Defamation case filed by Kirit Somaiya’s wife: Sanjay Raut gets 15-day imprisonment

Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Thursday sentenced Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut to 15 days simple imprisonment in a defamation complaint filed against him by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya’s wife Medha Somaiya. The metropolitan magistrate (Sewree court) convicted the Rajya Sabha member under Indian Penal Code Section 500 (punishment for defamation) and also imposed…

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No bigger advocate than Trump for Asian-American community, his campaign says

Washington: There has been no bigger advocate of the Asian-American community than Donald Trump, the former president and Republican presidential candidate, his campaign has said. The statement came on Wednesday, a day after a survey revealed that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris was leading against him by 38 points among the Asian-American voters. “There has…

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Owaisi’s Sentiment-Hurt Justification

The political discourse in India is often marked by sensitive debates around religious sentiments. One such episode came into the spotlight when AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi compared the Tirumala Laddu adulteration controversy with the Modi government’s proposed amendments to the Waqf Board Act. Owaisi’s comparison was viewed as an attempt to parallel two seemingly unrelated…

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