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BHUBANESWAR: In a significant cultural and patriotic initiative, the Odisha government has announced a statewide programme for the collective singing of Vande Mataram across all educational institutions on January 12, marking the 150th anniversary of the iconic national song. The event will coincide with the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, …

Congress and CPM, constituents of the INDI Alliance, have once again joined hands to support Fr. Sudheer, his wife Jasmine, and twelve others who were arrested on charges of forced conversion and hurting religious sentiments. A Congress leader has written letters to the Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers of …

BENGALURU: A violent incident during a Hindu annual deity procession in Jagajivanram (JJ) Nagar on the night of January 4 has drawn widespread condemnation, with religious leaders, residents and civil society groups demanding stringent action against those responsible. The stone-pelting episode near the Om Shakti Temple left a 21-year-old woman …

IMPHAL: Suspected Chin Kuki Militants attacked Meitei villagers with bombs on the morning of January 5 at Saiton village in Bishnupur District, around 55 kilometres away from the capital city Imphal. More than two villagers, including women, were injured in the attack. Enraged villagers protested in front of the Security …

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on January 5, denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in a case pertaining to an alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 north-east Delhi riots. However, the SC granted bail to Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman, Mohd. Saleem Khan and Shadab Ahmad. …

BHOPAL: Empowering women, providing them opportunities, and ensuring their ideological orientation is the need of the hour. This process has already begun, and women are progressing in every sphere of society, but it needs to be strengthened further, said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat while addressing the Matri …

BHOPAL: On the occasion of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s centenary year, a Samajik Sadbhav Baithak was organised at the Kushabhau Thakre Auditorium, where Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat stated that Social harmony is not a new concept; it has always been the inherent nature of Indian society, said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh …

Leh: The NHRC has issued a notice to the Leh civil administration and its police authorities over charges that a minor Ladakhi girl belonging to a tribal Buddhist community who had gone missing from her home late December, was subsequently “found in Srinagar with a Muslim boy”, according to the …

NEW DELHI: Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) spokesperson Vinod Bansal on January 4, 2025, criticised the Kolkata Knight Riders for hiring Mustafizur Rahman for Rs 9 crore. The inclusion of the Bangladesh player had sparked a political backlash in India, particularly amid the recent targeting of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, and …

In the long and often misunderstood history of Sikh–Hindu relations in the post-Independence Bharat, few figures embody civilisational unity as organically as Sardar Chiranjeev Singh, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s first Sikh pracharak. His life stands as a living rebuttal to the artificial binaries imposed by colonial historiography, separatist propaganda and …