Protests On Intolerance

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".

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...

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".

"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

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.

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.

The offices of a prominent newspaper group in Maharashtra, Lokmat, witnessed violent protests by Muslim groups after the newspaper used the image of a piggy bank to illustrate a story on the funding pattern of terrorist group ISIS.

Scores of Youth Congress workers who assembled at Jantar Mantar today agitating against the alleged growing "intolerance" in the country, have been detained.

President Pranab Mukherjee has said that the return of awards by writers and intellectuals was "evidently spontaneous" and a way of protest that has triggered a nation-wide debate on the issue of intolerance, a release issued today by a group of intellectuals has claimed.

With protesters and the media following him after his controversial remarks on leaving India, the security of Aamir Khan -- who is currently shooting for his upcoming film 'Dangal' in the rural areas of Punjab's Ludhiana district -- has been tightened by Punjab Police.

In a bid to revive its lost strength ahead of next year's assembly polls in West Bengal, CPI(M) today said it would launch a major campaign against growing communal intolerance and "attacks on democracy" by the Trinamool Congress in the state, accusing it of "match-fixing" with the BJP.

Coming out strongly against those returning their awards over the "intolerance" row, actor Kamal Haasan today wondered if such acts would achieve anything as he invoked Mahatma Gandhi saying even he did not give back his Law degree to protest against the Britishers.

"Nobody has the right to call our country intolerant. We are secular people and don't believe in selective outrage," Anupam Kher said on Saturday morning. The actor claims that the debate on 'intolerance' is an attempt to malign the image of the country and is intended to target the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre

Even as Sangh Parivar outfits in Karnataka have threatened to disrupt the first ever government celebration of 18th century king Tipu Sultan's birthday on November 10, RSS today described him as "the most intolerant ruler" and lent its support to protesters of the event.

At the same time as 24 filmmakers announced on Thursday that they were returning their National Awards to protest against what they called "rising intolerance", Amit Shah, the president of the ruling BJP launched a book titled, 'Know the Truth'.

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".

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...

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".

"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

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.

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.

The offices of a prominent newspaper group in Maharashtra, Lokmat, witnessed violent protests by Muslim groups after the newspaper used the image of a piggy bank to illustrate a story on the funding pattern of terrorist group ISIS.

Scores of Youth Congress workers who assembled at Jantar Mantar today agitating against the alleged growing "intolerance" in the country, have been detained.

President Pranab Mukherjee has said that the return of awards by writers and intellectuals was "evidently spontaneous" and a way of protest that has triggered a nation-wide debate on the issue of intolerance, a release issued today by a group of intellectuals has claimed.

With protesters and the media following him after his controversial remarks on leaving India, the security of Aamir Khan -- who is currently shooting for his upcoming film 'Dangal' in the rural areas of Punjab's Ludhiana district -- has been tightened by Punjab Police.

In a bid to revive its lost strength ahead of next year's assembly polls in West Bengal, CPI(M) today said it would launch a major campaign against growing communal intolerance and "attacks on democracy" by the Trinamool Congress in the state, accusing it of "match-fixing" with the BJP.

Coming out strongly against those returning their awards over the "intolerance" row, actor Kamal Haasan today wondered if such acts would achieve anything as he invoked Mahatma Gandhi saying even he did not give back his Law degree to protest against the Britishers.

"Nobody has the right to call our country intolerant. We are secular people and don't believe in selective outrage," Anupam Kher said on Saturday morning. The actor claims that the debate on 'intolerance' is an attempt to malign the image of the country and is intended to target the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre

Even as Sangh Parivar outfits in Karnataka have threatened to disrupt the first ever government celebration of 18th century king Tipu Sultan's birthday on November 10, RSS today described him as "the most intolerant ruler" and lent its support to protesters of the event.

At the same time as 24 filmmakers announced on Thursday that they were returning their National Awards to protest against what they called "rising intolerance", Amit Shah, the president of the ruling BJP launched a book titled, 'Know the Truth'.