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BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has decided to undertake major reforms to the Uniform Land Settlement Policy (ULSP), 2003, and to amend the Shree Jagannath Temple (SJT) Act, 1955, to ensure smoother administration, improved revenue management, and disciplined conduct at the 12th-century Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri. Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan …

RAIPUR: A Virat (grand) Hindu Sammellan (conference) was held at Raipur of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, December 31. The conference was held in Sonapairi village of Abhanpur and was attended by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat. Sant Asang Dev, the head of Kabir Panth Sanyas tradition, was the …

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on December 28 agreed with another senior party leader, Digvijaya Singh, on the need for greater discipline and cohesion within the Congress. This came after Digvijaya Singh sparked a political storm with his comments on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP’s …

GUWAHATI: In a swift midnight strike on December 29, Assam Police’s Special Task Force (STF) launched Operation Pratighat, swooping down across the state and into neighbouring Tripura and busted the Jihadi network of Imam Mahmadur Kafila (IMK) . 10 Islamist jihadis were apprehended in various Assam hideouts, with the 11th …

BHUBANESWAR: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) expressed its full support on Decembeer 30 for a letter previously written by Pandit Mahesh Kumar Sahu, a member of the Shrimandir Managing Committee, regarding the opening of Shrimandir at midnight on December 31. VHP has urged the Odisha Law Minister and the Chief …

BHUBANESWAR: A member of the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee has appealed to temple and government authorities to discontinue the recent practice of keeping the deities awake on Gregorian New Year’s Eve by opening the sanctum at midnight. He has termed this practice inconsistent with Sanatan Hindu traditions and long-established …

What is the Sangh’s view on growing Islamic radicalism in Bengal, incidents of violence against Hindus, and Muslim infiltration from Bangladesh? is also affecting Bengal’s demographic composition. This is an administrative question. Who will come if the borders are opened, and how to manage that, must be considered. You may …

The period between 2017 and 2025 has witnessed a significant rise in concerns regarding the strategic use of cultural festivals like Christmas to facilitate religious conversions across India. From a traditionalist perspective, these evangelical efforts are often viewed as a calculated “cultural invasion” that exploits the festive spirit to target …

Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh has triggered fresh political controversy after sharing a black and white throwback photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the 1990s and openly acknowledging the organisational depth of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The post, shared on …

Tirupati: The “Bharatiya Vigyan Sammelan 2025”, organised under the aegis of Vijnana Bharati, was inaugurated at the National Sanskrit University in Tirupati. The programme was jointly inaugurated by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat, Union Minister for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh, and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. …