BJP calls Akhilesh Yadav’s Diwali remarks shocking, insensitive to Hindus

Akhilesh Yadav

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday hit out at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav for his remarks questioning the need to spend large sums on lighting diyas and candles during Diwali, calling his statement "shocking" and "insensitive" towards Hindu traditions. A controversy erupted after Yadav said Saturday, "Throughout the world, cities become beautifully illuminated during Christmas, and this festive lighting can last for months. We should take inspiration...

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Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio to lead NPF after party merger

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Kohima: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has been elected as the leader of the NPF legislature party (NPFLP). The decision was taken after Rio's Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) Saturday adopted a resolution for merger with the Naga People's Front (NPF). The development comes after a meeting of the NPF legislature party held at the CM's residential office Saturday, after the NDPP's resolution for merger with NPF. Rio, in a social...

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Hamas blames Israel for delaying hostage recovery by closing Rafah

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Jerusalem: Hamas said that Israel's continued closure of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip will "delay recovery operations and the handover of bodies of Israeli hostages." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to keep the crossing closed until further notice "constitutes a blatant breach of the ceasefire agreement and a repudiation of the commitments he made before mediators and guarantor parties," Hamas said in a press statement...

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Suvendu Adhikari condemns attack on BJP MP Raju Bista’s convoy

Suvendu Adhikari condemns attack on BJP MP Raju Bista’s convoy

Kolkata: Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari strongly condemned the alleged attack on Darjeeling MP Raju Bista in North Bengal, accusing the Trinamool Congress of the "heinous" act by its goons. Saturday evening, BJP MP Raju Bista's convoy was attacked by miscreants in the Sukhia Pokhari area in Darjeeling district while returning from Rimbik after undertaking relief work. A complaint was lodged the same night. Based on the...

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BJP calls Akhilesh Yadav’s Diwali remarks shocking, insensitive to Hindus

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday hit out at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav for his remarks questioning the need to spend large sums on lighting diyas and candles during Diwali, calling his statement "shocking" and "insensitive" towards Hindu traditions. A controversy erupted after Yadav said Saturday, "Throughout the world, cities become beautifully illuminated...

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Jerusalem: Hamas said that Israel's continued closure of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip will "delay recovery operations and the handover of bodies of Israeli hostages." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to keep the crossing closed until further notice "constitutes a blatant breach of the ceasefire agreement and a repudiation of the...

Suvendu Adhikari condemns attack on BJP MP Raju Bista’s convoy

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Kolkata: Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari strongly condemned the alleged attack on Darjeeling MP Raju Bista in North Bengal, accusing the Trinamool Congress of the "heinous" act by its goons. Saturday evening, BJP MP Raju Bista's convoy was attacked by miscreants in the Sukhia Pokhari area in Darjeeling district while returning from Rimbik...

 

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