Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her government is equally considerate towards all minorities and the state never denies shelter to anyone. On the issue of migration, she said: “Today is International Migrants Day. It ...
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New Delhi : Of over 60 lakh children aged 6-13 who were reckoned as ‘out of school’ in 2014, more than 75 per cent belonged SC, ST and other minority groups, the Lok Sabha was told on Monday. Quoting a ...
Read More »Inclusive India exists; people trolling with narrow thoughts a negligible minority: Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha
By Arundhuti Banerjee, Mumbai : Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, whose forthcoming film “Mulk” — about the plight of a Muslim family accused of treason — has had online trolls slamming him for being “anti-Hindu”, says the idea of inclusive India is ...
Read More »I was a minority, a lone ranger: Aamir Khan
Mumbai : From winning awards without attending award shows to bringing a new wave in the business of Indian cinema, actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan not only broke all the rules to establish his stardom over the last 30 years but also ...
Read More »Adityanath government’s first year: BJP claims historic, opposition says pathetic
By Mohit Dubey, Lucknow : As the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government completed one year in power in India’s most populous state, the jury is still out on its performance. While the party stormed back to power with a brute majority ...
Read More »Bengal given 200 cr to develop minority inhabited areas: Naqvi
Kolkata : Asserting that the BJP-led central government does not have any differential attitude towards any state, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said his department has allocated more than Rs 200 crore for the development of ...
Read More »India’s judiciary stands guardian against authoritarian tendencies
By Amulya Ganguli, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s advice to cow vigilantes not to bother over much about judicial strictures shows a measure of annoyance with the roadblocks which the Hindutva lobby is facing in a secular polity. ...
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