Veer Savarkar
- India
Rajnath uttered lies on Savarkar: Owaisi
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday said that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh uttered a lie that it was on Mahatma Gandhi’s request that Savarkar wrote mercy petitions to the British. Owaisi,…
- India
Savarkar was first to suggest “two-nation theory”: Chhattisgarh CM
Raipur: Taking a dig on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh over his comment that “Savarkar wrote mercy petitions to the British government on Mahatma Gandhi’s request”, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupeh Baghel on Wednesday…
- Kerala
Kannur varsity V-C toes SFI line, not to withdraw RSS ideologues’ books
Thiruvananthapuram: Kannur University Vice Chancellor Gopinath Ravindran on Friday broke his silence and echoed the line of CPI-M backed Students Federation of India (SFI) Union’s view that there was no need to withdraw…
- India
‘Which leader made mercy petitions to British?’ WBCS question takes dig at Savarkar
Kolkata: After a Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam asked its candidates to write an essay on post-poll violence in West Bengal, the state’s civil services exam on Sunday seemed to have…
- Top Stories
Chanting ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ doesn’t make you a patriot: Uddhav Thackeray to BJP
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday slammed the BJP over issues ranging from the commitment to Hindutva to the ongoing farmers’ agitation on Delhi borders. Asking why the Union government…
- Hyderabad
‘Veer Savarkar’s book was banned in Hyderabad State’
Hyderabad: Friday marks the punya tithi or death anniversary of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar in the Hindutva political ecosystem. A host of leaders including Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu…
- India
Veer Savarkar’s portrait in UP Legislative Council sparks row
A portrait of Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar in the picture gallery of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council has sparked a row, with Congress MLC Deepak Singh raising an objection and writing a…
- Bollywood
Lata Mangeshkar recalls close family ties with Veer Savarkar
Mumbai: Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar went down memory lane on Thursday and recalled the close bond between her family and freedom fighter Veer Savarkar. Lata tweeted: “Veer Savarkar ji aur hamare pariwar…
