Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot On Friday slammed BJP leader Vasundhara Raje for attacking him over CBI action against Gulab Chand Kataria and reportedly saying that "we are not wearing bangles". "Bangle is a symbol of women's dignity and use of such a language shows that she has lost self control and insulted women," Gehlot said in a statement in Jaipur.
Raje made the comment on Thursday while alleging that Kataria was "falsely implicated" in Sohrabuddin encounter case by the CBI "at the behest" of the Chief Minister. Gehlot sought apology from Raje for her comment.
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01:57 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said no person would be arrested under Section 66A of the IT Act for posting objectionable comments on social networking websites without prior approval from an officer not below the rank of inspector general of police. A vacation bench of Justice BS Chauhan and Justice Dipak Misra passed the order after hearing a plea by Shreya Singhal, who had petitioned the court against...
04:20 AM, May 17, 2013
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Assembly will reconvene on Monday after almost a week of not operating. Both Houses of the Assembly were adjourned on April 9 after the opposition created a ruckus over Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's 'urine' comment. The Lower House was adjourned after censure motion against Ajit Pawar was not accepted. The Upper House was adjourned after the opposition demanded resignation of Ajit Pawar post the lunch session....
08:08 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Chennai: Expressing support to the cause of protecting Sri Lankan Tamils, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said India should have demanded Sri Lanka's suspension from the Commonwealth for alleged human rights violations and urged the country not to participate in the next CHOGM. "India should have taken the initiative to bring to the notice of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group over the violation of human rights and sought...
11:39 PM, Apr 03, 2013
After launching Graph Search and the new News Feed, Facebook has now introduced one more feature that lets users reply to comments. ...
11:39 AM, Mar 26, 2013
IBN7's managing editor Ashutosh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on Ashis Nandy's comments about Dalits at the Jaipur Literature Festival. ...
05:18 PM, Feb 04, 2013
In this episode of The Week That Wasn't, Cyrus Broacha takes on politicians and religious leaders for making anti-women comments following the gangrape case in the national capital. ...
03:49 PM, Jan 13, 2013
Taking a strong stand against the statements made by some politicians after the Delhi gangrape incident, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said such people should be asked to "go home". The minister said he felt "diminished as a human being" after the December incident which has hurt India's image across the world. ...
12:32 PM, Jan 11, 2013
Congress on Monday hit out at BJP for making "outrageous" comments after the opposition party accused the government of being interested in doing "drama" over the south Delhi gangrape incident and questioned the "secrecy" maintained on the girl's cremation. "BJP is being outrageous. There is no question of doing anything secretly or hurriedly. Nothing was done without the consent of the parents of the girl," party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary said...
03:58 AM, Jan 01, 2013
Politicians have once again come under fire for their shameful and shocking comments. ...
08:03 PM, Dec 28, 2012
New Delhi: Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata has dubbed as "completely untrue" critical comments against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attributed to him in an interview and apologised for "any embarrassment" that the "misrepresentation" may have caused to him or the government. "I have always been one of your greatest admirers and supporters," Tata has written to Singh who responded by saying that those in public life "inevitably face" criticism and...
08:33 PM, Dec 20, 2012
New York: Media magnate Rupert Murdoch stirred an online row with a tweet complaining about the "Jewish owned" press and apologised again in a bid to calm the furore. Murdoch, whose News Corporation empire includes Fox television, BSkyB, The Wall Street Journal, the London Times and HarperCollins publishers wrote on Saturday on Twitter: "Why is Jewish owned press so consistently anti Israel in every crisis?" Facing accusations of anti-Semitism, Murdoch...
09:07 AM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: Expressing concern over the arrest of a 21-year-old girl for posted comments against shutdown of Mumbai on social networking website Facebook, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said that Maharashtra Police mishandled the law and it's illegal to arrest people like this. He further said said the IT Act should not be used to 'throttle dissent'. "I am deeply saddened (by the arrest of the two girls). It...
09:20 PM, Nov 19, 2012
Mumbai: A 21-year-old girl, who posted comments against Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray on social networking website Facebook, was arrested by the police. A friend of the girl was also arrested for liking the anti-Thackeray comment by the police in connection with the case. However, the girl and her friend were later released on bail after they were produced before a local court. The girl hails from Palghar in Thane...
04:29 PM, Nov 19, 2012
New Delhi: BJP member and veteran Supreme Court lawyer Ram Jethmalani's comment on Ram, the protagonist in the epic 'Ramayana', has widened the divide within the party and also drawn ire from Congress and the Hindutva brigade. In an embarrassment to the national party which spearheaded the Ram Temple movement and Hindutva agenda, Jethmalani on Friday called Ram a bad husband for abandoning Sita when she was pregnant. While Ayodha...
12:48 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader Vinay Katiyar on Friday backed senior member of the party Ram Jethmalani's controversial comments on Ram, the protagonist in the epic 'Ramayana'. Jethmalani on Thursday had referred to Ram as a bad husband for abandoning Sita when she was pregnant. While Katiyar said he agreed with his party colleague's opinion that Sita shouldn't have been banished, he also poked fun at Jethmalani. While making fun of...
11:47 AM, Nov 09, 2012
Playwright Girish Karnad strongly defended his attack on VS Naipaul saying he has no regrets for publicly targeting the eminent writer. While speaking to Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose on Face the Nation, Karnad also went on to say that he didn't mind being called a professional secularist but Naipaul had no right to abuse Muslims. Here is the full transcript of the show: Sagarika Ghose: Hi there, good evening. Playwright...
12:36 PM, Nov 06, 2012
New Delhi: Playwright Girish Karnad has strongly defended his attack on VS Naipaul saying he has no regrets for publicly targeting the eminent writer. Karnad also went on to say that he didn't mind being called a professional secularist but Naipaul had no right to abuse Muslims. "I waited for this opportunity. I regret that he made the statement at this festival. An attack on Muslims annoys me. Naipaul is...
04:38 PM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Mumbai Lit fest on Friday witnessed major drama when veteran actor and theatre artist Girish Karnad slammed Nobel prize laureate VS Naipaul and called him anti-Muslim. Karnad, who was present at the lit-fest on Friday to conduct a class on theatre, spoke at length about Naipaul. Karnad said, "Now Mr Naipaul has written three books on India, three very big books and if you read them you...
09:59 PM, Nov 03, 2012
London: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson stirred the pot in the latest racism storm to hit English soccer on Friday when he dismissed Chelsea's allegations that referee Mark Clattenburg racially abused two of their players last week. Former Chelsea player Paul Elliott, the club's first black captain, also cast doubt on the club's claims that have put racism on the back pages again. Chelsea lodged an official complaint to the...
08:14 PM, Nov 02, 2012
