Gandhi

Adityanath recommends CBI probe, Gandhi’s make it to Hathras victim’s home

11:28 pm October 3, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday recommended a CBI probe into the alleged gang-rape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman, which triggered nationwide outrage. The decision was announced by the Chief Minister’s Office minutes after Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wound up their visit to the home of the victim’s family at a village in Hathras district. Hours earlier, […]

Cops in UP didn’t push Rahul, he fell down due to crowd: Danve

9:02 pm October 2, 2020

Jalna: Union minister Raosaheb Danve on Friday said it was not true that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was pushed by the police in Uttar Pradesh when he was on his way to meet the family of Hathras victim as he fell down due to the jostling crowd. The BJP leader was speaking to reporters outside his residence here. “It is not […]

Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in US; India demands appropriate action against perpetrators

From Gandhi Katha to secularism, Gandhians spreading his message in today’s world

5:49 pm October 2, 2020

New Delhi: From holding Gandhi Katha to inculcating the principles of secularism and equality in society, people following Mahatma Gandhi‘s principles in their lives are continuing to spread his message of peace and harmony in today’s world. On the occasion of 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on Friday, Shobhana Radhakrishna, an acclaimed speaker, has chalked out a novel way of spreading Gandhian messages by holding Gandhi Katha (a […]

Kangana meets Maha Guv amid row with Sena, seeks ‘justice’

8:49 pm September 13, 2020

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, who is locked in a bitter battle with the ruling Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, met state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari here on Sunday to apprise him of the “injustice” done to her. She said she explained to the governor her “point of view” and sought “justice”. The meeting took place days after the Sena-ruled Brihanmumbai […]

Wearing a ‘gamcha’, Mukherjee used to walk 2 km barefoot to school in monsoon: friend

9:26 pm September 1, 2020

Kolkata: Pranab Mukherjee, who headed several key ministries before becoming the President, used to walk two kilometres barefoot while going to a village school in West Bengal’s Birbhum district wearing a ‘gamcha’ (traditional towel) during the monsoon in the 1940s, his friend Prof Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay said. Reminiscing his association with Mukherjee for nearly seven decades since […]