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Fact Check: Suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma didn’t campaign in poll-bound Delhi, viral video is old

A video of Sharma wearing a saffron scarf & holding a saffron flag was shared on X with the claim that she has entered the Delhi Assembly elections. Video dates back to January 2024.

After Nupur Sharma sparks row with Bahraich violence claims, Congress demands police action

Sharma claimed victim had been tortured, an allegation Bahraich police had denied earlier. She later withdrew her remarks, saying they were based on what she learnt from media.

BJP panel sitting on her case for over 2 yrs, Nupur Sharma eases back into public life

Nupur Sharma was suspended from BJP in 2022 for derogatory remarks about Prophet Mohammad. While issue is pending, she was seen as candidate for Lok Sabha polls, it is learnt.

Why court acquitted cleric, 5 others accused of raising ‘sar tan se juda’ slogan against Nupur Sharma

Ajmer court cited several loopholes in prosecution case to acquit Khadim Gauhar Chishti and the others, arrested in 2022 for allegedly raising the slogan against suspended BJP leader.

Suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma ‘in reckoning for Rae Bareli ticket’, central leadership to decide

Sharma was suspended from BJP in June 2022 over her remarks on Prophet Mohammad. Party had then said it ‘does not promote such people or philosophy’. 

‘Hurting religious sentiments’ FIRs against Nupur Sharma & Zubair ‘in cold storage’, no progress in 1 yr

SC moved all cases to Delhi Police last year. While it is learnt that case file on Sharma is 'awaited from Maharashtra', Zubair lawyer says police didn't contact him since release on bail.

Claiming death threats over remarks on Prophet Mohammad, Nupur Sharma gets gun license

Nupur Sharma had withdrawn her remarks and said her comments were not to hurt anybody's religious feelings even as she was removed from the position of BJP spokesperson in June 2022.

Turkish TV beheadings, crossed out Nupur Sharma photo – what ‘instigated’ Udaipur tailor killing

NIA Thursday filed chargesheet against 11, including 2 alleged Pakistanis, in Kanhaiya Lal murder — killed for 'supporting ex BJP leader Nupur Sharma on controversial comment against Prophet'.

‘Don’t want to get into new controversy after Nupur Sharma’ — Why BJP is quiet on Rushdie attack

BJP & most opposition parties in India except Congress and CPI(M) have refrained from commenting on attack on author Salman Rushdie, which took place in New York on 12 August.

Ajmer Sharif never had to explain itself. It now confronts new world of suspicion, scrutiny

In his last sermon, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti urged his followers to avoid politics and courts, but conflict defines existence of modern-day khadims.

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Indian police need urgent reforms. 2006 SC order yielded no results

In the face of judicial scrutiny, several states issued executive orders after SC’s 2006 verdict. But these enactments were cleverly designed to circumvent the implementation of judicial directions.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.