KOLKATA: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said seeing the Sangh through the lens of BJP would be a “big mistake”. Bhagwat, who tried to define “Hindus” and the “Indian society”, said the goal of the Sangh is organisation of Hindu society, but it is not aimed at opposing others.Speaking at Kolkata…
NEW DELHI: Rather than having an adverse impact on BJP’s coffers, scrapping of electoral bonds in Feb 2024 ended up boosting its donations kitty in 2024-25, with electoral trusts alone disbursing over Rs 3,577 crore to the party.In 2023-24, BJP’s total receipts through voluntary contributions had stood at Rs 3,967 crore, of which Rs 1,686…
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Kolkata on Sunday (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday shared his views on live-in relationships while addressing a gathering in Kolkata. Speaking during the centenary celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Bhagwat said live-in relationships reflected an unwillingness to take responsibility. “You’re not ready to take…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday slammed Bihar governor Arif Mohammad Khan’s statement over hijab row that erupted after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar removed naqab from a woman doctor’s face in an event. Party leader Pawan Khera described the incident as “an attempt to normalise a powerful, ageing politician publicly violating a young woman’s…
RSS chief Mohan Bhgawat (PTI) NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has no political agenda and viewing the orgnaisation throught the lens of BJP is a “huge mistake,” said Sangh chief Mohan Bhgawat. Addressing the ‘RSS 100 Vyakhyan Mala’ programme in Kolkata on Sunday, Bhagwat cautioned against viewing the RSS through narrow or comparative frameworks….
JAMSHEDPUR: Fog hung low over the road as a young father stepped out of a govt hospital in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa with nothing left to save. Inside a plastic grocery bag pressed close to his chest lay the body of his four-month-old son. No ambulance was ready. No money remained. So he turned towards a public…
KOLKATA: PM Narendra Modi used a fog-forced virtual rally in Bengal Saturday to pursue two parallel damage-control efforts – shoring up support among Matua voters unsettled by an electoral roll revision and repairing political fallout from his recent “Bankim da” reference in Parliament.PM Modi was to address a public meeting at Taherpur in Nadia district…
NEW DELHI: A woman doctor at the centre of the recent hijab row after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar lifted her naqab during an event did not join duty on Saturday, officials confirmed to news agency PTI. They also reported no contact with her or the family members.Patna civil surgeon Avinash Kumar Singh confirmed that…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out at INDIA bloc at Assam rally saying, “desdhrohis” are trying to protect infiltrators by criticising SIR exercise. The PM said EC started the process to weed out infiltrators, “EC started SIR to ensure infiltrators are kept out of the electoral process, but ‘deshdrohis’ trying to…
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi (Photo: Screengrab) NEW DELHI: Congress Rajya Sabha member Sonia Gandhi, reacting to the VB-G RAM G Bill, criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing the central government of attacking the interests of the poor by “running a bulldozer over MGNREGA”.Sonia Gandhi alleged that the Modi government, over the past 11 years, has…