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Dalai Lama regrets remarks on Nehru, thanks him for sheltering Tibetans

Odisha News Insight Aug 10, 2018 0

The Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Friday regretted blaming former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 and thanked him for sheltering thousands of exiled Tibetans after they fled from…

Odisha

IRCTC poster showing wrong Puri Jagannath Temple sparks controversy

Odisha News Insight Jan 17, 2018 0

ONI Bureau: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) that published photo of proposed ISCON Temple in the place of Sri Jagannath Temple, Puri in their Bharat Darshan Tirthyatra Poster, has created controversy across…

Odisha

Damodar ‘Mani Shankar’ Rout puts BJD in a Fix

Odisha News Insight Dec 20, 2017 0

ONI Bureau: There should not be confusion with the headline. Yes, he is Dr. Damodar Rout, but 'Mani Shankar' was deliberately added to his name by the writer to find a striking similarity between him and Congress' Mani Shankar Iyer. Both…

Entertainment

SRK’s ‘Extreme Intolerance’ Comment leaves Salman in a Fix

Odisha News Insight Nov 5, 2015 0

New Delhi, Nov 5: Superstar Salman Khan says he is always left in a position to "explain" whenever his colleague Shah Rukh Khan gets involved in any controversy. Shah Rukh's comment on "extreme intolerance" in India earlier this week…

Entertainment

Don’t sensationalise, Politicise Intolerance Issue: Randeep Hooda

Odisha News Insight Nov 5, 2015 0

Kolkata, Nov 5: Actor Randeep Hooda, who believes that intolerance, was always there in the country, albeit in isolation, on Wednesday said the ongoing controversy on the issue was being "sensationalised" and "politicised". "It's always…

Entertainment

I want to avoid unwanted Controversy: Amitabh Bachchan

Odisha News Insight Oct 31, 2015 0

New Delhi, Oct 31: At a time when writers, filmmakers and historians have revolted against a rising culture of intolerance towards freedom of speech, Indian cinematic icon Amitabh Bachchan, a widely followed celebrity on social media…

Odisha

BJP, Congress seek CBI Probe into Sarathi Controversy

Odisha News Insight Aug 9, 2015 0

After the BJP, the Congress Party has also sought a CBI probe into the 'Sarathi Baba' controversy, saying the Crime Branch cannot be trusted, as these officials could not be vulnerable to the pressure from ruling establishment. Leader of…

Elections

Shorter National Anthem at Jayalalithaa Swearing-In Unintentional

Odisha News Insight May 24, 2015 0

New Delhi, May 23 (IANS): The playing of a shorter version of the national anthem at the swearing-in of Jayalalithaa as Tamil Nadu chief minister on Saturday triggered a controversy, but experts dismissed it as "inadvertent" and…