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IMAGE: Dr B R Ambedkar gives Dhamma Deeksha to lakhs of his followers in Nagpur, October 14, 1956. Photograph: Kind courtesy Wikimedia Commons October 14, 1956 marks one of the largest religious conversions in history sans any bloodshed. Dr B R Ambedkar, born a Hindu 'untouchable', converted to Buddhism along with five lakh of his followers, mostly from the Dalit community, in Nagpur on this historic day. Dr Ambedkar, on the Deekshabhoomi ground in Nagpur clad in a white silk dhoti, kurta, an ...Read More >
They are truly patriotic and I haven't met any RSS cadre who thinks of personal gains. KOCHI: The former Director General of Kerala Police, Jacob Thomas, will join the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a full-time pracharak. The decision comes at a time when the RSS and BJP are aggressively luring the Christian community. In an interaction with TNIE, Jacob Thomas said he will participate in the RSS padhasanchalan at Pallikkara in Ernakulam district in the official RSS uniform -- known as Ga ...Read More >
Nagpur, Oct 1 (PTI) Former President Ram Nath Kovind, who will be the chief guest at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's Vijayadashmi event, reached Nagpur on Wednesday. After he arrived in the city, Kovind proceeded to Deekshabhoomi, where social reformer and chief architect of the Constitution Dr B R Ambedkar embraced Buddhism in 1956, and offered his prayers. Kovind is scheduled to attend the Vijayadashmi rally of the RSS on Thursday as the chief guest. The occasion will also mark the centena ...Read More >
Nagpur: Maharashtra Congress president Harshavardhan Sapkal on Tuesday accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of facing an ideological collapse by invoking Mahatma Gandhi after decades of vilification. "Mahatma Gandhi gave the country lessons in socialism, social justice, truth, and non-violence, while the Sangh's ideology thrived on falsehood and violence. It spread the narrative that Gandhi was responsible for Partition, though the world knows who actually advanced the two-nation theory ...Read More >
The Congress president in Maharashtra, Harshvardhan Sapkal, launched a sharp attack against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday (September 29, 2025), during the Constitution Satyagraha Padayatra rally. He said the sangh like Ravana, has ten faces, which represent "regressive tendencies" and deserve to be burnt on Dussehra. "The ten faces are not in ten directions but stand for ten regressive tendencies like anti-constitutional behaviour, anti-religious attitudes, and anti-democratic ...Read More >
Nagpur: Maharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), urging it to "burn its ten faces of reactionary politics" while warning against threats to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi."On Dussehra, the burning of Ravana signifies not a person but the destruction of evil tendencies. The ten faces of the Sangh are not just spread in ten directions but hidden in every reactionary force. They must be condemned and burnt -- this i ...Read More >
Nagpur, Sept 29 (PTI) Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, on Monday embarked on 'Samvidhan Satyagraha' foot march from Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur. "This yatra reflects outrage among the public. We want to protect the Constitution and fundamental rights of people", he said. He is joined by members of civil society, leaders, and workers of the Congress party. The foot march will culminate at the Sevagram Ashram of Mahatma Gandhi in Wardha on October 2. Maharashtra Congress presid ...Read More >
Amravati (Maharashtra) [India], September 28 (ANI): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has invited Kamaltai Gavai, mother of Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, as the chief guest for its Vijayadashami celebration on October 5. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will hold its Vijayadashami celebration in Maharashtra's Amravati district at 6:30 pm, with the CJI's mother listed as the chief guest in the official invitation. Kamaltai Gavai is the wife of late RS Gavai, former Governor an ...Read More >
Amravati (Maharashtra) [India], September 28 (ANI): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has invited Kamaltai Gavai, mother of Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, as the chief guest for its Vijayadashami celebration on October 5. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will hold its Vijayadashami celebration in Maharashtra Amravati district at 6:30 pm, with the CJI mother listed as the chief guest in the official invitation. Kamaltai Gavai is the wife of late RS Gavai, former Governor and se ...Read More >
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