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'Doing like Jinnah': Hardeep Singh Puri's salvo from US at Rahul Gandhi

Hardeep Singh Puri said Rahul Gandhi never talked about the Sikhs in India.

Hardeep Puri said Rahul Gandhi wants the nation to bleed into a “kind of a breakup”.(File)

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Published on Sep 17, 2024 09:37 AM IST

ByHT News Desk | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari

If state is left like this, Bin Laden, Kasab's photos will be exhibited: CT Ravi

BJP leader CT Ravi accused the ruling Congress government in Karnataka of appeasement politics and criticized Rahul Gandhi's stance on caste-based census.

cities

Published on Oct 05, 2023 09:01 AM IST

ANI | | Posted by Yamini C S

Partition only due to 2 persons: Manik Saha

Manik Saha added that people suffered due to the Partition as it not only resulted in geographical division but also division of humanity, culture and heritage.

Tripura chief minister Manik Saha (PTI File)

cities

Updated on Aug 15, 2023 03:31 PM IST

ByPriyanka Deb Barman

Separated by a wall, raised solely on basis of religion

People like these believe India and Pakistan can unite. Nothing is impossible, but there are several obstacles in the way

The ghost of the shadow war Pakistan embraced has now engulfed it. The dream of Quaid-I-Azam MA Jinnah is being destroyed (HT ARCHIVE)

opinion

Updated on Apr 09, 2023 07:50 PM IST

ByShashi Shekhar

How LK Advani and Jaswant Singh saw Jinnah

At a rally, Amit Shah asked: “Does anyone feel Jinnah is great?”. He then said, “No one.” However, LK Advani and Jaswant Singh were two former BJP leaders who publicly stated their admiration of him in the past.

I asked if Jinnah hated Hindus. “Wrong. Totally wrong”, Jaswant Singh replied. “His principal disagreement was with the Congress Party … he had no problems whatsoever with Hindus”(Getty Images)

opinion

Updated on Nov 20, 2021 07:53 PM IST

ByKaran Thapar

UP minister suggests narco test for Akhilesh Yadav over Jinnah remark

The minister’s narco test suggestion comes days after he alleged that the former UP chief minister is getting economic support from Pakistan’s spy agency ISI.

Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav.(PTI)

india news

Published on Nov 06, 2021 03:50 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav

Independence Day 2021: Why Pakistan celebrates freedom a day before India

Pakistan Independence Day: Two sovereign nations, India and Pakistan, both came into existence on August 15, 1947, thanks to the Indian Independence Act, 1947.

Indian and Pakistani national flags fluttering (File Photo/Reuters)

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Updated on Aug 14, 2021 12:58 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Written by Karan Manral, New Delhi

Blaming the Congress for Partition is a travesty

History matters. With the British continuing to give the veto to Jinnah, that the Congress, with great reluctance, to avoid civil war, and because it was left with no choice, “agreed” to Partition

Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. From its inception in 1906, the Muslim League was a command performance with the sole purpose of acting as a counterweight to the nationalist demands of the Congress(Getty Images)

analysis

Updated on Dec 13, 2019 07:41 PM IST

ByMridula Mukherjee

Shahid Afridi to visit LoC to ‘express solidarity with Kashmiri brethren’

Shahid Afridi also said that he would also visit Mazar-e-Quaid (the tomb of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah) in Karachi on Friday.

cricket

Updated on Aug 28, 2019 05:44 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

‘Jinnah portrait at AMU to be sent to Pak’: BJP MP

“The right place for Jinnah’s portrait is not at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), but in Pakistan. There is no change in our stand and it will be sent by whatever means possible,” said Satish Gautam.

After being elected as Aligarh MP for the second time in a row, BJP leader Satish Gautam said that his first priority was to send the portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to Pakistan.(Diwakar Prasad/ Hindustan Times)

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Updated on May 25, 2019 09:10 AM IST

Agra | ByHT Correspondent

Lok Sabha election results 2019: UP’s BJP, SP winners rake up Jinnah, Vande Mataram issue

Gautam, who has won a consecutive term from Aligarh Lok Sabha constituency, said, “Among my priorities is to send the portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah which is locked inside a room in AMU to Pakistan.”

