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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and finance minister Arun Jaitley after paying tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on the occasion of his birth anniversary at Parliament House in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

BJP rewriting history by adopting leaders'

Opp. criticism came on a day the govt marked Vallabhbhai Patels' birth anniversary.

1 Nov 2017 2:24 AM IST

Activists take part in a protest rally against the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh at India Gate. (Photo: AFP)

Laws alone can't stop the hate

The Press Council of India set up a fact-finding committee which visited 11 states and submitted a detailed Report on...

17 Sept 2017 12:08 AM IST

If not for Sardar Patel, shiv bhakts would need visa for Somnath temple: PM

If not for Sardar Patel, shiv bhakts' would need visa for Somnath...

PM Modi also slammed those criticising government's move to build the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

31 Oct 2018 4:45 PM IST

PM Modi dedicated the 597 feet or 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to the nation on his 143rd birth anniversary in Gujarats Narmada district. (Photo: Twitter | @narendramodi)

The statue as grand as the stature: Facts about Statue of Unity

A campaign called 'Loha' was launched to collect iron from all over the country to build the statue of Sardar Patel.

31 Oct 2018 12:11 PM IST

Looking back: Pandit Nehru vs Sardar Patel

Looking back: Pandit Nehru vs Sardar Patel

Mr Modi has invested hugely in creating the illusion that the Congress Party's preferred leader was the Sardar and that...

31 Oct 2018 12:16 AM IST

The under construction statue of unity stands facing Sardar Sarovar Dam at Kevadiya Colony, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Ahmedabad, India. The statue, a 182-meters tall tribute to Indian freedom fighter Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, will be inaugurated on October 31 and is slated to be the worlds tallest statue. (Photo: AP)

'You are not welcome here': On Statue of Unity, villagers pen open...

Local tribal leaders have also announced a boycott of the function citing destruction of natural resources due to the...

30 Oct 2018 4:30 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI/File)

Mann ki Baat: PM Modi credits Sardar Patel for uniting India after...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it was Sardar Patel's timely intervention which helped save Jammu and Kashmir from...

28 Oct 2018 2:22 PM IST

They (RSS-BJP) do not have heroes of their own....So they are making the Statue of Unity of Sardar Patel and that too, has been made in China, Congress leader Anand Sharma said. (Photo: ANI)

Cong wants Vallabhbhai Patel's ban order on RSS at Statue of Unity...

Anand Sharma noted that the move would tell people what the first home minister of the country thought of 'them' (RSS).

16 Oct 2018 11:02 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the All India Congress Committee meeting in what was then Bombay in 1946.

The greatest Indian after the Mahatma? Why Gandhi chose Nehru to lead...

Today is the 129th birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister.

14 Nov 2018 12:04 AM IST

PM Modi dedicated the 597 feet or 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to the nation on his 143rd birth anniversary in Gujarats Narmada district. (Photo: Twitter | @narendramodi)

Why the Sangh needs to bank on Sardar's legacy

The issue of Patel not being conferred the Bharat Ratna is cited as proof of his undermining.

2 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

PM Modi dedicated the 597 feet or 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to the nation on his 143rd birth anniversary in Gujarats Narmada district. (Photo: Twitter | @narendramodi)

Congress, BJP battle over Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel legacy

The Congress president said Patel was a patriot who fought for an independent, united and secular India.

1 Nov 2018 1:07 AM IST

They (RSS-BJP) do not have heroes of their own....So they are making the Statue of Unity of Sardar Patel and that too, has been made in China, Congress leader Anand Sharma said. (Photo: ANI)

Union ministers, BJP leaders participate in 'Run for Unity'

Tiwari said people would not be able to move freely across the country had Sardar Patel not united the princely states.

1 Nov 2018 12:55 AM IST