Submit declaration under oath in 7 days, or claims will be considered invalid: CEC

New Delhi,17/8: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday launched a counter attack on Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his ‘vote chori’ allegations, saying he has no other option but to submit his claims under oath in seven days.In an unprecedented press conference by the Election Commission on a day…

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Karnataka Deputy CM Shivakumar accuses BJP of politicising Dharmasthala case

Bengaluru, 16/8: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday accused the BJP of “playing politics” over the Dharmasthala “multiple murders and burials” case. He was responding to BJP’s “Dharmasthala Chalo” rally, in which party members travelled in several vehicles to the temple town protesting against what they call a “smear campaign” against Hindu…

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Trailer launch of controversial film The Bengal Files stopped by Kolkata Police, claims Vivek Agnihotri

Kolkata, 16/8: The Kolkata Police on Saturday stopped the trailer launch of controversial film ‘The Bengal Files’ based on the 1946 Calcutta Riots, its director Vivek Agnihotri claimed. The trailer of the film was slated to be launched at a five-star hotel in the metropolis in the afternoon. Police personnel present at the venue refused…

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NCERT special module terms Jinnah, Congress, Viceroy Mountbatten culprits of India’s partition

New Delhi, 16/8: A special module released by the NCERT to mark “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day” has held Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Congress and then Viceroy Lord Mountbatten responsible for India’s partition. The module has also noted that post-Partition, Kashmir emerged as a new problem, which had never existed in India before and created a…

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