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VHP opposes Miss World being organised in Telangana

The local unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad has opposed organising the Miss World competition at the temples and other sacred places in Telangana, terming it a 'cultural jihad'. The VHP has demanded that the government immediately withdraw its decision to hold the pageants in holy spots like Ramappa Temple, Yadagirigutta, and Ananthagiri Hills.

USAID row: BJP narrative to divert attention from own sins, says Congress

Amid the ongoing controversy over the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding of $21 million for increasing ‘voter turnout’ in India, Congress said on Friday that the “funds narrative” was perpetrated by the BJP-led government to divert attention from its own sins of using foreign funds to destabilise the previous Congress governments.