Mahatma Gandhi: News
20 Mar 2024
Indian GovernmentWhy climate activist Sonam Wangchuk is on 'fast unto death'
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk is on a fast unto death in freezing temperatures in Leh, Ladakh.
05 Mar 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Pragya Thakur accuses BJP MLA of running illegal liquor vend
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Lok Sabha MP from Bhopal, Pragya Singh Thakur, has accused fellow party leader and legislator Sudesh Rai of running an illegal liquor store in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district.
03 Mar 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Lok Sabha elections: Controversial MPs missing from BJP's first list
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, swapping out 33 sitting MPs for fresh faces.
18 Feb 2024
Narendra Modi'Ram Rajya' for 1,000 years: BJP passes Ram Mandir resolution
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday celebrated the construction of Ram Mandir as a "historic and glorious achievement for the country" at its national council meeting in New Delhi.
04 Feb 2024
Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPIM)'Proud of Godse': NIT Calicut professor booked for praising Godse
The Kerala Police has booked a National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut professor for a Facebook post allegedly praising Nathuram Godse on January 30, Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary.
29 Jan 2024
Narendra Modi31 all-Indian tunes to reverberate at Beating Retreat ceremony today
Republic Day celebrations will culminate on Monday evening with the Beating Retreat ceremony at Raisina Hills, New Delhi, featuring 31 captivating Indian tunes played by military and paramilitary bands.
19 Jan 2024
Applause Entertainment'Gandhi': Hansal Mehta's directorial starring Pratik Gandhi is filming now
Applause Entertainment has kicked off the filming of its eagerly awaited biopic series, Gandhi, in Gujarat.
18 Dec 2023
Congress PartyCongress launches 'Donate for Desh' crowdfunding campaign before LS polls
The Congress on Monday launched its "Donate for Desh" crowdfunding campaign to collect funds ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
15 Oct 2023
Nitish Kumar'Second Gandhi': JD(U) posters praise Nitish Kumar; BJP, RJD object
A fresh political row erupted in Bihar after posters hailing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as "the country's second Gandhi" appeared in Patna on Sunday.
08 Oct 2023
Hansal MehtaHansal Mehta-Pratik Gandhi to start filming 'Gandhi': Everything to know
Acclaimed filmmaker Hansal Mehta and actor Pratik Gandhi, known for their hit web series Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, are teaming up once again!
02 Oct 2023
BooksGandhi Jayanti: Remembering 'Bapu' with these books
October 2 is observed as Gandhi Jayanti to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of our nation.
20 Sep 2023
CanadaThreat to Indians in Canada from Khalistani outfits: Intelligence reports
Indian intelligence agencies issued a fresh alert for Indian citizens and officials living in Canada, warning them of potential attacks from "pro-Khalistani entities (PKE)," News18 reported.
17 Sep 2023
Narendra ModiAs PM Modi turns 73, Centre to launch welfare schemes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 73 on Sunday, and on this occasion, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has planned a number of outreach programs.
09 Sep 2023
Rahul Gandhi'Modi government hiding poor from G20 Summit guests': Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday criticized the central government for allegedly "hiding the country's reality" from the guests of the G20 Summit, which is being held in New Delhi.
03 Sep 2023
Rahul Gandhi'Bharat Jodo Yatra in every district': Congress to commemorate anniversary
The Congress party will hold a commemorative foot march in all districts across India on Thursday (September 7) to mark the first anniversary of its "Bharat Jodo Yatra," led by Rahul Gandhi last year.
15 Aug 2023
Narendra ModiWhy there was an empty chair at Red Fort today
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Red Fort to address the nation on its 77th Independence Day on Tuesday, an empty chair stood out from the huge gathering.
15 Aug 2023
Narendra ModiIndependence Day 2023: PM Modi dons multi-colored Rajasthani-style turban
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore a multi-colored Rajasthani-style turban with a long tail on the occasion of India's 77th Independence Day on Tuesday.
31 Jul 2023
Friendship DayFriendship Day: Historic friendships that are still remembered today
They say friendships are like fine wine as they only get better with time - a notion history has validated!
24 Jul 2023
Ashok GehlotRajasthan: Congress-opposition faceoff over CM Ashok Gehlot's minimum income scheme
The opposition parties in Rajasthan, especially the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have questioned the viability of the state government's recently passed minimum income guarantee law.
