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India confident enough to have surgical strike: Smriti Irani
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): In a veiled warning to Pakistan, Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani proclaimed on Saturday that India is a tolerant nation but also confident enough to have a surgical strike.
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Padmavati Row: Karni Sena demands resignation of Prasoon Joshi, Smriti Ira
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena on Friday asserted that they will continue their protest against 'Padmavati' movie and demanded the resignation of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Prasoon Joshi, Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani, M
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Complaint filed against Salman Khan, NCSC seeks reply
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 22 (ANI): The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has sought a reply from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the police commissioners of Delhi and Mumbai over complaints against Bollywood actor Salman Khan and actress Shilpa Shetty for allegedly
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Smriti Irani confident of BJP's win in Gujarat post UP civic polls
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani on Friday expressed her confidence in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) win in the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections, contending that the results of Uttar Pradesh civic polls were a proof of the "
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Padmavati row: Shatrughan Sinha comes out in support of Rajput community
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 24 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shatrughan Sinha on Friday said filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali must show his magnum opus 'Padmavati' to the Rajput community before the release.
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Irani takes on Congress over 'chaiwalla' meme
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani criticised the Congress party on Wednesday for the derogatory meme, put out by a Congress-linked magazine, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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IFFI to open with Iranian filmmaker's Beyond The Clouds
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017 is all set to open with renowned Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi's 'Beyond The Clouds', an official statement from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said.
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Vasundhara Raje requests Smriti Irani to postpone Padmavati's release
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 18 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Saturday wrote a letter to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani requesting her to defer the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film 'Padmavati' until some changes are made to it.
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Padmavati row: UP Home Deptt writes to CBFC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 16 (ANI): As the release of the movie Padmavati draws nearer, the protest against it has also mounted up. In its wake, Uttar Pradesh's Home Department has written to the secretary of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, urging it to convey the
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I&B Ministry is doing unconstitutional, unprecedented thing: Sasidharan, d
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, the director of 'S Durga', on Tuesday said the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) is doing "unconstitutional and unprecedented thing" after his movie was banned from screening at International Film Festival of India'
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Former I&B minister accuses ministry of 'crude censorship'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI): Former information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Manish Tewari on Tuesday termed the Centre's removal of two films from an upcoming film festival as 'extremely unfortunate', and called out the ministry for practising 'crude censorship'.
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EC bans exit polls for Himachal, Gujarat elections till Dec. 14
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday announced that exit poll results for Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat assembly elections cannot be made public before December 14.
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