Veer Savarkar

Mann ki Baat: Veer Savarkar's sacrifice, courage an inspiration for today's Indians, says PM Modi

In his speech during the 101st edition of "Mann Ki Baat," Prime Minister Narendra Modi recounted his experience while visiting the prison cell at the cellular jail in Andaman where Veer Savarkar had served a harsh sentence during British rule

Why Congress should limit its political antics to BJP and not train guns on RSS

This dog-whistling by the Congress against the RSS has never bode well for the latter as matter-of-factly

Now Rahul Gandhi says Savarkar wrote ‘mercy pleas’ to the British: Explained why the controversy keeps erupting

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has brought up ‘mercy’ petitions written by Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar to the British when he was in jail. It’s not the first time that the petitions have triggered a row. But what is the truth? Did Savarkar ask for clemency?

Veer Savarkar's grandson registers complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi raked up Veer Savarkar again and alleged that he betrayed leaders like MK Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Sardar Patel by signing a letter of apology to the British before independence

How faith trumps science in ‘Ram Setu’, Bollywood’s latest attempt to create ‘nation-building cinema’

In film after film, Bollywoodians say they are making history and when they are attacked for it, from the left or right, they take cover in myth, folklore and poetry, instead of standing their ground

New India’s admiration for Savarkar doesn’t come in the way of reverence for Gandhi, but this won’t impress Jaffrelot

If Christophe Jaffrelot wants to understand New India and its civilisational values, he will have to take out the ideologically tinted glasses he has been wearing for years now

What Subhas Chandra Bose’s statue at India Gate means: India as warfare state in a warring world

The statue symbolises an ancient historic tradition of Kshatriya valour that had faltered under Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, despite the efforts of Subhas Chandra Bose in the 1940s

DMK’s TRB Rajaa ‘anti-Hindu’ tweet targeting Savarkar lands him in legal soup

Tamil Nadu BJP leader Amar Prasad Reddy said that the Twitter post by TRB Rajaa was spreading hatred by demeaning Lord Maha Vishnu and hurting Hindu Sentiments

Shivamogga violence: Have instructed police to conduct stringent investigation, says Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai

Karnataka police arrested four men in connection with the stabbing incident that took place in the Shivamogga district on Monday

Shivamogga violence: Karnataka home minister holds meeting with senior police officials

Karnataka police has arrested four men in connection with the stabbing incident that took place in the Shivamogga district on Monday