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Swami Agnivesh

Waqyanawis | Swami Agnivesh, who fought against BJP’s Hindutva, denied in death

Agnivesh had given up a career as a professor in Calcutta to be a full-time social activist. His mission was to resist the RSS at all levels

13 Sep 2020 5:14 PM

Swami Agnivesh, 80, firebrand social worker and Arya Samaj leader, is no more

Working out of Haryana, he later joined active politics and became the education minister in 1979.

11 Sep 2020 9:59 PM

RSS-BJP combine out to 'devastate' Kerala's social, spiritual landscape: Agnivesh

Swami Agnivesh urged the Keralites to think 'clearly' and refuse to be misled by 'deceptive propaganda'.

24 Nov 2018 8:54 AM

Case filed against unidentified persons for attacking Agnivesh

It was later transferred to IP Estate police station in central district. Today, an FIR was registered in the matter.

19 Aug 2018 1:43 AM

Delhi fails to check violence

Videos of the attackers are available in both cases, and also their messages of self-congratulation.

19 Aug 2018 1:15 AM

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Agnivesh assaulted near BJP HQ, activist claims cops didn’t help him

A video of the alleged attack that circulated on social media showed some people heckling the 79-year-old social activist.

18 Aug 2018 1:31 AM

Swami Agnivesh assaulted again on way to Vajpayee condolence meet in Delhi

This is the second attack on Swami Agnivesh within a month.

17 Aug 2018 2:41 PM

In today’s India, engine oil would be thrown at Swami Vivekananda: Shashi Tharoor

Tharoor also claimed that communal violence, killing in the name of cow vigilantism had increased in the last 4 years.

06 Aug 2018 7:27 PM

Mobocracy unleashed on hapless elder

The crux of the issue is such mob behaviour seems to have the patronage of those with political power.

23 Jul 2018 12:17 AM

Mobocracy unleashed on hapless elder

The crux of the issue is that such mob behaviour seems to have the patronage of those with political power.

21 Jul 2018 1:20 AM

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Swami Agnivesh sponsored attack on himself: Jharkhand Minister

On Tuesday, Swami Agnivesh was thrashed by workers of the ABVP and the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of BJP.

19 Jul 2018 9:43 AM

Swami Agnivesh demands judicial probe, says pre-planned conspiracy of BJP

Around 20 persons were detained by police after Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das had ordered a probe into the incident on Tuesday.

18 Jul 2018 5:06 PM

Medha Patkar, 2 others arrested after trying to meet kin of slain Mandsaur farmers

The activists, around 30 in number, were stopped by the police at the Dhodhar toll plaza in the neighbouring Ratlam district.

11 Jun 2017 8:30 PM

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