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Ram temple consecration ceremony: All roads lead to Ayodhya today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the rituals on Monday, following which the shrine will be opened for the public a day later

Ram temple inauguration: A festival of 'Hindu unity' for Sangh Parivar

With the pran pratishtha ceremony, the RSS looks to overcome all socioeconomic barriers, whether urban-rural, regional and caste, and bring Hindus together, reports Archis Mohan from Ayodhya

Ram temple movement was a campaign to ensure justice with all: Gadkari

The Ayodhya movement was an awareness campaign not just for a temple but to ensure justice with all and appeasement of none, said Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday and stressed that the history of Hindutva is the history of our country. The senior BJP leader was addressing a gathering at a book launch in Nagpur. Gadkari said BJP stalwart L K Advani's Rath Yatra' brought the Ayodhya Ram temple cause to the forefront in the country. The Union minister said Ashok Singhal of Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), senior BJP leader Uma Bharti, Sadhvi Ritambhara, several sadhus and Shankaracharyas struggled for it. The Ram Janmabhoomi movement was not just about a temple, said Gadkari. These efforts were to give back pride and respect to India's history, culture and heritage, he said. Gadkari said the presence of a Ram temple where Lord Ram was born is a symbol of pride and self-respect for all those living in the country. Hence, this issue was not communal or caste-related. It was rashtriya

Ram Temple inauguration and Rahul Gandhi's own pilgrimage

The initial apprehensions of announcing a walk so close to the elections, instead of working on campaign strategy and candidate selection seem to have brought about a redefinition of Bharat Nyay Yatra

2024 shaping up to be 'Hindutva vs popular welfare': Tharoor's dig at PM

General elections 2024: In 2024, the BJP will now revert to its core message and offer Narendra Modi to the nation as a Hindu Hriday Samrat, said Congress leader Shashi Tharoor

Hindutva outfit demands stringent laws to regulate OTT platforms content

It asked the government to ban sexually explicit content completely

BJP's rite of passage as it eyes historic electoral triumph in LS polls

From political 'guarantees' to quest for 300-plus seats, BJP charts a visionary course, intertwining Hindutva principles with welfarist initiatives for historic electoral triumph. ARCHIS MOHAN writes

Ram Mandir opening to be discussed at BJP office bearers' meeting today

Earlier, on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the BJP's office-bearer meeting and said that work should be done keeping in mind youth, poor, women and farmers

Hindutva's star culture warriors

The book builds on his experience as a journalist tracking the ascent of Hindu nationalism in the country and reporting on hate crimes

Hindutva leader Ekbote, 3 others booked for 'provocative' speeches in Pune

Police have booked Hindutva leader Milind Ekbote and three others for allegedly giving "provocative" speeches during an agitation in Pune recently, said officials on Monday. On September 4, some Hindutva organizations, along with the BJP had held a protest outside the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) headquarters in the city and sought the removal of an unauthorised structure from near a temple. According to Shivajinagar police station officials, the organizers had not taken prior permission from authorities for the protest. During the agitation outside the PMC main gate, Ekbote and three others - Kunal Kamble, Kiran Shinde and Vishal Pawar -- gave "provocative speeches" which had the potential to create a rift between two communities, they said. A case under relevant sections of the IPC, including 141 (unlawful assembly), 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 188 (disobedience to an order lawfully promulgated by a public servant) was registered against ..

Mahatma Gandhi's great grandson moves Pune court against Sambhaji Bhide

"But till now police did not take any action on our complaint, Therefore we have filed a criminal case against Bhide and Pune police," Tushar said

BJP using 'Hindutva' to divide society, grab power: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Saturday accused the BJP of employing its own version of 'Hindutva' to "divide" society and grab power, and asserted there is a need to save the "true Hindutva". He also accused the BJP government of conducting "fake encounters", and said people will "encounter the BJP government in 2024" which "is necessary for saving the Constitution". Yadav also claimed opposition alliance INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) will uproot the "divisive" BJP government in 2024 with the support of the PDA (Pichhade, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) in Uttar Pradesh. "They (the BJP) have done a lot of fake encounters. Now people will encounter the BJP government in 2024," Yadav told PTI in an interview when he was asked how the INDIA bloc and the SP will counter the BJP challenge in the Lok Sabha polls. About the future of opposition alliance in the state, Yadav said, "The SP is there. More parties that are willing to join the INDIA alliance are welcom

Vivekananda beyond Hindutva assumptions

Govind Krishnan's book argues the liberal intelligentsia's tendency to treat everything Hindu as suspect results in Vivekananda's appropriation by the Sangh Parivar

