India

Lucknow, Apr 16: Sakshi Maharaj, a Bharatiya Janata Party MP and self-proclaimed saviour of Hindu culture, has landed in a fresh controversy after inaugurating a nightclub in Uttar Pradesh. The nightclub, called Let’s Meet, was inaugurated by Sakshi Maharaj reportedly on Sunday. The nightclub is located on the second floor of Jeet Plaza near Ram Ram Bank crossing in Aliganj area of Lucknow. A

Hyderabad, Apr 16: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Monday acquitted five prominent accused in 11-year-old Hyderabad Makkah Masjid blast case, including Swami Aseemanand. The blast, using an improvised explosive device, killed nine persons inside the masjid near the historic Charminar of Old City. The NIA took over the case from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in

Mumbai, Apr 16: Muslims in India did not demolish the Ram Mandir, said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat while raking up Ayodhya dispute once again on Sunday. "The Muslim community in India did not destroy the Ram Mandir. Indian nationals can't do such a thing. Foreign forces destroyed temples here to demoralise Indians," said Bhagwat while speaking at a Viraat Hindu Sammelan

New Delhi, Apr 15: India on Sunday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over blocking of access of visiting Sikh pilgrims to Indian diplomats in that country and even "compelling" the Indian envoy to return while on way to a prominent gurudwara there. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said a group of around 1,800 Sikh pilgrims are on a visit to Pakistan from April 12 under a bilateral

Jammu, Apr 15: Deepika Singh Rajawat, an advocate in Jammu, who faced the wrath of Hindutva politics after taking up the case of temple gang-rape, says that her fight is not just for the 8-year-old child who was raped but for all children including her daughter. “That is my daughter. She is five years old and her name is Ashtami. I am fighting this case also for her,” says Rajawat showing the

Gurgaon, Apr 15: Pravin Togadia, who has been with the VHP for over three decades, on Saturday announced quitting the outfit and said he would go on an indefinite fast from Tuesday to push the Hindutva cause. The veteran leader, who served as the VHP international working president since December 2011, announced his decision in a press conference after his nominee to the post of international

New Delhi, Apr 14: Union Minister Satya Pal Singh on Saturday said that minorities enjoyed many rights that the majority did not, and advocated that the way the Constitution had been interpreted in the past few decades needed a "revisit". Noting that all are equal before the law, the Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) said, "In the last about two decades, the way the

Mumbai, Apr 14: Veteran actor and BJP MP Hema Malini on Saturday echoed the views expressed by Union Minister Maneka Gandhi and demanded that rapists of children below 12 years must be "hanged to death". Yesterday, Maneka said that she had asked her department to work on a proposal to amend the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to bring in the provision of death penalty

Bijapur (chattisgarh), Apr 14: : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the first Health and Wellness Centre to mark the launch of Ayushman Bharat Yojana here. The insurance scheme was approved by the Union Cabinet on March 21 with budgetary support of Rs 10,500 crore. Under Ayushman Bharat, the government aims to set up 1.5 lakh wellness centres by 2022 that will leverage on

Srinagar, Apr 14: Even though the two BJP ministers of Jammu and Kashmir government who had taken part in a protest to defend the temple gang rapists, submitted their resignations on Friday, the saffron party has brazenly justified them. Forest and Environment Minister Lal Singh and Commerce and Industries Minister Chander Parkash Ganga had addressed the rally of the Hindu Ekta Manch, a group