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UNESCO confirms France's Audrey Azoulay as new head
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 10 (ANI): UNESCO member states on Friday confirmed the nomination of France's former culture minister Audrey Azoulay to head the cultural agency.
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MPs are soft targets for media trial: Supriyo on VVIP culture
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 7 (ANI): In the wake of the ongoing controversy over the VVIP culture, Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises and BJP MP Babul Supriyo on Friday stated that MPs are being considered a 'soft target' for scrutiny by the media and general
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Films should be close to reality: Maha Minister on 'Padmavati' s
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar. 15 (ANI): Commenting on the attack on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Padmavati' sets in Kolhapur last night, Maharashtra Culture Minister Vinod Tawde has advised the filmmaker to solve the rift cordially with people having varied opinions on the hi
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Congress uses money power in politics: Mahesh Sharma
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 14 (ANI): Slamming Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi over his assertion that one of the main reasons for the BJP's astounding victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections was polarisation, Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on Tuesday alleged that the gra
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Espionage racket row: Mahesh Sharma raps SP MP, calls for probe
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 29 (ANI): Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on Saturday said it is unfortunate that an aide of Samajwadi Party leader Munawwar Salim has been arrested for being part of an espionage racket linked to Pakistan, adding that such activities should be looked into and st
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Ram Museum not a political gimmick, says Mahesh Sharma
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct. 18 (ANI): With the opposition parties training guns at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its attempts to flare communal tension in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh over the Ram Museum issue, Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma today d
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Every Indian woman will be in a 'burqa' if Mahesh Sharma has his
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 29 (ANI): Hitting out at Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma over his controversial comment that foreign female tourists must refrain from wearing skirts for their own safety, the Congress on Monday asserted that if he had his way, then every woman in the country right now w
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Skirt uproar: Mahesh Sharma offers clarification, says comment in context
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 29 (ANI): After coming under fire for suggesting that woman tourists should not wear skirts in India, Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on Monday clarified his statement saying that it was only in reference with religious places so that that the sanctity of the hol
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Culture Minister retracts after advising tourists not to wear mini skirts
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug.29 (ANI): Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma has committed a faux pax by advising female tourists not to wear short skirts while roaming around Agra city in the evenings.
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Attitude of politician determines attitude of security personnel: JD (U) o
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 19 (ANI): After the shocking incident involving Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma's incident came in light, where three security guards of a housing society were brutally beaten by his security personnel, the Janata Dal United JD (U) on Friday said the attitude of sec
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Guards thrashed: CPI (M) seeks Mahesh Sharma's apology
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 19 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday hit out at Union Minister Mahesh Sharma after one of his security personnel was caught thrashing the guards of a housing society in Ghaziabad and said that the Culture Minister should tender an apology if he has cultural
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Mahesh Sharma's suspends security personnel for thrashing guards
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Ghaziabad, Aug 19 (ANI): Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on Friday said that he has suspended his private security personnel after he thrashed security guards of a housing society for enquiring about his visit. He also offered an unconditional apology for their behaviour.
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