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Skirt uproar: Mahesh Sharma offers clarification, says comment in context
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 29 (ANI): After coming under fire for suggesting that woman tourists should not wear skirts in India, Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on Monday clarified his statement saying that it was only in reference with religious places so that that the sanctity of the hol
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Under fire Sports Ministry constitutes committee to probe Jaisha's al
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 23 (ANI): The Sports Ministry on Tuesday constituted a two-member committee to inquire into the allegations of long-distance runner O.P. Jaisha, who fainted at the end of the gruelling race at the recently concluded Rio Olympics.
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Amnesty denies reports of shutting down office, says will continue to work
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru, Aug 18 (ANI): Under-fire over charges of sedition, the Amnesty International India on Thursday denied reports of shutting down their office and asserted that the charge of sedition against them was completely wrong, adding that they would continue to work for justice.
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Vijay Goel returns from Rio, says will clear all 'misconceptions'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 14 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel, who is under fire for earning an official rebuke from the organisers at the Rio Olympics, returned to the national capital on the wee hours of Sunday morning and stated that he will clear the 'misconceptions' on the controv
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US troops abandoned weapons during clash with ISIS in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York, Aug. 10 (ANI): The Pentagon has acknowledged that U.S. troops abandoned equipment and weapons after they came under fire from ISIS fighters during recent operations in Afghanistan.
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Not only Mann, Kejriwal should also be sent to rehab centre: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai, Aug. 3 (ANI): A day after Lok Sabha MPs requested Sumitra Mahajan to send under fire Aam Aadmi Party MP Bhagwant Mann to a rehabilitation centre, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should also be sent along with the former, as one
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Gurugram traffic woes: Manohar Lal Khattar to visit affected areas on Mond
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh, July 30 (ANI): Putting the blame on the previous government for having a flawed drainage plan, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who is under fire over the massive traffic jams in Gurugram following heavy rains, said here on Saturday that he will personally visit the af
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'Chori aur seena zori nahi chalti': Naqvi on Bhagwat Mann
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 22 (ANI): Issuing a stern warning to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann, who has come under fire for live-streaming a video revealing several security spots of the Parliament, Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday that such an incident shoul
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Arunachal crisis: Under fire BJP shifts blame on Congress
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday lashed out at the Congress for levelling baseless allegations on the Centre over the ongoing political crisis in Arunachal Pradesh and advocated that the grand old party should instead introspect the reasons behind the pres
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'Under fire' Digvijaya says all provocative speeches should be b
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 7 (ANI): In wake of him attending an event of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik in 2012, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said all provocative speeches by Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians should be banned.
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