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Delhi Court refuses to order FIR against Art Gallery over MF Hussain’s paintings depicting Hindu deities with nude women, to proceed with complaint of...

OpIndia Staff - 23 January, 2025

The Patiala House Court on Wednesday declined to order the registration of an FIR against Delhi Art Gallery in response to a petition claiming that two paintings by the late artist MF Husain offended religious sentiments of Hindus

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Qatar, which had given citizenship to MF Hussain after painting nude Hindu Goddesses, gets upset at alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad in India

OpIndia Staff - 5 June, 2022

MF Hussain, afraid of the legal troubles in India, fled away to Qatar in 2006. In 2010, he was granted citizenship of Qatar.

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Priyanka Gandhi sold off MF Hussain’s gift to Rajiv Gandhi: Here is her letter to the ex-CEO of Yes Bank acknowledging the payment

OpIndia Staff - 25 April, 2022

The MF Hussain painting was given to Rajiv Gandhi by the painter himself in 1985 during the centenary celebrations of Congress.

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Rana Kapoor, Gandhis’ MF Hussain painting worth 2 Cr and the Yes Bank scam – All you need to know

Anurag - 24 April, 2022

All you need to know about Rana Kapoor, MF Hussain Paining Yes Bank Scam and the Gandhis' link to the controversy

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Cafe on Kabristan: A restaurant in Ahmedabad where people dine among the dead and which was once frequented by painter M.F. Husain

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021

The New Lucky Restaurant in Ahmedabad is the world's first graveyard cafe, housing 26 graves in total

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Words from Quran cannot be used to describe a woman’s beauty: When AR Rahman was hounded by Islamic clerics

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2020

The song 'Noor-un-Ala-Noor' composed by AR Rahman was called 'blasphemous' by Islamic clerics at the time, and it resulted in the movie being dropped completely

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ED likely to summon Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for questioning over sale of painting to Yes Bank founder, may attach her cottage near Shimla

OpIndia Staff - 11 March, 2020

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may be summoned by ED over sale of MF Hussain’s Rajiv Gandhi painting to Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor

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