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A part of the house of senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district was vandalised and set on fire on Monday afternoon, the police said. No one was injured, they added. The incident comes days after Khurshid’s new book on Ayodhya created a row by drawing a parallel between “Hindutva” and radical Islamist groups. The caretaker of the house informed police that 15-20 people barged into the premises and vandalised the windows and flowerpots, before setting fire to the gate with diesel fuel, senior officers said, quoting the complaint. Late Monday evening, police were in the process of filing an Police said teams have been formed to identify and arrest the accused. Khurshid’s residence is located in Satkhol village, under the jurisdiction of Mukteshwar police station of Nainital. Posting images and videos of the vandalism and arson, Khurshid wrote on Also Read | He denied reports that the name of a right-wing organisation has come forward. Nainital SP (City) Jagdish Chandra said a group of people were protesting against Khurshid and burning his effigies at a distance, and that some of the accused in the case of vandalism and arson were part of that protest group. SP Chandra said Sundar Ram has alleged that 15 to 20 people barged into the premises, misbehaved with those present and hurled abuses before using diesel fuel to set fire. “The accused also vandalised the windows. A group of people were burning effigy at some distance, and some of them cam...

On Saturday, it was open house at 4, Kushak Road, Salman Khurshid’s official residence, as friends and well-wishers streamed in to greet him on Eid, and be pressed to partake of the sumptuous biryani and sevaiyan laid on in the dining room. It was a day like many others in the Khurshid household, where Eid, Christmas, the onset of the mango season or indeed, any occasion to celebrate, is marked by good food and hospitality. But as Mr. Khurshid sat in his living room, desultorily watching TV anchors speculate endlessly on the impending ministerial reshuffle, there was no indication at all of any possible change in his own fortunes. Indeed, the last year hasn’t been good for Mr. Khurshid: first, there was the controversy over his announcement of a quota for Muslims in the midst of the Uttar Pradesh elections, the defeat of wife Louise, in Farrukhabad, a throwaway remark about Congress president Sonia Gandhi shedding tears after seeing photos of the Batla House encounter, and more recently, the accusations of financial irregularities levelled against an NGO of which he is the chairman, followed by an unseemly spat with TV journalists. As Mr. Khurshid immersed himself in filing defamation suits against the TV group, activist Arvind Kejriwal demanded that he be dropped from the government altogether. Congressmen told journalists he would be lucky if he kept the law portfolio. And then on Sunday morning, he became External Affairs Minister, apparently without making any effort. ...

The Jindal Distinguished Lecture Series was endowed in perpetuity by Sajjan and Sangita Jindal to promote a serious discussion of politics, economics, social and cultural change in modern India. Salman Khurshid is an Indian politician, lawyer, and writer. Mr. Khurshid started his political career as an Officer on Special Duty in the Prime Minister's Office, during the Prime Ministership of Indira Gandhi in the early 1980s. Later he became the Deputy Minister of Commerce, and then Minister of State for External Affairs from 1991-1996. During this period he was a Member of Parliament from the Farrukhabad constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In the General Election of 2009 he was once again elected as a Member of Parliament from Farrukhabad, winning as a candidate of the Indian National Congress. He became the Union Minister of State with Independent Charge of Corporate Affairs and Minority Affairs in the Government of India. Subsequently he was elevated to Cabinet Minister first of Water Resources with Minority Affairs; then Law & Justice and finally Foreign Minister of India. Mr. Khurshid has been the President of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee twice. He was also the President of the Delhi Public School Society and Dr. Zakir Husain Study Circle. He is the author of the play The Contemporary Conservative: Selected Writings of Dhiren Bhagat published in 1990. Books he has written include Beyond Terrorism: New Hope for Kashmir (South Asia Books 1994), At Home in India: The Mus...

Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Friday said whoever was indulging in politics over his new book 'Sunrise Over Ayodhya', it was out of fear that certain truths would come out. Congress leader Salman Khurshid during the release of his book "Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times", in New Delhi on Wednesday.(PTI) Stating that his book was about unity between Hindus and Muslims and about creating an awareness that the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya was a good one. When about the ANI. “Come, let’s unite and reject all those who misuse religion,” he further said. Also read | The saffron camp has strongly reacted to Khurshid’s book in which he which he has compared Hindutva to jihadist Islamic terror groups like Boko Haram and ISIS. In a chapter titled 'The Saffron Sky', the Congress leader has written, "Sanatan Dharma and classical Hinduism known to sages and saints were being pushed aside by a robust version of Hindutva, by all standards a political version similar to the jihadist Islam of groups like ISIS and Boko Haram of recent years." Also read | Two advocates have already filed complaints with police against the contents of the book, while several BJP leaders have sought action against Khurshid. The 354-page book that Khurshid said analysed the juridical history and consequences of the long-standing Ayodhya dispute was released on Wednesday in the presence of senior Congress leaders like P Chidambaram and Digvijaya Singh.