Today is Sept 11. This day evokes two contrasting remembrances. The first dates back to 1893, when Swami Vivekananda delivered his iconic Chicago address. With the few words, “Sisters and Brothers of America,” he won the hearts of thousands present in the hall. He introduced the timeless spiritual heritage of India and the emphasis on…
Mohan Bhagwat and Akhilesh Yadav (R) NEW DELHI: Taking on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s claim that Indians have shared “the same DNA for 40,000 years,” Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday turned the remark into a political weapon. Speaking at a rally in Bihar alongside Rahul Gandhi‘s Voter Adhikar Yatra, Akhilesh mocked the statement…
New Delhi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Thursday said families should ideally have three children, calling it necessary for balance in society and future stability. Speaking on the final day of the ‘100 Years Journey of RSS: New Horizons’ series, Bhagwat said demographic changes always have serious social and political effects, emphasising that both extraordinary rise…
New Delhi: Casting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh‘s centenary as both vindication of its importance and presentation of a fresh challenge, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said the organisation had endured a century of neglect, hostility and bans to emerge as a force of acceptance, and used the occasion to define Hindu identity as inclusive…
Shivraj Singh Chouhan (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday sidestepped questions about the possibility of him becoming the next BJP president, saying his focus in entirely on boosting agricultural production and improving farmers’ income.When asked about his reported meeting with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in New Delhi over the…
NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India must focus on becoming powerful and economically strong, asserting that the world respects strength and not just ideals. Addressing a national education conference in Kochi, Bhagwat declared that India no longer has to be the “golden bird” of the past but must now transform into…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will appoint chiefs of more state units on Tuesday, a day after VP Ramalingam and K Beichhua were elected as the presidents of the party’s Puducherry and Mizoram units respectively.The appointment of BJP’s state chiefs will pave the way for the election of its new national president, a…
