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"Shameful": Mamata Banerjee On Protesting Wrestlers' Detention
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday condemned the detention of wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, asserting that "democracy lies in tolerance but autocratic forces thrive on intolerance and quelling of dissent".
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Axe Is Falling: Cuba's 20-Year Sentence For Filming Protest
Three members of the Beirut family spent Christmas behind bars in Cuba, locked away for taking part in unprecedented protests against a communist regime notoriously intolerant of dissent.
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Mob Beats Muslim Bangle Seller In Indore, Minister Says Used Fake Name
A man selling bangles in Madhya Pradesh's Indore was mercilessly thrashed in full public view by a group of men as he had apparently had given a fake name. The 25-year-old was also robbed of Rs 10,000 by his assailants during the incident, which took
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PM Modi And BJP "Endangering World's Biggest Democracy": The Economist
The Economist - whose sister concern Economist Intelligence Unit ranked India 10 places lower in the Democracy Index earlier this week -- has dedicated its latest cover to what it calls "Intolerant India" and criticised the Narendra Modi government over the new citizenship law CAA and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), commenting that it "imp...
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"Horrendous Acts Of Mobocracy": Lawmaker Nusrat Jahan In Open Letter
Trinamool Congress lawmaker Nusrat Jehan has thanked 49 eminent personalities who wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to protest growing intolerance in the country, and joined them in condemning cow vigilantes who attack people on the basis of rumours of eating beef and cow smuggling. She also criticised the government's "selective sil...
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China Says Hong Kong Protests "Absolutely Intolerable"
China reacted furiously on Monday to anti-government protesters vandalising the walls of its representative's office in Hong Kong and defacing the national emblem, branding their actions "absolutely intolerable".
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JNU Case: Support For Arrested Student From Chomsky, Pamuk, 84 Others
Eminent academicians, scientists and writers from across the world, including Noam Chomsky and Orhan Pamuk, have recorded their condemnation of the arrest of a JNU student in a strongly-worded statement that says it is "evidence of the present government's deeply authoritarian nature, intolerant of any dissent".
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Shah Rukh, Aamir Will Be Afraid To Talk Due to Negative Reactions: Sonam
Last year, Shah Rukh Khan added his voice to growing protests by the civil society over what they called the climate of intolerance. "Religious intolerance, or intolerance of any kind, is the worst thing and will take us to the dark ages," he had told NDTV during an exclusive interview
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VHP Protests Against Shooting of Shah Rukh Khan's Raees in Gujarat
"Shah Rukh Khan should think, living in this country which gave him name, fame and riches; if he goes on speaking about non-existent intolerance, the VHP will never forgive," Gujarat VHP general secretary Ranchod Bharwad said. VHP members shouted slogans and also burnt and tore his posters
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My Protest Against Intolerance Continues, Says Writer Nayantara Sahgal
Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal, who has refused to accept her literary award back, today wrote to the Sahitya Akademi saying her protest against intolerance continues.
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Poet Ashok Vajpeyi Refuses To Take Back Award, Says 'Intolerance Remain High'
Noted writer and poet Ashok Vajpeyi today refused to take back the Sahitya Akademi award that he had returned stating that "intolerance levels remain high" in the country.
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Narendra Modi Government Most 'Anti-Intellectual': Ramchandra Guha
Criticising the recent killings of eminent scholars and writers and the 'inability' of the administration to prevent such hooliganism, noted historian Ramchandra Guha said the government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the "most anti-intellectual" the country ever had.
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Nayantara Sahgal Rebuts Sahitya Akademi's Claim She Will Take Back Award
The Sahitya Akademi today claimed some of the writers, including Nayantara Sahgal, have agreed to take back the awards they had returned citing 'growing intolerance' in the country. Ms Sahgal, however, issued a separate statement strongly denying the academy's claim.
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Shah Rukh Khan's Dilwale Still Not Screened In Mangaluru
If you live in Mangaluru and want to see Shah Rukh Khan's Dilwale - don't hold your breath. The film has been out of cinemas in Mangaluru ever since protests by the Bajrang Dal. The group is protesting against Shah Rukh Khan's comments on intolerance.
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Today in India, Protest Means Sedition: Rahul Gandhi on 'Intolerance'
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament today for his -silence- on the incidents of perceived intolerance in the country. -Today in India, protest means sedition,- he said.
