reactions."
