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Rename AMU after 'Jat King': Haryana FM
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Rewari (Haryana) [India], May 14 (ANI): Amid the controversy surrounding the Aligarh Muslim University, Haryana Finance Minister Captain Abhimanyu wants the varsity to be renamed after Raja Mahendra Pratap, also known as 'Jat King.'
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AMU VC downplays Jinnah portrait row
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 09 (ANI): The Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Wednesday dubbed the Jinnah portrait controversy as a 'non-issue' and underscored that the portrait of Pakistan's founder is also present at the Bombay High Court and the Sabarmati Ashram
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Bareilly Dargah issues fatwa against Jinnah portrait
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 08 (ANI): In the wake of the controversy over Jinnah's portrait in Aligarh Muslim University, Dargah Aala Hazrat, in Bareilly, has issued a fatwa stating that no Muslim should stand by Md. Ali Jinnah, as he is the "founder of an enemy nation".
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Assam: Union Min interrupts teacher speaking about poor roads
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Nogaon (Assam) [India], May 8 (ANI): Union Minister Rajen Gohain courted controversy at a Swachh Bharat Mission program in Assam's Nagaon on Monday, when he interrupted a retired teacher who was speaking on the poor condition of roads in his area, and questioned his intention behind bringing
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This has never happened before: SC Judge on non-elevation of K. M. Joseph
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 06 (ANI): In the wake of the controversy surrounding the non-elevation of Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K. M. Joseph, Supreme Court judge K. Joseph on Sunday stated that such an incident had never happened before.
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Aiyar's statement reveals true feeling of Cong: BJP
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Bengaluru [India], May 6 (ANI): Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday hit out at the Congress Party after their suspended leader Mani Shankar Aiyar praised Muhammad Ali Jinnah amid the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) portrait controversy.
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Pak girl becomes ambassador for 'Swachh Jamui Swasth Jamui'
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Jamui (Bihar) [India], May 5 (ANI): Triggering a controversy, a Pakistani girl featured as the "brand ambassador" on the cover page of a booklet meant to promote 'Swachh Jamui Swasth Jamui' initiative in Bihar's Jamui district.
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UP Education Minister's gaffe: 'Mosquitoes bite us at Dalit homes'
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 04 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Education Minister Anupma Jaiswal got embroiled in a controversy on Friday when she said that ministers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are ensuring proper implementation of the schemes by visiting Dalit households, despite gett
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Jinnah was enemy of nation: UP Dy. CM
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 04 (ANI): Escalating the on-going controversy on Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah's portrait, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday termed the former as an 'enemy of the nation'.
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Boney Kapoor downplays National Film Award row
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 03 (ANI): With the National Film Awards ceremony finding itself in the middle of a controversy, producer Boney Kapoor on Thursday downplayed the "fuss."
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UP minister refutes claims his Dalit outreach backfired
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Aligarh, (Uttar Pradesh) [India] May 3 (ANI): After his outreach, featuring a meal with a Dalit family as part of a larger Bharatiya Janata Party campaign, sparked a controversy, Uttar Pradesh minister Suresh Rana has denied the claims that the dinner was an impromptu photo-op and the host w
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Hamid Ansari refuses to talk on 'nonsense' Jinnah controversy
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 2 (ANI): Former Vice President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday termed the on-going controversy on Muhammad Ali Jinnah's portrait as a 'nonsense issue'.
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