Gita Press' contribution in preservation of Sanatan culture laudable: Nadda

BJP president J P Nadda on Monday congratulated Gita Press for being honoured with the prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize and said its contribution for the last 100 years in the preservation and flourishing of India's 'Sanatan culture' is commendable. The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 will be conferred on Gita Press, Gorakhpur, in recognition of its "outstanding contribution towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violent and other Gandhian methods", Union Culture Ministry announced on Sunday. The jury headed by Prime Minister Modi unanimously decided to select Gita Press as the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Prize, said the statement issued by the Ministry of Culture. Taking to Twitter, BJP president Nadda said, Hearty congratulations and best wishes to Gita Press, Gorakhpur on being honoured with Gandhi Peace Prize-2021. Your contribution for the last 100 years in the preservation and flourishing of India's glorious Sanatan culture is commendable, he said. The

Maintenance works on Amarnath Yatra track to be completed by June 15

The Border Road Organisation (BRO) will complete the maintenance works on the Amarnath Yatra track by June 15, officials said on Friday. The annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath, located at a height of 3,880 metres in the south Kashmir Himalayas, will begin on July 1 and continue till August 31. The scope of BRO's work includes snow clearance, widening of the track, restoration of all footbridges, fixing of handrails and construction of break walls, among others, they said. The Yatra track from Baltal to the Holy Cave was earlier maintained by the Public Works Department, Jammu and Kashmir, and the one from Chandanwari to the Holy Cave was maintained by Pahalgam Development Authority, the defence wing of the Press Information Bureau said in a statement. Both these tracks were handed over to the BRO in September last year for maintenance and upgradation, it said. The BRO will complete the restoration works on the Amarnath Yatra track by June 15, well before the Yat

BJP's innovative attempts at forging a new national identity

Constructing a shared national identity is the typical challenge of pluralistic societies like India. However, the definition of Indianness is changing of late

Prove Savarkar apologised, late Hindutva ideologue's grandson tells Rahul

The grandson of late Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar has sought action against Rahul Gandhi for his comments and also challenged the Congress leader to show documents that prove he had apologised to the British. Gandhi's "My name is not Savarkar, my name is Gandhi and Gandhi does not offer an apology to anyone" remark has drawn fire from BJP. The former Congress chief made this remark while addressing a press conference after being disqualified from Lok Sabha. Calling such comments childish, Savarkar's grandson Ranjit Savarkar on Monday said, "Rahul Gandhi is saying he won't apologise as he isn't Savarkar. I challenge him to show documents that prove Savarkar apologised". "Using the names of patriots to promote politics is wrong and deplorable. Action must be taken," Savarkar said.

Arvind Kejriwal's radical transformation

Kejriwal may have shrewdly given up his secular positions, but he is no Hindutva hero. He has simply been able to sense which way the wind is blowing

Shivraj Patil's remarks another attempt by Congress to insult Hindutva: BJP

The BJP on Friday stepped up its attack against the Congress over its leader and former home minister Shivraj Patil's claim that Bhagavad Gita also spoke of jihad, saying that this is one more attempt by the opposition party to smear Hindutva. BJP national spokesperson Prem Shukla alleged that the Congress has long been involved in the conspiracy to "insult Hindu, Hindutva and Hindustan" and Patil's remarks are yet another chapter towards this. Congress leaders in the past have drawn a parallel between Hindutva with terror organisations like Boko Haram and Taliban, he alleged. Former Union ministers Sushilkumar Shinde and P Chidambaram had spoken about "saffron terror", he said. Gita is the philosophy of humanity, Shukla asserted. Patil on Thursday claimed that the concept of jihad was not just in Islam but also in Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu scripture, and Christianity. Attacking the Congress, the BJP also accused it of playing vote bank politics. Speaking at the launch of Congress

Empowerment of Dalits at the core of Hindutva thought: BJP leader Paswan

Empowerment of Dalits is at the core of Hindutva thought and the Indian Constitution, a senior BJP leader has said, noting that significant progress has been made towards their empowerment in the 75 years of India's Independence. Though discrimination is talked about more in relation to the Dalits, it is important to know how the empowerment of the Dalits is at the core of Hindutva thought and the Indian constitution, BJP spokesperson Guru Prakash Paswan said addressing the first edition of "Indic Dialogue" in New Jersey on Thursday. Paswan, who is currently touring the US, addressed an audience in Silicon Valley as well as Los Angeles on a "Dalit Bahujan Solidarity Network". His interactions with the Indian diaspora at the Dalit, Bahujan and Hindutva event in Los Angeles and San Jose on Policies of inclusivity and diversity of the Government of India were covered at Foundation for India and Indian Diasporic Studies (FIIDS) at Fremont in California. Assistant Professor of teaching