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Zakir Naik row: Govt. interested in media management, says Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 11 (ANI): Congress veteran Mani Shankar Aiyar on Monday alleged that the BJP-led NDA regime has raised the Zakir Naik episode for mere publicity and dubbed the entire sequence of events to be shameful as the video in question is four years old.
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Shiv Sena cautions govt. as Zakir Naik seeks Muslim community's suppo
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai, July 10 (ANI): Demanding action against Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who has come under the scanner after the Dhaka terror attacks, the Shiv Sena on Monday asked the government to block his social media websites with immediate effect as it might disturb the law and order situation in
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RSS taunts UPA over Satyapal Singh's assertion on Zakir Naik
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 10 (ANI): Mocking the former UPA regime for not responding to reports submitted by former Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Sinha on Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue Rakesh Sinha on Sunday said the Congress leadership had then only on
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Govt. gears up for legal action against Zakir Naik, constitutes probe team
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Following the Centre's tough stand on Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's controversial comments on terrorism, nine teams from the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and other agencies are scanning the former's activities, while
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BJP mocks UPA, says Modi Govt. committed to eliminate terrorism
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Asserting that the Centre has taken cognizance of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's controversial comments regarding terrorism, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said India, which is a truly democratic country, does not allow anyone to promote terrorism i
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Report on Zakir Naik sent to UPA Govt., but no action taken, says ex Mumba
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Acknowledging that Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's speeches were provocative, former Mumbai police commissioner and now Baghpat MP Satyapal Singh on Saturday said Mumbai Police had forwarded a report of his activities to the then UPA government in 2008, but no act
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Zakir Naik quoted Vedas out of context, tried to insult Hinduism: AOL
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AOL) Foundation on Friday claimed that the controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik had quoted verses from the Vedas out of context at a public discussion and also tried to insult Hinduism.
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Zakir Naik escaped from scrutiny thanks to UPA's 'appeasement�
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai, July 8 (ANI): Acknowledging that the Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's speeches are provocative, the Shiv Sena party on Friday asked the central government to ban him from entering India and also accused the UPA Government for letting him escape from scrutiny.
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Amid political slugfest on terror, JD (U) pitches for national unity
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political slugfest for attending Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's programmes between the Congress Party and BJP, Janata Dal (United) on Friday called for a national unity for fighting terrorism.
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Digvijaya Singh questions double standards on ties with Zakir Naik
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad, July 8 (ANI): Facing flak from BJP for sharing the stage with Islamic preacher Zakir Naik who is in the midst of a controversy for his 'hate speech' reportedly inspiring one of the five militants involved in the recent terror attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Congress leader
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Centre to probe into Zakir Naik's speech: Rajnath Singh
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): Asserting that the Centre has taken cognizance of the Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's controversial comments regarding terrorism, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that a proper probe will be conducted into Naik's speech.
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Home Ministry will act appropriately on Zakir Naik's 'objectiona
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 7 (ANI): Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said that the Home Ministry will analyse and act appropriately on Zakir Naik's 'objectionable' speeches.
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