Growing intolerance News

Not too long ago Bollywood actor Aamir Khan had faced severe backlash for his views on 'growing intolerance' in the country.

About 40 writers had returned their awards in the past few months to the Sahitya Akademi.

Besides SRK, Aamir too had irked many in the country over his 'growing intolerance' remark.

Omar Abdullah alleged that PDP-BJP coalition's policy of putting core political issues on the back burner did not auger well for the prospects of peace in J&K.

Actress Nagma wondered why so much hullabaloo has been created over Aamir Khan's statement on intolerance.

Over 200 prominent authors including Salman Rushdie have asked British Prime Minister David Cameron to raise the issue of "rising climate of fear" and "growing intolerance" in India with counterpart Narendra Modi, in second letter from the PEN International in less than a month.

The Congress Party on Wednesday lashed out at senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kailash Vijayvargiya for his controversial comments on Shah Rukh Khan, saying the Bollywood superstar hailed from a family of freedom fighters so how could he be branded as a 'Pakistani'.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi are expected meet President Pranab Mukherjee this week to bring his attention towards growing intolerance in the country, sources said.

Kailash Satyarthi on Friday said intolerance is on the rise and there is a "dialogue deficit".