15 Jul 2023
Narendra ModiCanada: Bhagavad Gita Park signage damaged, defaced with anti-Modi graffiti
Some unidentified miscreants allegedly damaged the signboard of Shri Bhagavad Gita Park in Brampton, Canada, and defaced it with graffiti attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, eliciting outrage from the Indian diaspora there.
Know about NCERT controversy on Mahatma Gandhi, Hindu-Muslim unity, RSS
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has caused a stir with its class 12 political science textbook.
26 Jan 2023
Movie Review'Gandhi Godse' review: Rajkumar Santoshi's fictional ideological war falls flat
When Rajkumar Santoshi announced his return as a director after nine years, that too with a film like Gandhi-Godse: Ek Yudh, expectations were set high.
26 Jan 2023
Bollywood FilmsReasons to watch Rajkumar Santoshi's 'Gandhi-Godse: Ek Yudh'
The trailer of celebrated filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi's Gandhi-Godse: Ek Yudh was released on January 11.
24 Jan 2023
Rajkumar SantoshiRajkumar Santoshi gets death threats ahead of 'Gandhi Godse' release
Ahead of the theatrical release of Gandhi Godse - Ek Yudh, director and filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi on Monday, filed a police complaint after receiving death threats for his upcoming film.
14 Jan 2023
Bollywood FilmsRajkumar Santoshi's 'Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh' cleared by CBFC
Rajkumar Santoshi's Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh has been in the buzz ever since its announcement.
11 Jan 2023
Bollywood Films'Gandhi Godse: Ek Yudh' trailer promises a unique take
The trailer of much-talked-about Gandhi Godse: Ek Yudh is out.
01 Jan 2023
Nitish Kumar'What has new father of nation done?' Nitish questions Modi
Janta Dal (United) (JDU) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and questioned what the "new father" of the "new India" had done so far for the country.
02 Oct 2022
OdishaOdisha: ITI students make Mahatma Gandhi's statue out of scraps
In a special tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary, the students of the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Berhampur, Odisha have created a six-feet-tall sculpture of the Father of the Nation out of automobile scraps.
15 Aug 2022
Narendra ModiPM Modi's I-Day address: Introduces Panch Pran, attacks dynasty politics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the traditional August 15 address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of the 76th Independence Day.
16 Jul 2022
PunjabAfter Canada, another Gandhi statue vandalized in Punjab's Bhatinda
A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalized in Punjab's Bhatinda by a group of unidentified miscreants on Thursday.
14 Jul 2022
CanadaGandhi statue vandalized in Canada; India seeks investigation
The Indian High Commission in Canada has expressed "distress and deep anguish" over a statue of Mahatma Gandhi being defaced in Canada's Ontario.
15 Jun 2022
Jammu And KashmirSuspense over next President: Left parties suggest Gopalkrishna Gandhi's name
With the Presidential polls due on July 18, the Opposition is seeking to put up a united fight against the probable National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate.
05 Jun 2022
Czech Republic'Gandhi & Co.' wins 'Golden Slipper' at Zlin Film Festival
National Film Award-winning director Manish Saini has made India proud at the 62nd edition of the Zlin Film Festival in the Czech Republic.
13 May 2022
Sonia GandhiBJP brutalizing minorities, glorifying killers of Gandhiji: Sonia Gandhi
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday launched a stinging attack on the BJP and PM Narendra Modi in her inaugural address at the party's ongoing three-day brainstorming session—Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir—being held in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
09 May 2022
Supreme Court Of India'Ready to re-examine sedition law': Centre reverses position in SC
The Centre on Monday reversed its position on the sedition law in the Supreme Court within just two days.
30 Dec 2021
IndiaKalicharan Maharaj arrested for insulting Mahatma Gandhi at 'Dharma Sansad'
Religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj was arrested from Madhya Pradesh's Khajuraho on Thursday morning by the Chhattisgarh Police over his remarks against Mahatma Gandhi.
04 Oct 2021
Gandhi JayantiMahesh Manjrekar to make film on Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse
Filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar has announced that his next film would be based on the life of Nathuram Godse who had assassinated the Father of the Nation.
