Malviya was booked in Indore in May after RSS worker Vinay Joshi alleged the cartoonist's content on social media hurt religious sentiments of Hindus & disturbed communal harmony.
The meeting at Haryana Bhawan in Delhi lasted nearly three hours and included top leaders of the Sangh, over 60 Muslim clerics, intellectuals, maulanas, and scholars.
A bench headed by Chief Justice D.K.Upadhyaya directed that the film’s release be put on hold until the central govt reviews its content under Section 6 of the Cinematograph Act.
‘The past holds us together; why should the present or the future divide us in spirit’, Jawaharlal Nehru said at his convocation address to Aligarh Muslim University students in 1948.
Lucknow’s Roop Rekha Verma defies labels. She advocates for communal and gender justice, but avoids left-liberal jargon and terms like ‘feminist’ to drive change.
Violence that erupted in Jalori Gate on Eid left 30 people, including six cops, wounded. It has left confusion, uncertainty and some finger-pointing in its wake.
Last Monday, UP CM Yogi Adityanath had directed that loudspeakers should not inconvenience others. Cops are now ensuring compliance at religious places.
At a Pranab Mukherjee Foundation event Saturday, Singh said saner elements in society must unite to fight these forces. Here’s the full text of his speech.
Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.
Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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