Mahatma Gandhi
- World
Gandhi, Taj Mahal ironic stars in birth of Hindu Caucus in US Congress
Washington: Lawmakers came and held forth. On Mahatma Gandhi. On the Taj Mahal. And Indian-Americans, their riches and their achievements. Anything but Hindu-Americans. The problem: The lawmakers had been invited to an…
- India
Why law panel believes colonial provision used to jail the Mahatma must stay
New Delhi: The Law Commission of India has recommended that the 153-year-old colonial law on sedition — which was used by the colonial government against leaders of the stature of Lokmanya Tilak…
- World
PM Modi unveils Mahatma Gandhi’s bust in Hiroshima
Hiroshima: The Gandhian ideals of peace and harmony reverberate globally and give strength to millions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as he unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi here in…
- India
Mamata expresses grief over death of Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Arun Gandhi
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed grief over the death of Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson and socio-political activist Arun Gandhi. He was 89, and died in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur after…
- Hate Crime
‘Godse ne Gandhi ko goli nahi thoki hoti toh..’: Hindutva leaders in Maha
Hate speech against the Muslim community dominated the Hindu Janjagaran Dharmsabha, an event organised by a Hindutva organisation called the Sakal Hindu Samaj in Daighar Gaon in Thane district, Maharashtra. The event…
- India
SC dismisses plea seeking direction to issue public apology to relative of Narayan D Apte
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed with a cost of Rs 25,000 a plea which sought a direction to the Centre to issue a public apology to a relative of…
- India
Delhi BJP leaders stage dharna at Rajghat over AAP’s ‘insult’ to Mahatma Gandhi
New Delhi: A group of Delhi BJP leaders and workers on Sunday staged a sit-in at Rajghat here over alleged insult to Mahatma Gandhi by the AAP. The BJP leaders led by…
- India
ASI takes action against illegal construction near Mahatma’s birthplace
Porbandar: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has filed a police complaint against 19 property owners for unauthorised construction within the 200 metre limit of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthplace in Kirti Mandir. The…
- India
Anti-national powers against quality education for Dalits sent Sisodia to jail: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said some “anti-national” people in the country sent Manish Sisodia to jail because they do not want quality education for Dalit and underprivileged…
- India
‘New India’: Need of the hour is to fight hate, says Tushar Gandhi
Pune: The need of the hour was to fight hate and the “violence of thoughts” by inculcating ‘ahimsa’ (non violence) in our minds and action, Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of the…
- India
‘Why I killed Gandhi’ may become moral lesson: Owaisi on NCERT row
Hyderabad: The All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi warned on Wednesday that removing any references to the 2002 Gujarat riots from NCERT textbooks will ‘make our kids intellectually poorer and…
- India
Whitewashing with a vengeance: Cong on over deletions from NCERT textbooks
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday hit out at the government over some texts missing from NCERT’s new class 12 textbooks, including Mahatma Gandhi’s pursuit of Hindu-Muslim unity irking the right-wing and…
- World
Another Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Canada
New Delhi: Another statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalised at a university campus in Burnaby, Canada, the Consulate General of India in Vancouver announced on Tuesday, just days after another statue was…
- India
Indian Overseas Congress holds meet in support of Rahul Gandhi in UK
London: The members of the Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) UK chapter gathered at the Mahatma Gandhi statue at Parliament Square here in a show of solidarity with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who…
- Kashmir
‘WhatsApp univ’: J&K Guv mocked for ‘Gandhi didn’t have law degree’ remark
The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, claimed on Friday that Mahatma Gandhi did not have a ‘single university degree,’ adding that many educated people assume Gandhiji had a law…
