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TopicNupur Sharma

Topic: Nupur Sharma

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.

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.

‘Explosives course, chats with terrorists’ — UP man ‘tasked by JeM to kill Nupur Sharma’ held

According to UP ATS, Saharanpur's Mohammed Nadeem provided training literature by ‘Pakistani terrorist’ via social media, and had ‘admitted’ to being tasked with eliminating Sharma.

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Why India’s young would rather pay for a crowd than sit quietly in a library

In trying to modernise the idea of a 'third space', Gen Z has forgotten the original ones altogether. Libraries, parks, and museums were about coexistence without expectation, which went beyond productivity or leisure.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.