Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's highest decision-making body Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) will meet in Bengaluru on March 19 and 20 to review the functioning of the Sangh, discuss expanding its work in the country and to elect its Sarkaryavah (general secretary).
Shooting off another letter to Anna Hazare on the eve of Hisar bypoll, Digvijay Singh, who is leading Congress' counter-attack, on Wednesday, raised the issue of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh support to the activist and cautioned him that those around him were keeping him in dark.
"Horse trading band karo (Stop horse trading of MLAs)," Congress members shouted from the well.
The hits and misses of the week.
Not only is the story done-to-death, there is hardly anything spooky about 1920 London, feels Namrata Thakker.
A BJP victory in the high-octane West Bengal election could have turned the fortunes in rival Kailash Vijayvargiya favour, reports Sandeep Kumar.
'He was not the hit and run kind of a boxer, but a very intelligent boxer.' 'His presence of mind in the ring brought him glory in many international tournaments.'
Without naming the BJP, Joshi added, "We are not begging for it. We are expressing our emotions. The country wants 'Ram rajya'."
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Judge Dinesh Gupta let off the right-wing activist and six others, giving them "benefit of doubt".
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat discussed reasons behind the BJP dismal performance in Delhi.
Khaki shorts, the trademark dress for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh cadres for 91 years, is out and is being replaced by brown trousers as the Sangh wants to move with the times.
Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings will renew their intense rivalry after two years when they face-off in the Indian Premier League, in Bengaluru, on Wednesday.
Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi, who presides over the special court set up for cases related to the 1992 securities scam, said in her judgment last week that there was no hesitation in holding that that the prosecution had failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.
"Year-after-year, the IT companies remove and sack professionals and simultaneously hike their top executives' salaries in the name of fancied compensation based on variable pay and stock incentives," FITE general secretary AJ Vinod said.
The hits and flops of the week.
After following Congress president Rahul Gandhi and the party's official Twitter handle, he began following senior leaders P Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, Ahmed Patel, Ashok Gehlot, Ajay Maken, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot and CP Joshi from this month.
The list has been sent to Governor Ram Naik for approval.
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'I really love working as a technician.' 'No actor wants to be out in the sun as opposed to being in the AC van.' 'No actor wants to be among 80 sweaty people who are asking you 100 questions.'
Apart from the second pandemic upsurge in Haryana which devastated its cities and villages, in most districts panchayats stopped inviting BJP-JJP leaders to social gatherings, while a few announced a boycott.
"There is no place for Hindus in the world except India," sources said quoting Bhagawat.
Shubham Pundir top-scored with 42 to take J&K to 139 for eight in 20 overs.
The RSS on Sunday said it has not abandoned its commitment to build a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya and sought speeding up of the case proceedings in the Supreme Court.
'You are constantly subjected to the demands of people of different types. There are conflicting interests,' says Suresh Prabhu, MP.
'He couldn't hold himself from chanting 'Siyavar Ramchandra ki Jai'.'
They are not happy with the CM's style of functioning.
Bharatiya Janata Party chief Rajnath Singh on Wednesday met senior party leader L K Advani in a bid to make him agree to Narendra Modi's candidature as the party's Prime Ministerial nominee ahead of the next general election, but appears to have got no assurance of his support on the issue.
The hits and misses of the week.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
A day before the start of the Budget session of Parliament, as many as 18 opposition parties, led by the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party, the Shiv Sena and the Trinamool Congress, decided on Thursday to boycott the President's address to the joint sitting of both Houses in solidarity with the farmers protesting against the new farm laws.
Tamil Nadu, which boasted of as many as nine ministers in the UPA-II government in 2009, did not get any representation in Modi 2.0 government.
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