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Indian Ambassador to Madagascar pays floral tribute to Vallabhbhai Patel
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Antananarivo [Madagascar], Oct 31 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to Madagascar Abhay Kumar paid floral tribute to independent India's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel during an event marking his 144th birth anniversary held at the Indian embassy here on Thursday.
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On Sardar Patel's birth anniversary, PM says 'unity in diversity' is India
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kevadia (Gujarat) [India], Oct 31 (ANI): 'Unity in diversity' is the pride and identity of India, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday during 144th birth anniversary celebrations of independent India's first Union Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
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Kamal Haasan's 'first terrorist was Hindu' remark taken out of context: MN
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 15 (ANI): Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) on Wednesday issued a clarification on its chief Kamal Haasan's statement that 'first terrorist in independent India was a Hindu," saying 'it has been taken out of context.'
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BJP leader moves Delhi HC over Kamal Haasan's 'first Hindu terrorist' rema
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking direction from Election Commission (EC) to take action against actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, who stoked controversy by referring Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as t
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Kamal Haasan stirs row calling Godse 'first Hindu terrorist'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Karur (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 13 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Monday courted controversy calling Nathuram Godse, the man who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, as the first Hindu terrorist in independent India, remarks that drew criticism from BJP leaders and Hindu outfits.
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First terrorist of independent India was Hindu, says Kamal Haasan
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Karur (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 13 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan has stirred a controversy by asserting that first terrorist in independent India was a Hindu, referring to Nathuram Godse, the man who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi.
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First time there is a pro-incumbency wave in India: PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said it is for the first time in the history of independent India that a pro-incumbency wave has enveloped the nation.
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Independent India’s greatest-ever: Yogi on interim budget
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 01 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that the interim budget is independent India’s greatest-ever, adding that it promised to fulfill the dreams of a new India.
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Chandigarh: Punjab CM hails HC verdict convicting Sajjan Kumar
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Terming it a case of justice finally delivered to the victims of one of the worst instances of communal violence in independent India, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday welcomed the conviction of Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 riots
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President Kovind hails Ambedkar, calls Constitution modern scripture for i
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 26 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday hailed the values and principles enshrined in the Constitution as a "modern scripture for an Independent India."
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Kharge calls Rafale deal biggest scam of post-independent India
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov 15 (ANI): Congress veteran and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday termed Rafale deal as the biggest scam of post-independent India, while accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre of alleged tampering in the
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'Nehru's legacy being undermined by those ruling India today'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI): In a veiled attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the precious legacy of independent India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was being undermined on a regular basis by
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