Mahatma Gandhi

Nitish Kumar Launches 3 Books On Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Movement

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 22, 2018

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar released three books based on Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran movement of 1917 on Saturday.

Opinion: Modi's Approach To Israel In Stark Contrast To What Gandhi Sought

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Monday April 16, 2018

After Independence, all the way from Jawaharlal Nehru through Indira Gandhi to Rajiv Gandhi, India and the Nonaligned Movement had stood four-square behind Palestine because the Palestinian cause was an anti-Imperialist and anti-colonial cause.

India's First Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Terminal Will Have Dandi March Theme

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 14, 2018

Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March will be the theme of Sabarmati Station in Ahmedabad which will be the terminating station of the proposed high-speed rail corridor between Mumbai-Ahmedabad, a senior official said yesterday.

In Bihar, PM Modi Lauds Nitish Kumar For Swachh Bharat Initiatives

India News | Edited by Arun Nair (with inputs from agencies) | Tuesday April 10, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar for leading the Swachh Bharat mission in India.

Narendra Modi In Bihar: State Has Shown Most Improvement In Swachh Bharat Mission, Says PM

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Tuesday April 10, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Bihar today to join in the centenary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha.

PM Launches All-Electric Superfast Train, A Make-In-India Leap: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday April 10, 2018

In Patna to mark the centenary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today unveiled a handful of projects worth around 6600 crore, flagged off India's first all-electric superfast train and gave a boost to the Clean India mission. There was also a show of solidarity with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who...

Congress Leaders Ate At Restaurant Before Protest Fast, BJP Tweets Photo

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday April 9, 2018

A fast by Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi on Monday bounced from one controversy to another. The protest at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat is aimed at promoting communal harmony and protesting atrocities against Dalits, Congress leaders said.

Jagdish Tytler Asked To Leave Protest? No Ex-MPs On Stage, Says Congress

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday April 9, 2018

Shortly before Rahul Gandhi's arrival at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat in Delhi for a protest fast, two controversial Congress leaders, Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, were reportedly asked to leave the stage and sit with workers.

PM Anti-Dalit, We'll Defeat BJP In 2019: Rahul Gandhi After Protest Fast

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday April 9, 2018

Rahul Gandhi will sit on a day's fast today at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat in Delhi, in what the Congress calls an attempt to "promote communal harmony" and to protest clashes during the Dalit protests on April 2.

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay: 5 Facts About India's First Woman To Run For Legislative Office

India News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Tuesday April 3, 2018

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, the firebrand social reformer, has been honoured with a Google Doodle on her 115th birth anniversary. From persuading Mahatma Gandhi to call upon women to march with him in the Indian Independence Movement to reinvigorating the culture of Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and theatre, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay wore several hat...

Banaras Hindu University Didn't Allow Play Glorifying Godse At Fest: Probe

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday March 18, 2018

The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) did not allow a play glorifying Nathuram Godse to be staged at its annual cultural festival, a probe committee has found. Trouble had erupted on the BHU campus last month when a group of students claimed that a play which showed Mahatma Gandhi in a poor light and celebrated his killer, Godse, had been staged at th...

MGNREGA A "Huge Public Interest" Project, Centre Tells Supreme Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday March 15, 2018

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a "huge public interest" project and no country in the world could have undertaken such an exercise where 10 lakh daily payments were made, the Centre today told the Supreme Court.

Salt March: Date, History Facts. All You Need To Know

India News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Monday March 12, 2018

The Salt March, led by Mahatma Gandhi, began with around 80 people, but as more and more people joined in for the 390 km-long journey, it grew into a strong force of 50,000 people.

Gaps In Mahatma Gandhi's Assassination Trial, Supreme Court Told

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday March 12, 2018

In a last-ditch effort to persuade the Supreme Court to order a re-investigation into Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, a Mumbai-based man has contended that there were several gaps, including a "four-bullet theory" that can still be established by a forensic test but were never looked into by any agency.

In Kerala, Gandhi Statue Damaged; Ambedkar's Statue Splashed With Paint In Tamil Nadu

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Thursday March 8, 2018

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been vandalised at Kannur in Kerala at about 7 am on Thursday. An unidentified person has broken the glasses and garland on the statue. Local people claim they saw the man targeting the statue. Police have started an investigation