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"Suffering from pseudo-secularism": BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi launches
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, the MP said that India has long suffered from a distorted understanding of secularism. "India is suffering from pseudo-secularism. Name a single secular country in the world where the Constitution recognises 'sharia'... Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we are making In
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"Historic decision": BJP's Taranga Gogoi after Assam Assembly ends practic
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
After the Assam legislative assembly decided to end the practice of a two-hour Jumma break, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Taranga Gogoi dubbed it as "historic" and said that India is a secular country.
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CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat questions "credibility" of EC over PM's speech
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"It is an absolutely shocking statement coming from the Prime Minister. It is almost unbelievable that the Prime Minister of a secular country like India should speak in words, quite frankly, he speaks as though a communal bigot speech. It is not befitting the Prime Minister of India. In the
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"We live in a secular country where different cultures exist," says PDP ch
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Talking on her temple visit Mehbooba said, "We live in a secular country where Ganga, Yamuna and different cultures exist."
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SC dismisses plea to constitute "Renaming Commission"; says India a secula
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petition seeking to constitute a "Renaming Commission" to find out original names of 'ancient historical cultural religious places and remarked that India is a secular country and Hinduism is a way of life, because of that India has assimilated every
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No scope for hate crimes on basis of religion in secular country: SC
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday asserted that there is no scope for hate crime on basis of religion in a secular country such as India and stressed that it has to be rooted out.
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India is a secular country, says SC as it dismisses PIL to have Sri Sri Th
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
India is a secular country and everyone has the right to follow their religion while dismissing a PIL seeking direction that citizens of the country to follow and declaration of the leader of a particular sect of Hinduism as 'Parmatma', said the Supreme Court of India on Monday.
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Bangladesh human rights commission condemns attack on Hindus, demands prob
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 18 (ANI): Condemning the attack on the Hindu community in Bangladesh the country's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said that communal violence in a "secular country" is not acceptable under any circumstances.
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India is most secular country in world, says Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that India is the most secular country in the world, despite that, the western media belittle the Indian government on issues of secularism and free speech.
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Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI trying to destabilize Bangladesh: Repor
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 24 (ANI): Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI is trying to destabilize Bangladesh by strengthening the roots of Islamic terrorism in Dhaka, which was formed in 1971 as a secular country.
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Secular India under threat: Mira Nair
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], January 25 (ANI): Critically acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair said that she is appalled to see how a section of the society is threatening the diversity of a secular country like India over Sanjay Leela Bhansali's controversial release 'Padmaavat'.
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Naqvi rebuffs reports of introduction of Islamic banking
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 26 (ANI): Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday rebuffed the reports of introduction of Islamic banking in India, saying ours was a secular country and the existing banking system was for all.
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