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Saturday, April 27, 2024
TopicVishwa Hindu Parishad

Topic: Vishwa Hindu Parishad

Why Diwali firecracker ban is explosive combination of health, religion, politics, economics

The ban on firecrackers and the subsequent reversals by some states reveal the political undertones to the issue. But there are economic and health implications too.

VHP says Ram temple construction will be completed in three years

VHP international president Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje said there is enthusiasm among Hindus across the world over the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Ram temple.

Amid coronavirus scare, Yogi govt cancels Ram Navami festival in Ayodhya

The VHP has asked devotees to celebrate at home by hoisting saffron flag atop houses & by chanting 13-letter vijay maha mantra to inspire others.

Gujarat 2002 was independent India’s first full-blooded pogrom. Delhi 1984 was a semi-pogrom

Hindu-Muslim riots are not uncommon in India, but Gujarat violence plumbed new depths of horror and was undoubtedly a pogrom, wrote Ashtutosh Varshney.

With Rahul Gandhi ‘hybrid’ remark, BJP’s Anant Hegde continues to play chief rabble rouser

The union minister, who said the BJP will remove secular from the Constitution, is unabashedly Islamophobic and appears to have no qualms in exhibiting it.

Kashmiri youth booked for derogatory Facebook post on Pulwama attack

The youth allegedly shared some images after the attack and captioned it 'The real surgical attack' on his FB page.

Sabarimala row: Bandh in Kerala after the arrest of senior Sangh Parivar leader

The temple had opened Friday amid a tense standoff involving social activist Trupti Desai in Kochi and a move by its administrator to seek time from the Supreme Court to implement its verdict.

BJP govt in Himachal wants to rename Shimla to Shyamala

State health minister Vipin Singh Parmar says there isn’t any harm in going back to historic names ‘if the people want it’.

You like a Muslim more, cop asks as woman is slapped for having Muslim lover

Three police personnel seen abusing and slapping woman suspended after video of incident becomes public.

VHP passes resolution to build Ram temple, to move top court for daily hearings in case

Decisions were taken in the first general meeting of the Hindutva outfit after the change of its leadership early this year.

On Camera

Indira, Manmohan, Modi, all raised income inequality. Until Hindu fears took the driving seat

The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.