[ad_1] Kolkata: Even as a controversy broke out over what political rivals saw as an attempt to usurp the legacy of national poet Rabindranath Tagore by the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a speech here on Tuesday to mark the Nobel Laurette’s birth anniversary pointedly spoke aboutContinue Reading
[ad_1] Asaduddin Owaisi Asaduddin Owaisi, the leader of the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), criticised former Congress President Sonia Gandhi when she campaigned in Karnataka’s Hubballi for Jagadish Shettar, who just joined the party after cutting relations with the BJP. Owaisi told a crowd in Hubballi on Saturday that heContinue Reading
[ad_1] Badal: Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal was a nationalist and secularist who respected all religions and spread the message of peace, harmony and mutual brotherhood, his son and party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Thursday. Addressing a gathering at the “bhog” ceremony, Sukhbir Badal sought forgivenessContinue Reading
[ad_1] Jammu: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Sunday asked people of Jammu and Kashmir to protect the country’s secular countenance from the dangers of “communalism and hate politics”. “Secularism is one of the philosophical pillars of our party and in contemporary times the idea of secularism is of utmostContinue Reading
[ad_1] AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi (PTI Photo) Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday remarked that Hindutva crimes are on the rise under the governance of a ‘secular’ government in Bihar. Owaisi’s ‘secular’ jibe was directed at the JD(U)-RJD-Congress alliance which is currently in government in the state. “Hindutva crimesContinue Reading
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday observed that there is a growing consensus around hate speech and stressed there is no scope for hate crimes on the basis of religion in a secular country such as India. “There cannot be any compromise on hate speech at all,” theContinue Reading