Lodha, the minister for Tourism, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, as well as Women and Child Development, in the current Shinde Sena-BJP ruling coalition, triggered a furore after comparing CM Shinde to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, saying, "his actions against Uddhav Thackeray is somewhat similar to the historic escape of Shivaji Maharaj from Agra."
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday emphasised on the need for effective training system in armed police forces to fulfil expectations, instil a sense of duty and achieve goals.
Supreme Court Justice DY Chandrachud has said that the Dabur Karwa Chauth ad featuring a same sex couple had to be pulled off because of “public intolerance”. The Judge made the remark on Saturday while speaking about the gap between laws aiming at removing social inequities and the ground reality. Dabur withdrew an ad showing a lesbian couple celebrating Karwa Chauth together and apologised after […]
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 7 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that the recent terror attacks on civilians in the Kashmir valley show the failure of the 'double engine' governments of Jammu and Kashmir administration and Centre, which may put more restrictions on union territory.
Minister Subhas Sarkar said that Rabindranath Tagore’s mother discriminated against him because he was “dark”.
Rabindranath Tagore is in the news for quite an unusual reason, Union Minister Subhas Sarkar has controversially commented on the Nobel laureate’s skin complexion and said that his mother treated him differently because of it.
During a visit to Visva Bharati University that was founded by Tagore, Mr Sarkar said that the Nobel laureate’s mother discriminated against him because he was “dark”.