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BJP, Congress clash over NCERT’s Partition modules

A special module released by NCERT has held Jinnah, Congress and Mountbatten responsible for India’s partition. (Representational image)
Published on Aug 16, 2025 08:07 PM IST

Pakistan’s politico-military tango: Relationship fractured by deep State

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General Asim Munir is a radicalised general in the Zia mould who has plunged the politico-military dynamics in Pakistan to a new low (Reuters)
Published on May 13, 2025 12:06 AM IST

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

Hardeep Puri said Rahul Gandhi wants the nation to bleed into a “kind of a breakup”.
Published on Sep 17, 2024 09:48 AM IST

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

File photo of BJP leader CT Ravi.
Published on Oct 05, 2023 09:01 AM IST

Partition only due to 2 persons: Manik Saha

Tripura chief minister Manik Saha (PTI File)
Updated on Aug 15, 2023 04:39 PM IST

Separated by a wall, raised solely on basis of religion

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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)
Updated on Apr 09, 2023 07:51 PM IST

How LK Advani and Jaswant Singh saw Jinnah

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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”
Updated on Nov 22, 2021 07:57 AM IST

UP minister suggests narco test for Akhilesh Yadav over Jinnah remark

Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav.
Published on Nov 06, 2021 03:55 PM IST

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

Indian and Pakistani national flags fluttering (File Photo/Reuters)
Updated on Aug 14, 2021 12:58 PM IST

Blaming the Congress for Partition is a travesty

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
Updated on Dec 13, 2019 07:41 PM IST

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

A file photo of former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi.
Updated on Aug 28, 2019 05:44 PM IST

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

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.
Updated on May 25, 2019 09:10 AM IST

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

“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.
Updated on May 24, 2019 11:32 PM IST

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

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.
Updated on May 24, 2019 03:35 PM IST

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

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.”
Updated on Jun 22, 2020 10:52 PM IST

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

Shatrughan Sinha recently left BJP and joined Congress.
Updated on Apr 27, 2019 01:59 PM IST

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

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”.
Updated on Dec 25, 2018 07:23 PM IST

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

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.
Updated on Dec 05, 2018 05:45 PM IST

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

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama during an event in New Delhi.
Updated on Aug 08, 2018 11:08 PM IST

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

The Hindu-Muslim Jhuley Lal-Udero Lal shrine in Sindh.
Updated on Jul 21, 2018 02:05 AM IST

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

The Hindu-Muslim Jhuley Lal-Udero Lal shrine in Sindh.
Updated on Jul 21, 2018 02:04 AM IST

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

Security personnel stand guard as students stage a protest over Jinnah portrait issue outside the Aligarh Muslim University gate in Aligarh on May 4.
Updated on May 11, 2018 04:27 PM IST

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

The Gandhi plaque.
Updated on May 10, 2018 07:20 AM IST

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

File photo of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shatrughan Sinha.
Updated on May 09, 2018 10:34 PM IST

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

Aligarh Muslim University students stage a protest over the Jinnah portrait issue in Aligarh on Sunday.
Published on May 09, 2018 06:02 PM IST

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

Security personnel stand guard as Aligarh Muslim University students stage a protest over Jinnah portrait issue outside the university gate in Aligarh.
Updated on May 09, 2018 01:54 PM IST

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

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.
Updated on May 07, 2018 11:18 PM IST

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

Security personnel stand guard as Aligarh Muslim University students stage a protest over Jinnah portrait issue outside the university gate in Aligarh.
Updated on May 07, 2018 09:26 AM IST

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

VK Singh suggested that protesting AMU students have to choose between wisdom and prudence, or narrow-mindedness and extremism.
Updated on May 06, 2018 05:49 PM IST

Jinnah portrait protesters should also oppose Godse temples: Javed Akhtar

Police tries control the situation after a clash between two groups at Aligarh Muslim University on Wednesday.
Updated on May 03, 2018 02:26 PM IST