08 Jun 2021
South AfricaMahatma Gandhi's great-granddaughter sentenced to 7-year imprisonment in South Africa
Ashish Lata Ramgobin, 56, great-granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, has been sentenced to seven years in prison by a court in South Africa in connection with a six million rand (official currency of South Africa) fraud and forgery case, PTI reported.
12 Mar 2021
Narendra ModiPM Modi launches Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav celebrations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav, the government's initiative to mark 75 years of India's Independence.
04 Feb 2021
Narendra ModiPM Modi inaugurates Chauri Chaura centenary celebrations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated via video conference the centenary celebrations of the historic Chauri Chaura incident, a landmark event in the country's fight for independence.
02 Feb 2021
IndiaIndian Americans hold community vigil against vandalization of Gandhi statue
A large number of Indian Americans held a community vigil at a city park in California, where unknown miscreants vandalized a statue of Mahatma Gandhi last week.
30 Jan 2021
CaliforniaMahatma Gandhi statue vandalized in the United States
Unknown miscreants have vandalized, broken, and ripped from the base a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in a park in the US state of California, shocking and outraging Indian-Americans across the country, who have demanded that the officials investigate it as an incident of hate crime.
25 Jan 2021
Indian ArmyRepublic Day 2021: Five facts that every Indian must know
Republic Day is not merely a gazetted holiday for Indians, it's a feeling that fills our heart with pride, as we witness the spellbinding parade and the tricolor waving high in the sky.
05 Jan 2021
GujaratGujarat: Sabarmati Ashram reopens for visitors after nine months
The historic Sabarmati Ashram, on Monday, reopened its doors for visitors, with social distancing and other COVID-19 protocols in place, after remaining closed for over nine months due to the coronavirus outbreak.
17 Oct 2020
Deepika PadukoneMP: Deepika Padukone, other actors on fake rural job cards
Film star Deepika Padukone works as a laborer in a Madhya Pradesh village, so suggest bogus rural job cards issued with the 34-year-old actor's photograph.
30 Jan 2020
Narendra ModiNarendra Modi, Nathuram Godse share same ideology, says Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi follows the same ideology as Nathuram Godse, the man who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi.
15 Jan 2020
Mukesh AmbaniAmazon boss Jeff Bezos visits India as traders plan protest
The world's richest man and Amazon Inc. boss, Jeff Bezos is in India for a three-day visit.
02 Dec 2019
Indian Premier League (IPL)Warner scores triple century, wife praises him in unique way
Swashbuckling Australian opener David Warner sent cricket fans crazy with a blistering triple century in the second Test (Day-Night) against Pakistan in Adelaide on Saturday.
01 Dec 2019
Narendra ModiPeople afraid to criticize Modi government, says industrialist Rahul Bajaj
Bajaj Group chairperson Rahul Bajaj on Saturday raised several concerns about the Narendra Modi government at an event.
02 Oct 2019
India#GandhiJayanti: PM Modi will declare India 'Open Defecation-Free'
The entire country is celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation, with a number of events being lined up across India.
27 Sep 2019
Gandhi JayantiGandhi Jayanti 2019: Some lesser-known facts about the legend
On October 2, India and the world will celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
25 Sep 2019
Narendra ModiNarendra Modi receives Global Goalkeeper Award for Swachh Bharat campaign
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the prestigious Global Goalkeeper Award for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan which he had started on October 2, 2014.
31 Aug 2019
MumbaiRahul Gandhi summoned by court for calling PM Modi "Commander-in-thief"
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who leveled corruption allegations on BJP over the Rafale deal, has found himself in the middle of yet another legal soup.
26 Aug 2019
IndiaIndian Railways to ban single-use plastics from October 2
The Railway Ministry has directed all units of the national carrier to enforce a ban on single-use plastic material within its premises, including trains, from October 2, 2019.
13 Jul 2019
Lok SabhaHema Malini sweeps streets, junta finds the photo-op unreal
Actor-turned-politician Hema Malini was caught in a photo-op on Saturday, one which she was clearly unprepared for.
06 Jul 2019
Hindustan TimesIn UP, 82-year-old stopped from boarding train over 'Gandhian' dhoti
In a shocking incident, an 82-year-old man was asked to deboard the Shatabdi Express, despite possessing a reserved ticket due to his attire.
22 Jun 2019
India#GamingBytes: Love strategizing? You will love these PC games
Video games are much more than shooting hordes of zombies or beating other players with flashy martial-arts moves.
