Mahatma Gandhi: News

20 Mar 2024

Indian Government

Why 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.

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.

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.

'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 Modi

31 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.

'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 Party

Congress 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 Mehta

Hansal 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

Books

Gandhi 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

Canada

Threat 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 Modi

As 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 Modi

Why 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 Modi

Independence 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 Day

Friendship 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 Gehlot

Rajasthan: 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 Modi

Canada: 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 Films

Reasons 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 Santoshi

Rajkumar 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 Films

Rajkumar 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

Odisha

Odisha: 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 Modi

PM 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

Punjab

After 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

Canada

Gandhi 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 Kashmir

Suspense 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 Gandhi

BJP 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.

'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

India

Kalicharan 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 Jayanti

Mahesh 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 Africa

Mahatma 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 Modi

PM 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 Modi

PM 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

India

Indian 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

California

Mahatma 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 Army

Republic 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

Gujarat

Gujarat: 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 Padukone

MP: 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 Modi

Narendra 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 Ambani

Amazon 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.

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 Modi

People 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 Jayanti

Gandhi 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 Modi

Narendra 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

Mumbai

Rahul 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

India

Indian 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 Sabha

Hema 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 Times

In 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 Modi

Narendra 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

Bihar

No 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

X

Explanation 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 Modi

Will 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

Bhopal

Godse 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 Nadu

5 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

India

RBI 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

Mayawati

No 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

India

Everything 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 Modi

At 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

Gujarat

In 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

India

Tri-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 Modi

On 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 Mahasabha

No 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 Pradesh

Hindu 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.

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