Syama Prasad Mookerjee: News

18 Apr 2024

Jawaharlal Nehru

How India held its 1st Lok Sabha election

On October 25, 1951, hundreds of people carrying ballot papers queued up in the small town of Chini, Himachal Pradesh, to cast their first-ever votes in independent India.

10 Feb 2020

Parliament

People wearing jackets, pants, so there's no recession: BJP MP

Amid the ongoing economic crisis, a member of BJP has exclaimed that people can still afford jackets and pants, hence, there is no recession.

24 Sep 2019

Bihar

Giriraj Singh's political innings might end in 2024

Bharatiya Janata Party's firebrand leader Giriraj Singh has hinted that he might pull the shutters on his political career by 2024.

24 Jun 2018

India

PM Modi on #MannKiBaat: 'Violence cannot solve any problem'

Violence and cruelty can never solve a problem and it is peace and non-violence which always win, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.

24 Jun 2018

Afghanistan

#MannKiBaat: Modi talks sports, Jallianwala-Bagh and doctors' contributions, among others

PM Narendra Modi addressed his 45th Mann Ki Baat today, touching various topics including the 'sportsman spirit' of the Indian cricket team, GST, the significance of doctors, the importance of Yoga, and contributions of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, among others.

30 Apr 2018

West Bengal

Filmmaker seeks CM Mamata's help for screening 1946 riots-based movie

Director Milan Bhowmik has written to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, urging her to take "immediate steps" to ensure that his film "Danga", based on 1946 riots in Calcutta, is released in theatres across the state.

08 Mar 2018

Lord Hanuman

Now, Lord Hanuman's statue desecrated in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia

Amid an ongoing spate of incidents targeting statues and busts of known figures across the country, a statue of Lord Hanuman was also desecrated in Uttar Pradesh's Kharuav village of Ballia district, triggering tension in the area.

08 Mar 2018

Delhi Police

Statue vandalism wars: Security tightened around key statues in Delhi

In the wake of desecration of statues of communist icon Vladmir Lenin and Dravidian movement founder EV Ramasamy Periyar, Delhi Police has tightened security around key statues in the national capital as a precautionary measure.

07 Mar 2018

Tamil Nadu

Kolkata: Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee's statue vandalized

A statue of Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee was vandalized on Wednesday by unidentified men in south Kolkata, police said.