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International Booker prize winner Banu Mushtaq inaugurates Mysuru Dasara
Mysuru: The famous Mysuru Dasara festival commenced in the city and palaces on Monday with religious and traditional fervour, with International Booker Prize-winning writer Banu Mushtaq inaugurating the festivities. Mushtaq inaugurated the…
- India
SC to hear plea against invite to Banu Mushtaq for Mysuru Dasara
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, September 18, agreed to hear a plea challenging the Karnataka government’s decision to invite International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara this…
- India
HC rejects pleas against Banu Mushtaq’s invite to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed the petitions challenging the state government’s decision to invite International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the ‘Mysuru Dasara’ festivities this year. A…
- India
Mysuru Dasara inauguration: PILs filed against Banu Mushtaq’s invite
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has received three more Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging the state government’s decision to invite International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate this year’s ‘Mysuru Dasara’.…
- India
Mysuru Dasara secular festival: Karnataka CM defends invite to Banu Mushtaq
Mysuru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday, August 31, defended the decision to invite International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate this year’s Mysuru Dasara, describing the event as a “secular”…
- India
Yaduveer Wadiyar okays Banu Mushtaq’s invite as long as ‘she respects Devi’
Mysore-Kodagu MP and descendant of the Yadu kings of the Wadiyar dynasty and custodian of the Mysuru Palace’s traditions, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar said there is no opposition to International Booker Prize…
- Bangalore
FIRs after Islamophobic posts target Banu Mushtaq’s Dasara invite
Two FIRs have been registered in response to the Islamophobic and offensive social media posts triggered after the Congress-led Karnataka government’s inaugural invite to Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq for the upcoming…
