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โ€œLitany Of Falsehoodโ€: Hamid Ansari Hits Out At BJP Over Allegations Regarding Pak Journo

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Reacting to the allegations made by the Bharatiya Janata Party against him on Tuesday, Former Vice President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday hit back at the saffron party and called the allegations a โ€œlitany of falsehoodโ€ unleashed on him by sections of the media and the official spokesperson of the BJP.

In a statement issued today, referring to allegations that he, as Vice-President of India, had invited the Pakistani journalist, Nusrat Mirza, to conference in New Delhi on โ€˜Terrorismโ€™, Mr Ansari said: โ€œIt is a known fact that invitation to foreign dignitaries by the Vice-President of India are on the advice of the Government generally through the Ministry of External Affairs.โ€

โ€œI had inaugurated the Conference on Terrorism, on December 11, 2010, the โ€˜International Conference of Jurists on International Terrorism and Human Rightsโ€™. As is the normal practice the list of invitees would have been drawn by the organisers. I never invited him or met him,โ€ Mr Ansari added.

Responding to allegation that he betrayed the national interest while being an ambassador to Iran, Mr Ansari said: โ€œMy work as Ambassador to Iran was at all times within the knowledge of the Government of the day. I am bound by the commitment to national security in such matters and refrain from commenting on them. The Government of India has all the information and is the only authority to tell the truth. It is a matter of record that after my stint in Tehran I was appointed Indiaโ€™s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. My work there has been acknowledged at home and abroad.โ€

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Watch: California Cops Arrive At Punjabi Wedding After Receiving Noise Complaint, Join The Dance Floor Instead

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Sacramento: A Punjabi family living in California organised a pre-wedding function last month. The neighbours complained to cops as they were making a lot of noise. They visited the house of Manpreet Toor after receiving noise complaints from her neighbours.

The family had organised Jaggo ceremony. The ceremony with pomp and joy, turned tensed after cops arrived. The family members were nervous after seeing the cops. But soon, there fears went away. Two deputies too joined the celebrations.

According to ABC10, the incident took place on April 13 in the city of Tracy ahead of the marriage of Toorโ€™s brother Mandiver to his fiancรฉe Raman.

โ€œWe just sang, we danced, we just partied because we were super excited. The music was really loud because it was an outdoor event,โ€ Manpreet Toor told ABC10.

Toor and her guests agreed to lower the volume. But to do that they had one condition: That the deputies dance with them on one song.

The cops agreed and soon, they were seen grooving to the Punjabi music. A video of their dance was posted by Kanda Productions on Instagram, which has been viewed more than 33,000 times.

โ€œWe asked them to dance and then I taught him two moves, โ€˜turn the doorknobโ€™, โ€˜turn the lightbulbโ€™, โ€˜crush the cigaretteโ€™ and he got up there and he just did his own thing. He was awesome,โ€ Toor was quoted as saying by ABC10.

The hosts of the event taught the deputies some moves and they had a great time with them.

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