Mahatma Gandhi

"Nathuram Godse, A Hindu, Independent India's 1st Extremist": Kamal Haasan

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Uma Sudhir; Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday May 13, 2019

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, whose party made its debut in the national election, said on Sunday that the first extremist in Independent India was a Hindu. Mr Haasan was referring to Nathuram Godse who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.

Mamata Banerjee's "Quit India" Parallel For Battle Against PM Modi

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday May 8, 2019

Seventeen seats in Bengal yet to vote, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today escalated her attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he is running a "Fascist government" which has cowed down the people. Drawing a parallel between her fight against the BJP and the Mahatma Gandhi's campaign against the British, she said, "Someone has to bell the ...

"PM From Mahatma's Soil Stoops So Low": Sam Pitroda On Rajiv Gandhi Jab

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 6, 2019

Congress leader Sam Pitroda Monday reacted strongly to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark that former PM Rajiv Gandhi died as "corrupt number 1", and said he cannot believe that a man from the land of Mahatma Gandhi would go to this level.

"Gandhi" In Their Name Not Of The Mahatma But Feroze Gandhi: Uma Bharti

India News | ANI | Wednesday May 1, 2019

Referring to Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his family, Union Minister Uma Bharti said that his family surname "Gandhi" is not of Mahatma Gandhi but of Feroze Gandhi, husband of late former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

RBI To Issue New Rs 20 Notes: Here Are 10 Things To Know

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Saturday April 27, 2019

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday announced that it will shortly issue Rs 20 denomination banknotes, in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series, bearing the signature of Governor Shaktikanta Das. The new Rs 20 note is greenish-yellow in colour, the central bank said in a statement. "The new banknote has a motif of Ellora Caves on the reverse, depi...

Election 2019: Shatrughan Sinha's Jinnah "Slip Of Tongue" In His Praise For Congress

India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Saturday April 27, 2019

Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who recently switched sides from the BJP to the Congress, while praising his new party invoked Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah along with Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.

In Wayanad Tribal Woman Cracking UPSC, Rahul Gandhi's Praise For Congress Scheme

India News | Edited by Anuj Pant | Wednesday April 17, 2019

Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi, in Wayanad today to address election rallies, said Sreedhanya Suresh, Kerala's first tribal woman to clear the Civil Services Exam, had benefitted from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

RBI Issues Rs 50 Notes With Governor Shaktikanta Das' Signature: Five Things To Know

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Wednesday April 17, 2019

50-rupee note: The design of these notes is similar in all respects to Rs 50 banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi (new) series, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in a statement. "All banknotes in the denomination of Rs 50 issued by the Reserve Bank in the past will continue to be legal tender," it added.

Those Running Government Killed Mahatma Gandhi: Farooq Abdullah

India News | ANI | Monday April 8, 2019

National Conference (NC) chairman Farooq Abdullah on Sunday alleged that the people who are running the government in Delhi are the ones who were the killers of Mahatma Gandhi.

Kerala Woman Is First From Indigenous Tribes Of Wayanad To Crack IAS Exam

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Saturday April 6, 2019

For 26-year-old Sreedhanya Suresh, the road to cracking the civil service exams wasn't easy. Her parents were daily wage workers and their only source of household income was the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme.

"What's His Contribution...": Mamata Banerjee Attacks PM Modi On Biopic

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Thursday April 4, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his biopic which was stalled after the Congress raised objections on its release ahead of the national election, saying people would rather watch films based on the lives of Mahatma Gandhi and BR Ambedkar. She also questioned PM Modi's contribution to ...

"PM Thinks He's Bigger Than The Mahatma," Says Maharashtra Ashram Trustee

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 1, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taunted Mahatma Gandhi by skipping Sevagram Ashram from his itinerary in Maharashtra's Wardha, a trustee of the ashram, the Mahatma's home for a decade, said on Monday.

Mahatma Gandhi Predicted "Pressing Challenges" Of 21st Century: President

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday March 30, 2019

The world today is very different from the one that Mahatma Gandhi lived and worked in, but he anticipated some of the "pressing challenges" of the 21st century, President Ram Nath Kovind has said.

Vice President Praises "Mahatma Gandhi's Vision" Seeking To Ban Congress

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 26, 2019

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu today hailed Mahatma Gandhi as a visionary for his call to disband the Congress party after independence.

What Ailed The Mahatma? Gandhi's Health Records Revealed For The 1st Time

India News | Written by Pallava Bagla | Monday March 25, 2019

Called "a half-naked seditious fakir" by Winston Churchill, one of his bitterest critics, Mahatma Gandhi managed to change the world in more ways than one. But what constituted Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi? Was it just his grit and determination? Now, for the first time, the Mahatma's personal health records have been made public that reveal he was a...