“The right place for Jinnah’s portrait is not at AMU, but in Pakistan. There is no change in our stand.” A freedom fighter, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is one of founders of the state of Pakistan.(HT Photo)

elections

Updated on May 24, 2019 11:32 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Agra/Meerut | ByHT Correspondents

Lok Sabha election results 2019: Why Jinnah is on the mind of BJP’s newly-elected Aligarh MP

The BJP, despite the arithmetic advantage of the SP-BSP ‘mahagatbandhan’ won 64 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats, demolishing the alliance partners, which got 15 seats between them.

Gautam had raked up the Jinnah portrait issue last year too asking the Aligarh Muslim University to explain why it displays a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.(ANI)

elections

Updated on May 24, 2019 03:35 PM IST

Aligarh | ByHT Correspondent

‘A slip of the tongue’: Shatrughan Sinha clarifies his Jinnah remark

Sinha said he wanted to take Maulana Azad’s name but instead, uttered the name of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

The actor-turned-politician’s clarification came after he courted controversy for saying that “from Mahatma Gandhi to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, all are part of Congress Parivar.”

elections

Updated on Jun 22, 2020 10:52 PM IST

Patna (Bihar) | ByAsian News International

‘From Gandhi to Jinnah...’: Shatrughan Sinha ‘applauds’ Congress at rally

Shatrughan Sinha, who recently left BJP and joined Congress, on Friday lauded Muhammad Ali Jinnah along with Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru, saying they all had a role to play for India’s independence.

Shatrughan Sinha recently left BJP and joined Congress.(Satyabrata Tripathy/HT Photo)

india news

Updated on Apr 27, 2019 01:59 PM IST

Chhindwara | ByAsian News International

‘Pakistan will treat minorities as equals’: Imran Khan’s latest jibe at India

The controversy over the issue started when actor Naseeruddin Shah lamented the rise of mob violence in India over cow vigilantism and expressed fear over rising religious intolerance in the country.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday again tried to compare the treatment of minorities in his country and India, saying these communities would be treated as equal citizens in “Naya Pakistan”, “unlike what is happening in India”.(AP)

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Updated on Dec 25, 2018 07:23 PM IST

Islamabad | ByIndo Asian News Service

‘I am No 1 citizen of India’: AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi on Yogi Adityanath’s Nizam jab

Owaisi was responding to Adityanath’s recent remarks at a rally in poll-bound Telangana that Owaisi would have to “run away” from Hyderabad, just like the Nizam, if the BJP came to power in the state.

President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi addressed the media in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, December 5, 2018. Elections in Telangana will be held on December 7.(AP)

india news

Updated on Dec 05, 2018 05:45 PM IST

ByPress Trust of India

Partition wouldn’t have happened if Jinnah had become PM: Dalai Lama

The Tibetan spiritual leader said he thinks Mahatma Gandhi was willing to give the prime ministership to Jinnah but Nehru refused.

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama during an event in New Delhi.(Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

india news

Updated on Aug 08, 2018 11:08 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Panaji | ByGerard de Souza

Review: Points of Entry; Encounters at the Origin-Sites of Pakistan by Nadeem Farooq Paracha

A nuanced collection of essays on the history, culture and politics of Pakista

The Hindu-Muslim Jhuley Lal-Udero Lal shrine in Sindh.(wikipedia)

books

Updated on Jul 21, 2018 02:05 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManjula Narayan

Review: Points of Entry; Encounters at the Origin-sites of Pakistan by Nadeem Farooq Paracha

A nuanced collection of essays on the history, culture and politics of Pakistan

books

Updated on Jul 21, 2018 02:04 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManjula Narayan

BJP MP Savitri Bai Phule terms Jinnah ‘mahapurush’, says will always remain a great person

BJP lawmaker from Bahraich Savitri Bai Phule said Jinnah was respected from the times of freedom struggle and his name should be taken with respect.

