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United News of India
7 minutes ago
- Politics
- United News of India
Varanasi court accepts monitoring petition against Rahul Gandhi
Varanasi, July 21 (UNI ) The local court here today accepted a monitoring petition pending in the court regarding the statement given by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi about Sikhs in India during his US tour in September last. Advocate Vivek Shankar Tiwari said that a case was filed in the court of Judicial Magistrate (II) ,which was rejected by the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP-MLA) after hearing. Nageshwar Mishra had filed a monitoring petition in the Sessions Court against the order of the lower court. The court accepted the petition today after hearing. Further hearing will be held on the monitoring petition later on. After the hearing it will be decided whether the case will be registered or not. The parties were directed to appear at the next hearing. UNI XC-MBD RKM
Deccan Herald
8 hours ago
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
Varanasi court accepts plea against Rahul over 'objectionable' statement against Sikhs
Advocate Vivek Shankar Tiwari said a petition was filed in the court regarding the alleged objectionable statement made by Gandhi about Sikhs during his US visit in September 2024.
Time of India
9 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Paika rebellion to be included in IInd volume of NCERT textbook
Bhubaneswar: Following criticism from different quarters over the exclusion of Paika rebellion from the recently released Class VIII Social Science textbook, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Monday issued a clarification. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The NCERT stated that the rebellion will be covered in the second volume of the textbook, scheduled for release in Sept–Oct 2025. "It is clarified that the said textbook happens to be the first volume of this textbook. The second volume is in the final stages of development and is expected to be released in Sept–Oct 2025. Topics relating to the regional resistance movement/armed uprisings such as the Paika Rebellion/Khurda uprising of Odisha, the Kuka Movement/rebellion of the Sikhs in Punjab, etc., will be handled in this volume," said the statement issued by NCERT.
NDTV
9 hours ago
- Politics
- NDTV
UP Court Accepts Plea Against Rahul Gandhi Over Statement Against Sikhs
Varanasi: An MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on Monday accepted for hearing a petition filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his statement on Sikhs during his visit to the United States. Advocate Vivek Shankar Tiwari said a petition was filed in the court regarding the alleged objectionable statement made by Gandhi about Sikhs during his US visit in September 2024. It was dismissed by the additional chief judicial magistrate (special MP-MLA court) after hearing on November 28 last year. Advocate Vivek Shankar Tiwari said a revision petition was filed in the Sessions Court and Additional District and Sessions Judge, Varanasi (MP-MLA court), Yajuvendra Vikram Singh accepted the plea on Monday for hearing. In the petition, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha has been accused of hurting the sentiments of the Sikh community with his "inflammatory" statement made in the US. It has also been claimed in the petition that Khalistani terrorist Gurwant Singh Pannu had supported Gandhi's statement.
The Print
9 hours ago
- Politics
- The Print
Varanasi court accepts plea against Rahul over ‘objectionable' statement against Sikhs
Varanasi (UP), Jul 21 (PTI) An MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on Monday accepted for hearing a petition filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his statement on Sikhs during his visit to the United States. Advocate Vivek Shankar Tiwari said a petition was filed in the court regarding the alleged objectionable statement made by Gandhi about Sikhs during his US visit in September 2024. It was dismissed by the additional chief judicial magistrate (special MP-MLA court) after hearing on November 28 last year.
