LK Advani

Opinion: Amit Shah Finally Won Over Sena. LK Advani Was Tougher

Opinion | Swati Chaturvedi | Monday February 18, 2019

The Shiv Sena and the BJP are the unhappiest couple in the Hindutva divided family. Uddhav Thackeray has taunted, abused and sniped at the Amit Shah-led BJP. Yet today, both men announced a ceasefire and renewed the BJP's oldest alliance - 20 years and counting.

On Backstabbing Jab, Chandrababu Naidu Reminds PM Of Vajpayee, LK Advani

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Monday February 11, 2019

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu gave a point-by-point rebuttal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegations levelled against him during a rally in the southern state on Sunday.

Maharashtra Governor Bestows New Title On RSS, Says "Proud" To Belong

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday February 6, 2019

Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao baffled many by coining a new term - Sanghstan - which he used liberally at an event in Nagpur. Referring to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, as "Sanghstan" he said he was proud to be part of it. The RSS, he said, was one of the most inclusive and secular organisations, as it ...

Will LK Advani, MM Joshi Contest Elections? Upto Them, Says BJP

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday January 25, 2019

Veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi have been asked by the ruling BJP to decide whether they want to contest the national election, due by May. "The decision is upto them," say sources, asserting that nobody above 75 will get a post.

LK Advani Won't Attend Delhi Assembly Silver Jubilee Celebration: Speaker

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 12, 2018

BJP veteran L K Advani will not be able to attend an event to mark the silver jubilee celebrations of the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Saturday due to personal reasons, Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said.

LK Advani To Be Chief Guest On Delhi Assembly First Sitting Anniversary

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Monday December 10, 2018

The Delhi Assembly where AAP is in majority has invited BJP veteran LK Advani as the chief guest to mark the 25th anniversary of its first sitting later this week.

Emergency Quietly Approaching. Should We Be Silent? Asks Uddhav Thackeray

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 21, 2018

Emergency is "quietly approaching", Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Tuesday in an apparent dig at the ruling BJP.

PM Modi Visits LK Advani To Wish Him Birthday, Gifts Him Flower

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday November 8, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited BJP veteran LK Advani at his home in Delhi today to wish him on his 91st birthday. He also tweeted his greetings for the senior leader, recalling his contribution to national politics and also in building the party and propagating its ideology.

In Birthday Wish For LK Advani, PM Modi Praises His Contribution

India News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Thursday November 8, 2018

LK Advani Birthday: PM Modi, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Rajyavardhan Rathore and other leaders extend wishes.

"Actively" Participated in Movement, Ram Temple Is My "Dream": Uma Bharti

India News | ANI | Sunday November 4, 2018

Calling the construction of the temple as her "dream", Uma Bharti told ANI, "I have actively participated in Ram Janambhoomi Andolan. Hearing of a case is also underway in connection with it, on me and LK Advani Ji, and I am proud of it. The construction of Ram Temple is my dream and whatever initiative is required from my end I am ready for it."

"We Have Other Priorities": Supreme Court Pushes Ayodhya Case To January

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday October 29, 2018

The Ayodhya temple-mosque dispute will be taken up not now but in January, the Supreme Court said in a four-minute hearing today that could mean greater pressure on the ruling BJP from its hardline Hindu affiliates, ahead of the 2019 national polls, for an ordinance or special order to facilitate a Ram temple at the site.

"Grateful Nation Pays Tribute": PM Inaugurates Police Memorial, Museum

India News | Edited by S Shobana | Sunday October 21, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated a memorial and a museum dedicated to the police of the country in Delhi today. Home Minister Rajnath Singh and senior BJP leader LK Advani also paid tributes to the policemen killed in an ambush by Chinese troops in 1959 in Ladakh's Hot Spring area, on the National Police Memorial Day.

A Top Court Decision Clears Way For Ayodhya Hearing From October 29

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday September 28, 2018

A Supreme Court decision on Thursday has ensured that the case of whether or not to build a Ram temple at the site of a razed mosque in Ayodhya will be heard from October 29. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra refused to revisit a 1994 ruling that the government can acquire land that a mosque is built on - a decision that...

LK Advani Renominated As Chairman Of Lok Sabha Ethics Panel

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 13, 2018

Veteran BJP leader L K Advani has been renominated as the chairman of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.

Top Court Seeks Report From Trial Judge In Babri Masjid Demolition Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 10, 2018

The Supreme Court on Monday sought a report from a sessions judge in a Lucknow court on how he intends to complete the trial in the Babri Masjid demolition case involving BJP veterans LK Advani, MM Joshi and Uma Bharti within the April 2019 deadline.