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Shashi Tharoor Alleges 115 Bharat Summit Speakers Denied Entry Into India

Headline via Deccan Chronicle · first report 13 Nov, 11:27 IST, latest 13 Nov, 14:24 IST

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5 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Times Now at 13 Nov, 11:27 IST; the latest is from Scroll at 13 Nov, 14:24 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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First report13 Nov, 11:27 IST
Latest report13 Nov, 14:24 IST
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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has alleged that 115 MEA-cleared foreign speakers were denied entry or had their visas cancelled ahead of the Bharat Summit in Hyderabad.
Hyderabad: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday, November 13, criticised the Centre over allegedly refusing entry to speakers from abroad who were invited to address Bharat Summit. The three-day summit began in Hyderabad on Thursday and will conclude on…
Tharoor also attended the opening day of the Bharat Summit in Hyderabad, where experts from around 70 countries have gathered for discussions on the emerging global order, India's strategic response, cooperative federalism and electoral integrity.
The MP said this was done ‘apparently on the instructions of the Ministry of Home Affairs’.

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