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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Nupur Sharma had withdrawn her remarks and said her comments were not to hurt anybody's religious feelings even as she was removed from the position of BJP spokesperson in June 2022.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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Ishaan Khatter is officially the Milind Soman of the 21st century

The actor has both a good physique and acting prowess. He impressed audiences with his performance in A Suitable Boy (2020), making love look giddy and poetic all at once.

Northeast set for economic take-off with Rs 1.12 lakh cr in investment commitments from Tata, Reliance

Driving this wave of interest is the upcoming Rising North-East Investors Summit in New Delhi, organised by the Ministry for Development of the North Eastern Region.

Op Sindoor: Inside story of what led Pakistan DGMO to make frantic calls for ‘ceasefire’

India used multiple types of aircraft, air to surface missiles & air defence systems to inflict damage to PAF. Almost all strikes were covered by high-res recon UAVs & satellites.

Pakistan has a 7-year terror itch. Here’s a two-minus-one-front idea to cure it

Pakistani establishments and their proxies are prone to severe, predictable 7-year-itch. Each step up the escalation ladder buys India about this many years of deterrence on average.