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Mastan's comments against PM Modi show standard of Congress: Venkaiah
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hajipur (Bihar) [India], Mar 1 (ANI): Following the uproar over Bihar Minister Abdul Jalil Mastan's controversial comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, Union Minister of Urban Development, Venkaiah Naidu tore into the Congress leader questioning how he became a politician in th
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Sakshi Maharaj's 'Kabristaan' remark aimed at spreading com
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow/New Delhi [India], Feb. 28 (ANI): The Congress Party on Tuesday said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sakshi Maharaj's controversial 'Kabristaan' remark is part of a communal atmosphere being created by the saffron party amid the ongoing assembly elections in politicall
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Hijab-wearing White House staffer quits Trump administration
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Feb. 27(ANI): Hijab-wearing ex-White House Muslim staffer of Bangladeshi-origin has said that she quit her job after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his controversial travel ban, which made her last for eight days in the new administration.
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Fearing arrest on landing in India, Zakir Naik seeks questionnaire from ED
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 26 (ANI): Despite the Enforcement Directorate having expressed its desire to not conduct proceedings via video conferencing or e-mail, controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik haS sought a questionnaire from the agency, fearing his arrest if he lands in India.
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JD(U) defends Farooq Abdullah, says can't doubt his 'nationalism
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb.25 (ANI): The JD (U) on Saturday defended Farooq Abdullah's controversial remark that the youth joining militant ranks are 'sacrificing their lives for freedom of the valley', saying that the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir knew the happenings
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Post criticism, Melania Trump refiles her USD 150 million defamation suit
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb. 23(ANI): In what comes as a development of U.S first lady Melania Trump's USD150 million defamation lawsuit against a British media outlet, her lawyers have changed and refiled it, which leaves out a controversial portion of the original, a section that argued the f
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ED won't accept Zakir Naik's proposal to respond to summons via
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Feb. 22 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate is unwilling to accept proposal of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, seeking to record statement and respond to summons via video conferencing or e-mail, said sources.
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Clashes outside Delhi's Ramjas College over invite to JNU's Umar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 22 (ANI): Clashes broke out outside Delhi University's Ramjas College as student activists linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) protested over a college invite to controversial Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid.
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Cong to knock EC's door over PM Modi's "deplorable" re
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 20 (ANI): The Congress is set to file a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his controversial remarks made during his rally in Fatehpur district in Uttar Pradesh yesterday.
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Pat Rafter steps down from Tennis Australia role
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Feb.17 (ANI): Tennis Australia performance director Pat Rafter has stepped down from his role, thus putting an end to his rocky relationship with the country's two controversial players Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic.
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Triple Talaq highlights 'unacceptable' inequality between men an
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 17 (ANI): Branding triple talaq as immoral, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday stated that the controversial practice only proved inequality between men and women which was unacceptable in the Indian society, adding that freedom of religio
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Trump won't immediately appeal travel ban halt in SC as admn consider
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 11 (ANI): The Trump administration will not immediately appeal the federal appeals court decision blocking the travel ban in the Supreme Court as the White House is examining several options to revamp and save the controversial executive order on immigration.
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