30 May 2019
Narendra ModiNarendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony: Here's everything you need to know
Narendra Modi, who will take oath as Prime Minister on Thursday evening, started his day by remembering the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, and late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
19 May 2019
BiharNo summer elections: Nitish Kumar has a suggestion for EC
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was among the early voters who cast their ballot on Sunday, the last phase of 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
17 May 2019
XExplanation sought from 3 senior BJP leaders over pro-Godse remarks
Just two days ahead of the final phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections, BJP launched damage control after three senior party leaders and election candidates made comments favoring Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse.
17 May 2019
Narendra ModiWill never forgive Pragya for insulting Bapu: PM Modi
A day after BJP's Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur called Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse a deshbhakt, PM Narendra Modi slammed her over her remarks.
16 May 2019
BhopalGodse was 'deshbhakt', says BJP's Pragya Thakur; apologizes later
BJP's Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate and Malegaon blasts-accused, Pragya Singh Thakur, on Thursday called Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse a "deshbhakt" (patriot).
13 May 2019
Tamil Nadu5 questions for (Kabhi)neta Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan is a part-time politician. When he is bored, his team asks him to perform in front of live audience. Case in point: Voters in a Muslim-dominated area (by his own admission) of Karur district.
07 May 2019
United Nations (UN)Mumbai: 21-year-old cleans Dadar beach, gets felicitated by the UN
A 21-year-old Mumbaikar, Malhar Kalambe, along with his friends initiated a drive to clean-up the beach in Dadar, in 2017.
27 Apr 2019
IndiaRBI set to issue new 'greenish yellow' Rs. 20 notes
The Reserve Bank of India has announced that it would issue new Rs. 20 notes shortly. The notes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series will be greenish yellow in color and will bear the signature of Governor Shaktikanta Das.
12 Apr 2019
MayawatiNo votes, no work: Maneka Gandhi threatens Muslim voters
Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Maneka Gandhi was caught on camera threatening Muslim voters in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, from where she will contest polls this time.
27 Mar 2019
IndiaEverything you should know about Congress and its revival battle
The 2014 general elections brought Congress to its weakest tally. The party, known for electing Prime Ministers, managed to win only 44 seats in Lok Sabha.
12 Mar 2019
Narendra ModiAt mega rally of Congress, Priyanka Gandhi makes miss-and-blink appearance
Weeks after her formal entry into politics was announced, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra addressed a large crowd at Gandhinagar in Gujarat for the first time.
12 Mar 2019
GujaratIn PM Modi's state, Rahul, Sonia, Priyanka discuss general elections
On Tuesday, the three Gandhis- Sonia, Rahul, and Priyanka, went to Gujarat the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to chalk out the strategy of upcoming general elections which will start from April 11.
20 Feb 2019
IndiaTri-nation peace motor rally reaches Agartala, next stop is Assam
A cross-border motor rally to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi has reached Agartala, Tripura, from Dhaka, Bangladesh, via the Akhaura International Checkpost (ICP).
11 Feb 2019
Narendra ModiOn day-long fast, Chandrababu Naidu attacks Modi, gets opposition's support
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, who started his day-long fast in New Delhi on Monday, slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not granting special status to the state.
06 Feb 2019
India#KhadiExpress: Special train dedicated to Gandhiji launching in 2 months
Indian Railways is all set to launch a special train dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi named "Khadi Express" soon.
06 Feb 2019
Hindu MahasabhaNo regrets, says Hindu Mahasabha leader arrested for 'killing' Gandhi
Pooja Shakun Pandey, the Hindu Mahasabha leader, who recreated Mahatma Gandhi's assassination on January 30 by shooting at his effigy, was arrested early on Wednesday, a TOI report claimed.
01 Feb 2019
Myntra#NewsBytesExclusive: Meet the entrepreneur who is building 'Myntra' for comics
Comics have always been doors to fantastical universes that speak of heroes and villains and magical things.
31 Jan 2019
Uttar PradeshHindu Mahasabha leaders detained for shooting Gandhi's effigy
Hindu Mahasabha's recreation of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination on Wednesday stirred a controversy after which two members of the right-wing outfit were detained by Aligarh police. The Uttar Pradesh police also booked nine other members.