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Mamata condemns remarks on Prophet Mohammed

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday condemned the remarks by two BJP functionaries on Prophet Mohammed, terming them “hate speech”, and demanded that the accused leaders be immediately arrested…
India

Don’t raise separate statehood issue, Nadda tells Bengal BJP leaders

Kolkata: BJP President J.P. Nadda on Thursday gave strict instructions to the party leaders in West Bengal, especially the MPs and MLAs, to refrain from raising the separate statehood issue or making…

India

Hate speech FIR to pacify BJP supporters, says Owaisi

New Delhi: Delhi police have registered an FIR against AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi for hate speech after which Owaisi said that this was done to pacify BJP supporters. He said Delhi Police…
India

‘Not Enough’: Hamid Ansari on Union govt’s response to Prophet backlash

Former Indian Vice-President Hamid Ansari pointed out that the Indian government’s reaction to the ongoing backlash by the Islamic countries over the “blasphemous” statements on Prophet Muhammad made by the suspended Bharatiya…
Bangalore

RS polls: Siddaramaiah urges JD-S MLAs to support Cong nominee

Bengaluru: Karnataka Opposition leader Siddaramaiah has written a letter to the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) MLAs, seeking their votes for the Congress candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections. “Befitting answer has to be…
India

Charge those who instigated Islamic nations against India with treason: Information Commissioner

New Delhi: India should make a list of citizens who “instigated” Islamic nations against it and “charge them with treason,” Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar has said following outrage by Islamic countries over…
India

Owaisi, Yati named in FIR by Delhi Police over inflammatory remarks

New Delhi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi was named in the FIR registered by Delhi police over alleged inflammatory remarks on Wednesday. Swami Yati Narasimhananda is also among those…

Telangana

BJP MP Arvind questions silence of KCR, KTR on rape cases in Telangana

Hyderabad: After as many as five rape cases involving minors were reported within a week in Hyderabad, BJP MP Arvind Dharmapuri on Wednesday questioned the “silence” of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao…
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Remarks on Prophet: Due to BJP, country faced embarrassment, says Uddhav

Aurangabad: Maharashtra Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said that because of the BJP the country had to face embarrassment and was “brought to its knees and forced to apologise” by the…
Kerala

Don’t sell country for few pieces of gold: BJP to Kerala govt

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit out at the CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala on Wednesday over a case of alleged gold smuggling and said this is not merely about…
Hyderabad

Hyderabad: PM may visit Bhagyalakshmi temple in July, says BJP

Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah will visit Hyderabad on July 1 and 2 to attend the party’s national executive meeting at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre…
Telangana

BJP govt’s ‘conspiracy’ behind Nupur Sharma’s controversial remarks: V Hanumantha Rao

Hyderabad: Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha MP V Hanumantha Rao on Wednesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre is behind the controversial remarks of suspended party spokesperson Nupur Sharma.…
Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh pushed into debt trap: Jaya Prada

Rajahmundry: Actor-politician Jaya Prada on Tuesday alleged that Andhra Pradesh has been pushed into debt trap. She described Andhra Pradesh as ‘Appula (debts) Pradesh’, and said BJP was working to turn it…
India

Fringe is BJP’s core: Rahul Gandhi amid remarks on Prophet row

New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said ‘fringe’ is the BJP’s core and highlighted some past statements of top BJP leaders holding senior positions in the government. His remarks…
Andhra Pradesh

Andhra BJP chief stopped on way to violence-hit Amalapuram

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Police on Wednesday stopped state BJP chief Somu Veerraju from visiting Amalapuram, which recently witnessed violence over renaming of Konaseema district as Dr B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district. The…