Security personnel stand guard as students stage a protest over Jinnah portrait issue outside the Aligarh Muslim University gate in Aligarh on May 4.(PTI File Photo)

india news

Updated on May 11, 2018 04:27 PM IST

Press Trust of India, Bahraich (UP) | ByPress Trust of India

Amid row over Jinnah portrait, a Gandhi plaque at Karachi commerce chamber

The Pakistani port city of Karachi proudly flaunts its connection with Mahatma Gandhi.

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Updated on May 10, 2018 07:20 AM IST

Islamabad, Hindustan Times | ByImtiaz Ahmad

What’s the need to remove pictures of people, says Shatrughan Sinha on AMU row

Shatrughan Sinha also said the BJP should introspect on the incidents wherein some people were lynched in the name of protection of cows in various parts of the country.

File photo of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shatrughan Sinha.(PTI Photo)

india news

Updated on May 09, 2018 10:34 PM IST

Press Trust of India, Panaji | ByPress Trust of India

Impossible to believe Aligarh BJP MP unaware of Jinnah portrait: AMU union

AMU students’ union secretary Mohammad Fahad said an RTI reply confirming the existence of the Pakistan founder’s portrait was sent last year to all members of the AMU court, which includes Aligarh MP Satish Gautam.

Aligarh Muslim University students stage a protest over the Jinnah portrait issue in Aligarh on Sunday.(PTI)

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Published on May 09, 2018 06:02 PM IST

Press Trust of India, Aligarh | ByHT Correspondent

Aligarh Muslim University V-C meets Rajnath Singh over Jinnah portrait controversy

Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor on Wednesday met Home Minister Rajnath Singh over a controversy on the portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah on its premises

Security personnel stand guard as Aligarh Muslim University students stage a protest over Jinnah portrait issue outside the university gate in Aligarh.(PTI File Photo)

india news

Updated on May 09, 2018 01:54 PM IST

Press Trust of India, New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

Prayer promotes peace, no trouble should be allowed over it: Naqvi

Amid row over namaz being offered in the open in Gurugram and right-wing groups disrupting them, Union minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the issue has to be settled amicably.

Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the Haryana government is sensitive towards the prayer issue and CM Khattar had clarified that his government is not against offering prayers.(PTI/File Photo)

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Updated on May 07, 2018 11:18 PM IST

Press Trust of India, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Azadi slogans in ‘AMU video’ against right wing groups, not India: Official

On May 2, violence broke out at the AMU campus as the row over a Muhammad Ali Jinnah portrait on the campus triggered a right-wing protest.

india news

Updated on May 07, 2018 09:26 AM IST

PTI, Aligarh | ByHT Correspondent

Muslims wanting Jinnah’s photo in AMU insulting their forefathers: VK Singh

Minister of state for external affairs VK Singh said students in favour of Jinnah’s portrait in AMU are Indians today because of their forefathers who had rejected the ideology of Pakistan’s founder.

VK Singh suggested that protesting AMU students have to choose between wisdom and prudence, or narrow-mindedness and extremism.(HT/File Photo)

india news

Updated on May 06, 2018 05:49 PM IST

Press Trust of India, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Jinnah portrait protesters should also oppose Godse temples: Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar to twitter to voice his opinion on the Jinnah portrait controversy at the Aligarh Muslim university

Police tries control the situation after a clash between two groups at Aligarh Muslim University on Wednesday.(PTI Photo)

india news

Updated on May 03, 2018 02:26 PM IST

Press Trust of India, Mumbai | ByPress Trust of India

UP minister Swami Prasad Maurya’s website hacked amid row over Jinnah portrait

Swami Prasad Maurya, who has denied making such remarks, said he suspected the involvement of “hackers from Pakistan”

Screenshot of the message posted on Swami Prasad Maurya’s website.

india news

Updated on May 03, 2018 08:04 PM IST

Lucknow, Hindustan Times | ByManish Chandra Pandey

Violent protests over Jinnah portrait at AMU, police cane students

The controversy over a portrait of Pakistan’s founder Jinnah started on Tuesday when Satish Gautam, Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Aligarh, wrote to AMU vice chancellor Tariq Mansoor and sought a justification for it.

Police disperse students of the Aligarh Muslim University after protests broke out over a portrait of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, in Aligarh on Wednesday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 02, 2018 11:09 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByManish Chandra Pandey

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Hardeep Singh Puri said Rahul Gandhi never talked about the Sikhs in India.

