Gotra

The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested three men for allegedly duping a Noida-based software engineer of Rs 60 lakh on the pretext of making him the heir to the fortune of a fictitious London-based NRI, officials said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's "gotra" or sub-caste fanned a dust-up between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP for the second day on Wednesday over Union Minister Giriraj Singh's comment linking her to Rohingya Muslims.

As the curtains came down Tuesday night on campaigning for the second phase of the Bengal election, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee played one final card - telling voters she belonged to the 'Shandilya gotra' - one of the eight highest Brahmin 'gotras'.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today backed the state's self-appointed village courts, Khap panchayats, on their stand that marriages between people of same Gotra- which refers to a clan or a descendant from a common ancestor - should not happen.

A 25-year-old man was injured with a bullet shot after an argument with the relatives of his wife who were against their marriage as they belonged to same 'gotra', police said on Wednesday.

In an apparent attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that "people" are using "Janeu" (sacred threat) and "Gotra" to gain prominence in the country's politics.

Amid criticism over his newly revealed "gotra", recent temple visits in poll-bound states, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and questioned his "knowledge of Hinduism".The Congress is now preaching us about Hinduism... They are giving us lessons of Gita,mocked BJP national president Amit Shah.

The BJP on Thursday coined a new 'gotra' for Congress president Rahul Gandhi, mocking his Italian lineage through his mother and party leader Sonia Gandhi.

The ruling BJP attacked Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday over reports about his "gotra", saying he was faking his identity and making a joke of himself.

A Rajasthan priest's claim on Rahul Gandhi's "gotra" was far from the last word on the subject at the height of election season. This morning, Union Minister Smriti Irani tackled a "gotra" question on social media and stressed that her religion, belief and faith is "Hindustan". Smriti Irani was replying to a question raised by a Twitter user during...

Details of Rahul Gandhi's gotra have been "revealed" by a priest in Rajasthan, where the Congress president visited a temple while campaigning on Monday for the December 7 state election. He is a "Dattatreya" and a Kashmiri Brahmin, said a priest in a temple by the famous lake Pushkar.

A priest at the Pushkar lake in Rajasthan, who presided over the puja offered by Rahul Gandhi on Monday, claimed that the Congress president's gotra was 'Dattatreya' and he is a Kashmiri Brahmin.

The row over gotra yet to cool off, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in MP today said he understands Hinduism better than the BJP, which doesn't understand it at all. The Congress leader's temple run has already riled the BJP, which is hoping for a fourth term in power in Madhya Pradesh, where Mr Gandhi was speaking.

In his latest broadside against Rahul Gandhi, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra has controversially asked the Congress president: "What's your gotra?"

Union Minister Giriraj Singh has announced that he would prefix his 'gotra' to his name and henceforth be called "Shandilya Giriraj Singh". The minister also asked the Hindus to follow the practice to save 'Sanatana Dharma'.

The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested three men for allegedly duping a Noida-based software engineer of Rs 60 lakh on the pretext of making him the heir to the fortune of a fictitious London-based NRI, officials said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's "gotra" or sub-caste fanned a dust-up between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP for the second day on Wednesday over Union Minister Giriraj Singh's comment linking her to Rohingya Muslims.

As the curtains came down Tuesday night on campaigning for the second phase of the Bengal election, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee played one final card - telling voters she belonged to the 'Shandilya gotra' - one of the eight highest Brahmin 'gotras'.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today backed the state's self-appointed village courts, Khap panchayats, on their stand that marriages between people of same Gotra- which refers to a clan or a descendant from a common ancestor - should not happen.

A 25-year-old man was injured with a bullet shot after an argument with the relatives of his wife who were against their marriage as they belonged to same 'gotra', police said on Wednesday.

In an apparent attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that "people" are using "Janeu" (sacred threat) and "Gotra" to gain prominence in the country's politics.

Amid criticism over his newly revealed "gotra", recent temple visits in poll-bound states, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and questioned his "knowledge of Hinduism".The Congress is now preaching us about Hinduism... They are giving us lessons of Gita,mocked BJP national president Amit Shah.

The BJP on Thursday coined a new 'gotra' for Congress president Rahul Gandhi, mocking his Italian lineage through his mother and party leader Sonia Gandhi.

The ruling BJP attacked Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday over reports about his "gotra", saying he was faking his identity and making a joke of himself.

A Rajasthan priest's claim on Rahul Gandhi's "gotra" was far from the last word on the subject at the height of election season. This morning, Union Minister Smriti Irani tackled a "gotra" question on social media and stressed that her religion, belief and faith is "Hindustan". Smriti Irani was replying to a question raised by a Twitter user during...

Details of Rahul Gandhi's gotra have been "revealed" by a priest in Rajasthan, where the Congress president visited a temple while campaigning on Monday for the December 7 state election. He is a "Dattatreya" and a Kashmiri Brahmin, said a priest in a temple by the famous lake Pushkar.

A priest at the Pushkar lake in Rajasthan, who presided over the puja offered by Rahul Gandhi on Monday, claimed that the Congress president's gotra was 'Dattatreya' and he is a Kashmiri Brahmin.

The row over gotra yet to cool off, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in MP today said he understands Hinduism better than the BJP, which doesn't understand it at all. The Congress leader's temple run has already riled the BJP, which is hoping for a fourth term in power in Madhya Pradesh, where Mr Gandhi was speaking.

In his latest broadside against Rahul Gandhi, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra has controversially asked the Congress president: "What's your gotra?"

Union Minister Giriraj Singh has announced that he would prefix his 'gotra' to his name and henceforth be called "Shandilya Giriraj Singh". The minister also asked the Hindus to follow the practice to save 'Sanatana Dharma'.