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BJP Lok Sabha member Pragya Singh Thakur

Hey Ram! Row in Lok Sabha as Pragya glorifies Godse

Mr Birla said Ms Thakur did not have the permission of the Chair to speak, and that her statement would not go on the record.

28 Nov 2019 6:03 AM

When DMK member A Raja cited a statement of Godse on why he killed Mahatma Gandhi, Thakur interrupted and said, 'You cannot give example of a deshbhakt.' (Photo: ANI)

Pragya Thakur again refers to Nathuram Godse as 'deshbhakt' in LS

While the opposition members protested the interruption by Thakur, the BJP members persuaded her to sit down.

27 Nov 2019 7:12 PM

Choudhry, who is also the national president of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasaba worshipped Godse's portrait by offering prayers at the Hindu outfit's Daulatganj office. (Photo: File)

Subhash Chandra Bose's grandniece 'worships' Godse in Gwalior

Along with Choudhry, Mahasabha national spokesperson Nisha Katoch also offered prayers to Godse.

20 Nov 2019 4:23 PM

"Savarkar was only accused of conspiring to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi, whereas Nathuram Godse carried out the assassination,' he said. (Photo: File)

Instead of Savarkar, govt should confer Bharat Ratna to Godse: Manish Tiwari

Earlier on Wednesday, Congress leader Rashid Alvi had also lashed out at the BJP for proposing to confer Bharat Ratna on Veer Savarkar.

17 Oct 2019 8:33 AM

The AIMIM had on September 10 announced its first list of candidates. (Photo: File)

Godse killed Gandhi once, modern day Godses kill India daily: Asaduddin

'Modi and his Home Minister keep saying that they will bring NRC in India. They are forgetting that there is Constitution,' Owaisi said.

03 Oct 2019 10:15 AM

RSS’ inclusion in Nagpur varsity syllabus slammed

If at all they want to teach students about the RSS, they should be told why the organization was banned three times.

10 Jul 2019 3:35 AM

Rather, it has swamped the main Opposition Congress as much as it has spurred the consolidation of the RSS and its many arms, including the BJP. (Photo: PTI)

Why ‘reformist’ Hindus are the targets of RSS

Tilak’s men would raid Ranade’s camps with sticks and stones, not dissimilar to the hooligans unleashed by the Hindu right today.

12 Jun 2019 1:03 AM

Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala on Sunday asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to initiate action against an IAS officer who praised Mahatma Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse. (Photo: File)

IAS officer praises Gandhi's killer; Oppn demands action against her

This comes after a Mumbai woman IAS officer urged in a tweet to remove Mahatma Gandhi's statues, images from Indian currency notes.

02 Jun 2019 12:35 PM

IAS officer Nidhi Choudhary, currently posted as Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Special) of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has landed in stoke a controversy after her social media post deriding Mahatma Gandhi and glorifying Nathuram Godse.

NCP demands sacking of IAS officer over Godse post

According to a news agency, Ms Nidhi had posted a tweet on May 17 contending that Mahatma Gandhi’s pictures from Indian currency.

02 Jun 2019 6:01 AM

With the official count in the Lok Sabha elections over on Friday, the BJP has secured 303 seats. (Photo: File)

Pragya Thakur's remark on Godse unpalatable to any Indian: Baba Ramdev

Thakur on May 16 stoked controversy by terming Nathuram Godse, the man who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, as a 'deshbhakt' (patriot).

24 May 2019 9:49 PM

The actor-turned-politician had stirred a controversy the same day by saying that the 'first terrorist in independent India was a Hindu', referring to Nathuram Godse, the man who assassinated Gandhi. (Photo: ANI)

MNM seeks action against minister for threatening Kamal Haasan

This comes after Bhalaji on May 13, threatened to 'cut off' Haasan's tongue for his remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's killer.

21 May 2019 10:26 AM

‘As per the decorum of public life and to repent, I am observing a 21-prahar silence and will undergo hard penance,’ said Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur. (Photo: ANI)

After controversial remarks, Pragya opts for 'silent' penance for 63 hours

Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, said she felt it was now time for some ‘soul searching’.

20 May 2019 4:49 PM

Haasan, however, denied allegations and claimed that his speech was 'misquoted with malafide intent'. (Photo: File)

Madras HC grants anticipatory bail to Kamal Haasan over his Godse remark

'My speech focused on co-existence, and did not incite hatred. The comments on Nathuram Godse are a historical fact,' Haasan said.

20 May 2019 11:48 AM

Kumar was talking to reporters after casting his vote at a polling station located at a government school near Raj Bhavan here. (Photo: File)

Nitish condemns Pragya Thakur's Godse remark, favours her expulsion from BJP

Nitish Kumar said that he has never compromised over 3Cs – 'crime, corruption and communalism'.

19 May 2019 12:30 PM

Wrong to paper over Pragya’s take on Godse

It is good that the Supreme Court (SC) directed that Priyanka Sharma be immediately released.

19 May 2019 1:01 AM

Twitter page of Indian National Congress (Photo: ANI)

'Godse row': Congress changes Twitter, Facebook DP to Mahatma Gandhi

The move comes in the wake of a raging controversy over BJP leader Sadhvi Pragys's remarks supporting Nathuram Godse.

18 May 2019 1:46 PM

His comments came after Malegaon blast accused and BJP's Bhopal Lok Sabha seat candidate Thakur lauded Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a 'patriot' in an election rally in Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: Filr)

'Godse killed Gandhi's body, Pragya killing soul of India,' says Kailash Satyarthi

Kailash Satyarthi on Saturday said the BJP should expel her from the party.

18 May 2019 12:43 PM

Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday termed Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur a 'terrorist' for calling Mahatma Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse a 'true patriot'. (Photo: File)

Pragya Thakur is a terrorist: Siddaramaiah on 'Godse is Patriot' row

Thakur, the BJP candidate from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat had earlier defended Godse on May 16 by calling him a patriot.

18 May 2019 9:59 AM

Godse, Gandhi and BJP’s poll calculations

There is no common ground between a temple-going Hindu and the idea of Hindutva.

18 May 2019 12:00 AM

Madhya Pradesh BJP unit chief Rakesh Singh conducted an investigation into the matter and directed Saumitra, who is also the chief of BJP's media relations department, to reply within seven days. (Photo: ANI)

BJP's Anil Saumitra calls Mahatma Gandhi 'father of Pakistan', suspended

Saumitra, in a Facebook post, had referred to Mahatma Gandhi as the 'father of Pakistan'.

17 May 2019 5:30 PM

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