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"Awarding those also attack sovereignty of India": BJP slams Congress over
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bhatia cited Bachelet's statements during the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, where she raised concerns about alleged human rights violations in Jammu & Kashmir and criticised the amendment of Article 370.
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Indira Gandhi's legacy continues to inspire countless people: Sonia Gandhi
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi reshaped the country with her policies dedicated to ameliorating poverty, deprivation, conflict and inequality, and her legacy continues to inspire people.
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Veronica Michelle Bachelet Jeria to be awarded Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Former Chilean President Veronica Michelle Bachelet Jeria will be the recipient of the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2024, reads a press release from the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust.
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PM Modi attends closing ceremony of Gita Press' centenary celebrations in
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attended the closing ceremony of the centenary celebrations of Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 awardee, publisher Gita Press here.
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"Congress has always been against Hindus": Anurag Thakur amid Gita Press r
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 will be conferred on Gita Press of Gorakhpur, in recognition of its "outstanding contribution towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violent and other Gandhian methods, the Ministry of Culture said on Sunday.
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"Descendants of accidental Hindu not able to digest honor given to Gita Pr
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday hit out at the Congress party over its criticism of Centre's decision to select Gita Press for the Gandhi Peace Prize award for 2021, saying the descendants of "accidental Hindu are not able to digest the honour" given to the Gorakhpur-based publisher
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Gita Press row: "Some party members doing exactly what BJP wants," Congres
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Hours after Congress MP Jairam Ramesh termed Centre's decision to award Gita Press a "travesty" and linked it with awarding Savarkar and Godse, his fellow party leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam on Monday said that some people in the grand old party are exactly doing what BJP wants and that lea
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"We don't comment on political matters," says Gita Press trustee Devidayal
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Reacting to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh's criticism of the Centre awarding the Gandhi Peace Prize to Gita Press, trustee of the publisher Devidayal Agarwal said on Monday that Gita Press does not comment on political matters.
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"It's like awarding Savarkar, Godse": Congress slams govt's decision to co
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has slammed the Centre over its decision to award the Gandhi Peace Award for 2021 to Gita Press and said "it is really a travesty and is like awarding Savarkar and Godse"
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Assam CM attacks Congress over Gandhi Peace Prize for Gita Press, K'taka a
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma targeted Congress party for its discontent on Gita Press being conferred Gandhi Peace Prize and its newly-formed government in Karnataka immediately having decided to repeal the anti-conversion law.
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BJP tears into Congress after party says awarding Gita Press is like "awar
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A day after the Centre conferred Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 on Gita Press, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday hit out at the government saying that the decision to award the publisher from Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur is a "travesty" and is like awarding Hindutva ideologue Savarkar
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Gita Press to accept Gandhi Peace Prize, but turn down Rs 1 crore cash awa
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Established in 1923, Gita Press is one of the world's largest publishers, having published 41.7 crore books in 14 languages, including 16.21 crore Shrimad Bhagvad Gita.
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