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  Attempts To Suppress Sanctity Of Words Must Be Thwarted: Pranab Mukherjee

  For civilisations to survive, the sanctity of the word will have to be upheld and any attempts to suppress it must be thwarted, former president Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday while giving away awards for literary works in regional languages.

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  People Refused To Work With Me Because I'm A Woman, Says Parched Director

  Leena Yadav said that she later stopped caring about people who practised discrimination

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  Won't Utter "Wrong Words" Against PM Modi, Says Rahul Gandhi

  Amid the acrimony-filled poll campaign in Gujarat, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi but promised he would not use even one "galat shabd" (wrong word) against him because he respects the post of the Prime Minister.

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  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Addresses Mega Rally in UP's Ghazipur: Highlights

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off Shabd Bhedi Express between Ghazipur and Kolkata. He also addressed 'Parivartan' rally in Ghazipur where he spoke about the big currency ban.

• B for 'bomb', C for 'chaku'... in UP school books

  Upside down pictures of India's national flag, chapters to teach the Hindi alphabet that say 'B' for 'bomb' and 'C' for 'chaku' (knife)... These glaring anomalies have surfaced in two textbooks used in some Uttar Pradesh schools.

• No films for friends in Bollywood: Zayed Khan

  It seems Zayed Khan lives by the adage "don't mix friendship with business".