Tag: Mahatma Gandhi

Chennai: Enraged by actor-politician Kamal Haasan’s ‘Hindu terrorist’ remark, a person threw his slipper at him at Thiruparankundram in Tamil Nadu. Haasan was addressing an election rally in support of his Makkal Needhi Maiam candidate when the attack took place on Wednesday night. Police said the person who threw the slipper has been taken into custody. […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday condemned remarks of BJPs Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur describing Mahatma Gandhis assassin Nathu Ram Godse as a patriot and sought an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Talking to reporters, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala alleged that the ruling BJP dispensation “was successor” of Godse and […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he will never forgive BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur and others for glorifying Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse as “deshbhakt” (patriot). “Whatever statements have been made on Gandhiji or Godse are very bad. They need to be criticised as these are not […]

Chennai: Actor-politician Kamal Haasan on Friday said it was ignorance that made Mughals give the name ‘Hindu’ to the nation. In a tweet, Haasan said the 12 Alwars (Vaishnavite poet-saints) or the 63 Nayanmars (Saivaite poet-saints) did not mention the word Hindu. Haasan said the term ‘Hindu’ was given by Moghals or by others who […]

New Delhi: A day after BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur kicked up a major row by describing Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse as a “deshbhakt” (patriot), the Congress on Friday changed its Twitter handle profile picture with an image of Mahatma Gandhi. The party’s official twitter handle earlier carried its […]

New Delhi: Ahead of his swearing in, Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi on Thursday visited the memorials of Mahatma Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, where he paid his tributes to the late leaders. Modi first visited Raj Ghat, Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial, where he was accompanied by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. The Prime Minister designate then […]

Mumbai: A Mumbai woman IAS officer’s tweet has triggered a row by calling removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s statues from across the world, including his images from the Indian currency notes. Demanding that institutions and roads named after the Father of the Nation be renamed, she also “thanked” his assassin Nathuram Godse. After the controversy, the […]

Balasore: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was found vandalised inside the premises of a government-run school in Sovarampur area in Odisha’s Balasore town, police said on Monday. A room christened ‘Bapuji Kakhya’ in the school as a mark of honour to the ‘father of the nation’ was also found ransacked, with cigarette butts and empty […]

Bhubaneswar: Themed “Gandhi’s Idea of India: Truth, Harmony, Non-Violence”, the 6th edition of Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) will open gates for bibliophiles in Bhubaneswar, the temple city of Odisha, starting July 19. The three-day event, to be attended by over 250 celebrities, will witness speakers deliberating on Gandhi’s works and ideas through literature, lived experiences, […]

New Delhi: The ‘Gandhipedia’ is being developed as a social media portal that will contain original works related to the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, a Culture Ministry official told IANS. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had mentioned about Gandhipedia during the course of her Budget speech in the Parliament on Friday. The Central […]

Washington: Mahatma Gandhi was the spiritual leader of America’s non-violence movement, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has said as she described how the Indian leader influenced American social activist Martin Luther King Jr. A strong proponent of India-US relationship, Pelosi said she believes in Gandhian philosophy and thinking. “Gandhi was the […]

Johannesburg: Indian diplomats South Africa participated in a cycle rally along with scores of cyclists as part of an effort to promote greater awareness of Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of non-violence and satyagraha to celebrate his 150th birth anniversary. Conceived by Indian Consul-General in Johannesburg Dr K J Srinivasa, the event was co-hosted by the Gandhi […]

Bhubaneswar: Members cutting across party lines on Monday expressed displeasure in the Odisha Assembly over delay in beginning of the celebrations marking the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in a big way. The issue was raised by Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha Mishra during Zero Hour which was supported by the MLAs of his […]

Bhubaneswar: The House yet again witnessed uproar by Congress members as the face-off between senior Congress MLA Narasingha Mishra and BJP deputy leader Bishnu Sethi over Mahatma Gandhi and Nathuram Godse continued for the second consecutive day today at the Odisha Assembly. On Monday, Mishra had stated in the Assembly that Mahatma’s killer Nathuram Godse […]

Bhubaneswar: Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha Mishra on Wednesday said in the Odisha Assembly that most of the people’s representatives are not wearing dhoti. Mishra said young generation leaders have not only forgotten the state’s traditional men’s wear – dhoti -, but also veteran leaders who earlier used to wear dhoti. “We have forgotten Mahatma […]