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The SMSA spokesperson said a scientific evaluation of the project was necessary not just to avert a colossal imminent mishap but also to ensure that the structural stability of the ancient temple remains intact.

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to create consciousness among people regarding the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will organise ‘Sankalp Samavesh’ near Lower PMG square in Bhubaneswar tomorrow. Apart from the State capital, the event will be organised in Balasore, Berhampur, Rourkela, Bhawanipatna, Koraput and several other locations across the […]

Bhubaneswar: A delegation of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday met Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal and submitted a memorandum protesting the Supreme Court suggestion to allow non-Hindus into Puri Srimandir. “We vehemently protest the SC suggestions. We met the Governor and presented our proposal on entry of non-Hindus into the Srimandir and also hereditary […]

Bhubaneswar: Hailing the recent Supreme Court’s decision for streamlining the existing management and affairs of Puri Srimandir, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) said that Odisha government should intervene as time is now ripe for undertaking reform measures for the 12th century shrine. The VHP also demanded formation of a committee comprising Puri Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb, […]

Bhubaneswar: VHP leader Pravin Togadia who is on a 3-day visit to Odisha offered to work with the State government in providing free healthcare services to the poor in the State. “Private doctors should serve the poor free of cost and I am ready to initiate programmes on providing free healthcare facilities to economically challenged […]

Kandhamal: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is observing a 12-hour district-wide stir, protesting the handover of Baliguda Jagannath temple to the endowment department. Kandhamal district VHP unit’s general secretary Paresh Mohapatra said the outfit’s decision to hit the streets comes in the wake of the district administration’s decision to hand over the temple illegally to […]

Phulbani: As the Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is set to hold a condolence meeting to observe the death anniversary of its slain leader Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati at Gandhi Smruti Bhawan here today, police have made elaborate security arrangements to avert any untoward incident during the occasion. Saraswati, along with four of his followers, was brutally […]

Kandhamal: A day after Christian groups demanded a ban on the proposed visit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) chief Praveen Togadia to Phulbani, the administration has denied permission for his entry and slapped a prohibitory order under Section 144 across the district which will remain in force for a week. In response, the VHP has […]

Gandhinagar: A day after he reappeared from his brief disappearance, Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s international working president Pravin Togadia on Tuesday expressed the possibility that he may be killed. Togadia was found unconscious in a hospital in Shahibagh locality in Ahmedabad late on Monday after being reported missing in the day earlier. “I am being targeted for […]

New Delhi: India entered into “saffron age” due to Ram Janmbhoomi movement and construction of a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya would begin next year in 2018, VHP leader Surendra Jain said on Saturday. Jain, the VHP’s joint General Secretary, was speaking here at a conference on the subject titled “The Ram Janmbhoomi Movement: A […]

New Delhi: The VHP on Monday demanded that the Amarnath Yatra route should be handed over to the Army in view of the law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad also sought the opening of the Drass-Kargil route for the pilgrims in the Kashmir Valley. The demand was made in […]

Bhubaneswar: The VHP today asked the Odisha government to make public the reports of the two judicial commissions, on the killing of its leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) Board of Trustees on the second day of its three-day convention here, asked that the state government to make public the reports of […]

Budabirmaha: Salman Mallick has not heard of his more famous namesake. But when he talks about fighting malaria in his Odisha village, the 25-year-old – unknowingly – echoes the reel life s Salman much quoted words from a much watched film. Odisha’s Salman is one of the many foot soldiers read Volunteer Health Practitioners (VHP) […]

Lucknow: A special CBI court has set May 24 as the next date of hearing in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case. The court postponed today’s hearing as Satish Pradhan, one of the six accused, did not appear before it. On May 20, the special CBI court began day-to-day hearing in the politically sensitive case […]

Kendrapara: At least 14 Christians of three families were allegedly “re-converted” to Hinduism at a “ghar wapsi” (homecoming) ceremony at Baulakani village in Odisha s politically-sensitive Kendrapara district, according to a local VHP leader. The “purification ceremony” was conducted at the village temple under the stewardship of local Vishwa Hindu Parishad yesterday, VHP leader Umesh […]