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"Shameful": Mamata Banerjee On Protesting Wrestlers' Detention
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday condemned the detention of wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, asserting that "democracy lies in tolerance but autocratic forces thrive on intolerance and quelling of dissent".
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Axe Is Falling: Cuba's 20-Year Sentence For Filming Protest
Three members of the Beirut family spent Christmas behind bars in Cuba, locked away for taking part in unprecedented protests against a communist regime notoriously intolerant of dissent.
-
Mob Beats Muslim Bangle Seller In Indore, Minister Says Used Fake Name
A man selling bangles in Madhya Pradesh's Indore was mercilessly thrashed in full public view by a group of men as he had apparently had given a fake name. The 25-year-old was also robbed of Rs 10,000 by his assailants during the incident, which took
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PM Modi And BJP "Endangering World's Biggest Democracy": The Economist
The Economist - whose sister concern Economist Intelligence Unit ranked India 10 places lower in the Democracy Index earlier this week -- has dedicated its latest cover to what it calls "Intolerant India" and criticised the Narendra Modi government over the new citizenship law CAA and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), commenting that it "imp...
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"Horrendous Acts Of Mobocracy": Lawmaker Nusrat Jahan In Open Letter
Trinamool Congress lawmaker Nusrat Jehan has thanked 49 eminent personalities who wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to protest growing intolerance in the country, and joined them in condemning cow vigilantes who attack people on the basis of rumours of eating beef and cow smuggling. She also criticised the government's "selective sil...
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China Says Hong Kong Protests "Absolutely Intolerable"
China reacted furiously on Monday to anti-government protesters vandalising the walls of its representative's office in Hong Kong and defacing the national emblem, branding their actions "absolutely intolerable".
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JNU Case: Support For Arrested Student From Chomsky, Pamuk, 84 Others
Eminent academicians, scientists and writers from across the world, including Noam Chomsky and Orhan Pamuk, have recorded their condemnation of the arrest of a JNU student in a strongly-worded statement that says it is "evidence of the present government's deeply authoritarian nature, intolerant of any dissent".
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Shah Rukh, Aamir Will Be Afraid To Talk Due to Negative Reactions: Sonam
Last year, Shah Rukh Khan added his voice to growing protests by the civil society over what they called the climate of intolerance. "Religious intolerance, or intolerance of any kind, is the worst thing and will take us to the dark ages," he had told NDTV during an exclusive interview
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VHP Protests Against Shooting of Shah Rukh Khan's Raees in Gujarat
"Shah Rukh Khan should think, living in this country which gave him name, fame and riches; if he goes on speaking about non-existent intolerance, the VHP will never forgive," Gujarat VHP general secretary Ranchod Bharwad said. VHP members shouted slogans and also burnt and tore his posters
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My Protest Against Intolerance Continues, Says Writer Nayantara Sahgal
Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal, who has refused to accept her literary award back, today wrote to the Sahitya Akademi saying her protest against intolerance continues.
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Poet Ashok Vajpeyi Refuses To Take Back Award, Says 'Intolerance Remain High'
Noted writer and poet Ashok Vajpeyi today refused to take back the Sahitya Akademi award that he had returned stating that "intolerance levels remain high" in the country.
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Narendra Modi Government Most 'Anti-Intellectual': Ramchandra Guha
Criticising the recent killings of eminent scholars and writers and the 'inability' of the administration to prevent such hooliganism, noted historian Ramchandra Guha said the government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the "most anti-intellectual" the country ever had.
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Nayantara Sahgal Rebuts Sahitya Akademi's Claim She Will Take Back Award
The Sahitya Akademi today claimed some of the writers, including Nayantara Sahgal, have agreed to take back the awards they had returned citing 'growing intolerance' in the country. Ms Sahgal, however, issued a separate statement strongly denying the academy's claim.
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Shah Rukh Khan's Dilwale Still Not Screened In Mangaluru
If you live in Mangaluru and want to see Shah Rukh Khan's Dilwale - don't hold your breath. The film has been out of cinemas in Mangaluru ever since protests by the Bajrang Dal. The group is protesting against Shah Rukh Khan's comments on intolerance.
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Today in India, Protest Means Sedition: Rahul Gandhi on 'Intolerance'
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament today for his -silence- on the incidents of perceived intolerance in the country. -Today in India, protest means sedition,- he said.
