Secularism
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Conflict over religion worrying: Dalai Lama
India | Jan 13, 2015, 08:32 PM ISTKolkata: Describing conflict over religion in many parts of the world as “a matter of worry”, the Dalai Lama today hailed the Indian tradition of non-violence and secularism.“There are conflicts over economy, political power and
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Pakistani journo irks MJ Akbar, what happened next is commendable!
Mouthful | Jan 15, 2015, 03:59 PM ISTMJ Akbar's befitting reply to Pakistani journalist on ‘India being a Hindu Nation' is a must watch!Where India is proud of its ‘Unity in Diversity' and is scaling new highs of development with each passing
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Plea on Bhagwad Gita injurious to secularism, says former Union Minister V Narayanasamy
National | Dec 11, 2014, 07:07 PM ISTPuducherry: Condemning External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's suggestion that Bhagavad Gita be made a national scripture, former Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Thursday opined that such a move would be "injurious to secularism" and it
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Secularism a compelling necessity for country: Sonia Gandhi
National | Nov 17, 2014, 04:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Seeking to reassert Jawaharlal Nehru's legacy, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said secularism is a compelling necessity for a country as diverse as India.She also said that there can be no India without
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Giriraj Singh's inclusion 'crisp slap' to secularism: Congress
National | Nov 09, 2014, 09:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today took potshots at Narendra Modi's ministry expansion saying the inclusion of BJP leader Giriraj Singh was a “crisp slap” by the Prime Minister to secularism.The party said that the expansion was
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Hasina asks Hindus to be firm in demanding their rights
World | Aug 25, 2014, 04:42 PM ISTDhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked minority Hindu community in Bangladesh to be firm in demanding their rights and join hands in nation building with the spirit of non-communalism.“Bangladesh is your motherland, you were
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Nehruvian legacy of secularism, socialism core beliefs: Sonia
National | May 27, 2014, 08:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: Faced with the party's worst-ever poll performance, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said that “staunch secularism” and “socialist economics” were their “core beliefs” and noted that these values of Nehruvianism are being “fundamentally
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Modi challenges Sonia's secularism
National | May 02, 2014, 10:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: Questioning the track record of Congress in handling communal riots, Narendra Modi today challenged the secularism of Sonia Gandhi alleging she was not worried about Hindus or Muslims but just wanted her son
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Secularism will face a big threat if BJP comes to power: P Chidambaram
India | Apr 14, 2014, 09:46 AM ISTPuducherry : Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram yesterday said secularism would face a big threat if the BJP came to power in the Lok Sabha polls. Canvassing for Congress nominee and his ministerial colleague V
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Sonia meets Jama Masjid Imam Bukhari, other maulanas, says she joined politics only to protect secularism
National | Apr 03, 2014, 11:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Jama Masjid's mercurial Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari led a delegation of Muslim maulanas on Tuesday to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who told them that she joined politics only in order to
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PM using secularism tool to fool people, says Modi
National | Oct 03, 2013, 11:18 AM ISTNew Delhi: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today hit back at the Prime Minister for questioning his secular credentials saying he was talking “the language of the 1980s”.He also accused the government of not reading
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I appreciate Modi but secularism is must: Jagan
National | Oct 01, 2013, 11:46 AM ISTHyderabad: YSR Congress president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Monday said he appreciates BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as an administrator but advised him to stop creating insecurity in the minds of Muslims, saying this will
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Shinde lauds Nitish for his stand on secularism
National | Jun 25, 2013, 05:34 PM ISTPatna, June 25: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Tuesday described Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as "a very nice human being" and said his stand on secularism was laudable.Shinde's statement came nearly 10 days after Nitish
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Secularism the basis of India's existence: Bhardwaj
National | Jan 26, 2013, 06:54 PM ISTBangalore, Jan 26: Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj on Saturday said secularism was the basis of the country's existence and highlighted the importance of a disciplined democracy.In his address after hoisting the national flat at the
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Nehru's secularism was based on Hindu foundations: Advani
National | Jan 12, 2013, 07:02 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 12: BJP veteran L K Advani Friday said late Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's secularism was based on Hindu foundations.Quoting Nehru at the AICC session in 1961, Advani said the leader's “speech clearly
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Dalai Lama loves 'dal-roti'
India | Jun 03, 2012, 04:00 PM ISTDharamsala, Jun 3: Fifty-three years after he made India his second home, the Dalai Lama has developed a taste for ‘dal-roti' and has imbibed the virtues of secularism.Recalling his stay here ever since fleeing his