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BJP government has become tukde-tukde gang, is partitioning Indian soul: S
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday accused the BJP-led government of having become "a tukde-tukde gang", saying they are dividing the country into Hindu versus Muslims, traitor versus patriot, us versus them, and remarked that while the country saw p
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Anti-CAA protests meant to create '1947-like' situation, says Union minist
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Senior BJP leader and Union minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday claimed that the protests against the CAA are being organised across the country to "create 1947-like conditions" when India was partitioned, and alleged that the Congress, West Bengal Chief Minist
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Opposition wants to spoil atmosphere of country, Owaisi instigating muslim
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 30 (ANI): Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday said that the opposition wants to create a pre-1947 situation in the country.
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J-K: It is a public holiday on Accession Day in 2020
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): The government of Union Territory of Jammu Kashmir has declared October 26, the day J-K acceded to the Union of India in 1947, as a public holiday in the calendar year for 2020.
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Govt's stance on CAA misplaced, people feeling insecure: Anand Sharma
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Congress leader Anand Sharma on Thursday said that the government's argument that Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been brought to grant citizenship to persecuted minorities is misplaced as independent India's governments from 1947 already ha
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UK HC orders Pakistan to pay millions in Hyderabad funds case
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 20 (ANI): A UK High Court has ordered Pakistan to pay millions of pounds in legal costs after it ruled in favour of India in a decade-old legal dispute over funds belonging to the Nizam of Hyderabad at the time of Partition in 1947.
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"Muslims bigger patriots": Azam Khan
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) and Lok Sabha MP Azam Khan has said that Muslims had the choice to go to Pakistan following partition in 1947, but opted not to do so, and are therefore bigger "patriots" than those who did not have that choice.
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Baramulla: Indian Army celebrates 73rd Infantry Day
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Oct 27 (ANI): The Indian Army celebrated the 73rd Infantry Day here on Sunday to commemorate the supreme sacrifices of the infantry in countering the Pakistani raiders in Jammu and Kashmir in 1947.
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While Pak rants up rhetoric against India, world community should note it
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Sep 12 (ANI): At a time when Pakistan has been ranting up false narrative on Kashmir to divert international attention over its so-called "Indian aggression" in the region, the world community should not overlook the role that the former had played in initiating the crisis a
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Scrapping of Article 370 betrays people of J-K, says Omar Abdullah
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar [India], August 5 (ANI): Scrapping of Article 370 is betrayal of the trust that the people of Jammu and Kashmir had reposed in India when the State acceded to it in 1947, said Omar Abdullah, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Muslims are being punished for not migrating to Pakistan, says Azam Khan
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 20 (ANI): In another controversial statement, Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan said on Saturday that Muslims in the country are being punished for their decision to not go migrate to Pakistan after the partition in 1947.
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Salman-Katrina hold special screening of 'Bharat' for families separated d
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai [Maharashtra], June 13 (ANI): Basking in the success of their latest action-drama 'Bharat', actors Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif hosted a special screening of the film for families separated during the Partition in 1947.
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