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17 Jun 2018 1:24 AM

Sushma Swaraj also inaugurated The Mahatma Gandhi Digital Museum consisting of interactive screens, videos, audio commentary on the infamous incident. (Photo: Twitter/@MEAIndia)

Swaraj pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Pietermaritzburg station in S Africa

Swaraj, who is in South Africa on a five-day visit, also inaugurated the 2-sided bust of Gandhi, called the 'Birth of Satyagraha'.

07 Jun 2018 6:32 PM

Swaraj was the keynote speaker at a banquet at the City Hall here marking the 125th anniversary of the day when on June 7, 1893, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a young lawyer then, was thrown off a train compartment reserved for whites only. (Photo: File | PTI)

World looks up to India, South Africa for providing leadership: Sushma Swaraj

'The world is better place because of us. The world has much to gain from us. The world looks up to us to provide leadership,' Swaraj said.

07 Jun 2018 2:46 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore’s Emeritus Senior minister Goh Chok Tong unveil a plaque marking the site where Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes were immersed at the Clifford Pier in Singapore on June 2.(Twitter/PMO India)

PM Modi unveils Mahatma Gandhi’s plaque in Singapore

PM Modi unveiled the plaque on the seafront at the Clifford Pier where some of the Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes were immersed in 1948.

02 Jun 2018 12:13 PM

The Vice President said that Mahatma Gandhi found that volunteers were living and eating together in the camp without trying to know each other's caste. (photo: File)

No reason for anyone to object to RSS principles: Venkaiah Naidu

'Even Mahatma Gandhiji had acknowledged the positive values propounded by RSS,' Naidu said.

02 Jun 2018 8:38 AM

Of Nehru & Savarkar

Modi attempted to club Nehru with the progenitor of Hindutva, saying this time of year was also associated with Savarkar (born on May 28).

29 May 2018 12:37 AM

‘Need for a decisive war against tobacco’

The professor also suggested that the government may also consider making health care awareness as part of school curriculum.

17 May 2018 6:34 AM

India to UN: Make clear distinction between regular and illegal migrants

Lal said that it was unfortunate, since this negative narrative was not at all helpful.

16 May 2018 1:24 AM

State open to allotting only 1 flat to judges, bureaucrats

It will not apply when the person sells the flat or transfers ownership of the flat to any family member.

05 May 2018 1:46 AM

All Indians must unite to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th

The Centre has done well to start preparing to celebrate his 150th birth anniversary in 2019.

04 May 2018 4:21 AM

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi alleged that the RSS was behind the killing of Mahatma Gandhi. (Photo: PTI/File)

RSS defamation case: Court summons Rahul Gandhi on June 12

A defamation case was filed against Congress President by an RSS worker over latter’s alleged statement at an election rally.

03 May 2018 11:59 AM

Trinamul demands Centre scrap ‘adoption’ of Red Fort

Banerjee was in fact the only other CM from a non-NDA state apart from Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik who attended the meeting.

03 May 2018 1:43 AM

4 states skip high-level meeting

Cite official commitments for not attending meet on Gandhi anniversary.

03 May 2018 1:43 AM

Opp: Gram sabha GR reveals BJP’s hatred of Gandhi

Maharashtra Congress leader and former chief minister Ashok Chavan also the slammed state government.

29 Apr 2018 1:46 AM

Rahul Gandhi absent, court defers framing of charges

Gandhi’s lawyer Narayan Iyer also filed an application seeking a detailed recording of evidence instead of a summary trial.

24 Apr 2018 1:18 AM

Passengers boarding the bullet train from Sabarmati Station will have to pay Rs 3,000 to reach Mumbai, a senior official told reporters. (Photo: Representational Image)

Dandi March to be theme for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train

It would be the first bullet train station whose design has been finalised by the National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd.

14 Apr 2018 10:15 AM

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh delivers lecture on '70th Anniversary of our Independence-Strengthening the Roots of our Democracy' during the Ist Prof. S.B. Rangnekar Memorial Oration at Punjab University in Chandigarh on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Atrocities against Dalits, minorities rising: Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh said atrocities against minorities, Dalits, if unchecked, could harm democracy.

11 Apr 2018 7:45 PM

Fast: Powerful protest tool has a long history

Hungerstrikes remain a powerful tool of political protest. It gives every citizen a powerful weapon to challenge even the mightiest power.

11 Apr 2018 12:29 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bihar on Tuesday morning to partake in the centenary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi’s Champaran Satyagraha and to address the Satyagrah se Swachhagrah event. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Satyagrah se Swachhagrah: PM addresses cleanliness workers in Bihar

The PM is in Motihari also to kickstart India's 1st all-electric high-speed train as part of the first big Make-in-India initiative.

10 Apr 2018 1:02 PM

Spearheaded by Kenneth Aliu, president of the Institute of African Studies Student Association the campaign sparked off following Aliu’s opinion piece wherein he accuses Gandhi of racism and being ‘anti-black’. (Photo: Gandhiji.ca)

Gandhi was racist: African student body in Canada demands statue be taken down

‘He utilised anti-Black racism as a weapon to bargain with the British about the subjugation of Indians living in South Africa’.

07 Apr 2018 8:56 PM

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