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  Conflict over religion worrying: Dalai Lama

  India | January 13, 2015 20:32 IST

  Kolkata: 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 | January 15, 2015 15:59 IST

  MJ 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

  Politics | December 11, 2014 19:07 IST

  Puducherry: 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

  Politics | November 17, 2014 16:28 IST

  New 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

  Politics | November 09, 2014 21:53 IST

  New 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 | August 25, 2014 16:42 IST

  Dhaka: 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

  Politics | May 27, 2014 20:09 IST

  New 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

  Politics | May 02, 2014 22:15 IST

  New 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 | April 14, 2014 9:46 IST

  Puducherry : 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

  Politics | April 03, 2014 11:44 IST

  New 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

  Politics | October 03, 2013 11:18 IST

  New 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

  Politics | October 01, 2013 11:46 IST

  Hyderabad: 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

  Politics | June 25, 2013 17:34 IST

  Patna, 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

  Politics | January 26, 2013 18:54 IST

  Bangalore, 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

  Politics | January 12, 2013 19:02 IST

  New 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 | June 03, 2012 16:00 IST

  Dharamsala, 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