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They are playing minority card with wrong facts: Vivek Agnihotri on letter
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 26 (ANI): Film director Vivek Agnihotri along with 62 other celebrities wrote an open letter 'Against Selective Outrage & False Narratives' to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a counter to the letter written recently by 49 eminent persons on the issue o
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You get any number of people when in power: Adoor Gopalkrishnan
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 26 (ANI): Noted filmmaker Adoor Gopalkrishnan, one of the 49 celebrities who wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 23 on mob lynchings, said it is easy to enlist any number of people when you are in power but the government cannot "camouflage" r
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SC notice to Centre, states for implementation of guidelines to prevent mo
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and several states on a plea seeking proper implementation of the court's 2018 judgement laying down guidelines to prevent mob lynching.
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Fail to understand why people link lynching with religion: C K Bose
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 26 (ANI): The intellectuals who wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the lynching incidents in the nation are trying to give it a religious color, said BJP leader and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's grandson, Chandra Kumar Bose, on Friday.
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Some people creating false narratives, say Kangana Ranaut and Prasoon Josh
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 26 (ANI): After bashing celebrities who expressed concerns over mob lynching, actor Kangana Ranaut and CBFC chief Prasoon Joshi on Friday said the country is moving in the right direction, and that a section is unwilling to accept the mandate given to the present gove
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Sixty-two celebs pen open letter against 'selective outrage' over mob lync
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Sixty-two personalities, including actor Kangana Ranaut, CBFC chief Prasoon Joshi and classical dancer Sonal Mansingh, have written an open letter against the "selective outrage and false narratives" of celebrities who had earlier penned an open letter to
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Mob lynching has become an epidemic: Swara Bhasker
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Actor Swara Bhasker, known for speaking her mind on various socio-political issues, said it's hard to "turn our face away from the harsh reality" of increasing cases of mob lynching in the country.
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It's a genuine grievance: Mamata on open letter about lynchings
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 24 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that the open letter penned by 49 renowned personalities on lynching incidents in the country is a genuine grievance.
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Maximum mob lynching in Bengal: Dilip Ghosh
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Reacting sharply to a letter written by 49 celebrities on the issue of mob lynching, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday alleged that maximum number of people are being lynched in West Bengal for 'Jai Shri Ram' chants.
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Aparna Sen on lynching cases: 'Secular fabric of country being ruined'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 24 (ANI): Filmmaker Aparna Sen, one of the 49 signatories of an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi protesting incidents of lynchings in the name of religion on Wednesday alleged that the "secular fabric of our country is being ruined."
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No mob lynching case registered with us: National Minority Commission memb
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Fatehabad (Haryana) [India], July 24 (ANI): In a startling revelation Manjit Singh, Member of the National Commission for Minorities on Wednesday said that no case of mob lynching has been registered with the commission and assured that appropriate action will be initiated if any such case c
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49 celebrities write to PM over incidents of lynching, seek 'exemplary pun
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): As many as 49 celebrities from different fields including singer Shubha Mudgal, actor Konkona Sen Sharma and filmmakers Shyam Benegal, Anurag Kashyap and Mani Ratnam, among others, have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over incidents
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