BJP leader CT Ravi accused the ruling Congress government in Karnataka of appeasement politics and criticized Rahul Gandhi's stance on caste-based census.

Manik Saha added that people suffered due to the Partition as it not only resulted in geographical division but also division of humanity, culture and heritage.

People like these believe India and Pakistan can unite. Nothing is impossible, but there are several obstacles in the way

At a rally, Amit Shah asked: “Does anyone feel Jinnah is great?”. He then said, “No one.” However, LK Advani and Jaswant Singh were two former BJP leaders who publicly stated their admiration of him in the past.

The minister’s narco test suggestion comes days after he alleged that the former UP chief minister is getting economic support from Pakistan’s spy agency ISI.

Pakistan Independence Day: Two sovereign nations, India and Pakistan, both came into existence on August 15, 1947, thanks to the Indian Independence Act, 1947.

History matters. With the British continuing to give the veto to Jinnah, that the Congress, with great reluctance, to avoid civil war, and because it was left with no choice, “agreed” to Partition

Shahid Afridi also said that he would also visit Mazar-e-Quaid (the tomb of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah) in Karachi on Friday.

“The right place for Jinnah’s portrait is not at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), but in Pakistan. There is no change in our stand and it will be sent by whatever means possible,” said Satish Gautam.

Gautam, who has won a consecutive term from Aligarh Lok Sabha constituency, said, “Among my priorities is to send the portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah which is locked inside a room in AMU to Pakistan.”

The BJP, despite the arithmetic advantage of the SP-BSP ‘mahagatbandhan’ won 64 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats, demolishing the alliance partners, which got 15 seats between them.

Sinha said he wanted to take Maulana Azad’s name but instead, uttered the name of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Shatrughan Sinha, who recently left BJP and joined Congress, on Friday lauded Muhammad Ali Jinnah along with Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru, saying they all had a role to play for India’s independence.

The controversy over the issue started when actor Naseeruddin Shah lamented the rise of mob violence in India over cow vigilantism and expressed fear over rising religious intolerance in the country.

Owaisi was responding to Adityanath’s recent remarks at a rally in poll-bound Telangana that Owaisi would have to “run away” from Hyderabad, just like the Nizam, if the BJP came to power in the state.

The Tibetan spiritual leader said he thinks Mahatma Gandhi was willing to give the prime ministership to Jinnah but Nehru refused.

A nuanced collection of essays on the history, culture and politics of Pakista

A nuanced collection of essays on the history, culture and politics of Pakistan

BJP lawmaker from Bahraich Savitri Bai Phule said Jinnah was respected from the times of freedom struggle and his name should be taken with respect.

The Pakistani port city of Karachi proudly flaunts its connection with Mahatma Gandhi.

Shatrughan Sinha also said the BJP should introspect on the incidents wherein some people were lynched in the name of protection of cows in various parts of the country.

AMU students’ union secretary Mohammad Fahad said an RTI reply confirming the existence of the Pakistan founder’s portrait was sent last year to all members of the AMU court, which includes Aligarh MP Satish Gautam.

Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor on Wednesday met Home Minister Rajnath Singh over a controversy on the portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah on its premises

Amid row over namaz being offered in the open in Gurugram and right-wing groups disrupting them, Union minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the issue has to be settled amicably.

On May 2, violence broke out at the AMU campus as the row over a Muhammad Ali Jinnah portrait on the campus triggered a right-wing protest.

Minister of state for external affairs VK Singh said students in favour of Jinnah’s portrait in AMU are Indians today because of their forefathers who had rejected the ideology of Pakistan’s founder.

Javed Akhtar to twitter to voice his opinion on the Jinnah portrait controversy at the Aligarh Muslim university

Swami Prasad Maurya, who has denied making such remarks, said he suspected the involvement of “hackers from Pakistan”

The controversy over a portrait of Pakistan’s founder Jinnah started on Tuesday when Satish Gautam, Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Aligarh, wrote to AMU vice chancellor Tariq Mansoor and sought a justification for it.

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