The group claimed that its members only burnt photocopies of pages allegedly carrying "objectionable comments on women and Dalits" in the Ramcharitmanas.
The Election Commission has asked the returning officer of Amethi Lok Sabha constituency to probe allegations by Subramanian Swamy that Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi gave "wrong information" regarding his assets while filing nomination papers in the 2009 polls.
'Bharat is the core value that has to be lived by and if you deny it, then the people will discard you.'
A court in Panchkula, Haryana on Thursday extended the judicial custody of Swami Aseemanand till June 7 after the National Investigation Agency assured the judge that a chargesheet will be filed against the Samjhauta blast case accused before the next date of hearing.The hearing in the case took place through video-conferencing, with the accused lodged in a central jail in Ambala.
Indian archer Prathamesh Jawkar signs off with silver at World Cup Final; Verma, Aditi, Jyothi falter
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has written to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh levelling serious charges against Home Minister P Chidambaram's son Karthi. Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has written to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh levelling serious charges against Home Minister P Chidambaram's son Karthi.
The Janata Party president said the Congress and other political parties had failed to oppose the Hindutva strategy of the BJP and its allies.
Congress insiders say that there was no financial impropriety in the National Herald case and that the party is waiting for Subramaniam Swamy to play all his cards. Renu Mittal reports
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul, Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey and Sam Pitroda are accused in the case.
A Hyderabad court remanded Swami Asimanand, an accused in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case, in eight-day Central Bureau of Investigation custody till December 18.
Asserting that P A Sangma would emerge victorious in the Presidential polls, National Democratic Alliance ally Janata Party National President Subramanian Swamy claimed there would be cross-voting from the Congress in his favour.
Recalling Swami Vivekananda's message of universal brotherhood, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said had his message been followed history would never have witnessed dastardly acts like the 9/11 terror attack in the US.
'Acting for On The Quest was a very fulfilling experience,' Sandeep Hebbar tells Praveen Sundaram/ Rediff.com
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy has said that he refused to contest Lok Sabha elections because the party had offered him a ticket from Rae Bareli, that too very late.
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy questioned the party's decision to suspend Kirti Azad over the DDCA row.
A Delhi court on Saturday listed the application of Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy, seeking prosecution of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G case, for arguments on January 21.
A team of the Bangalore police made the arrest following the issuance of a non-bailable warrant against him.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, on Saturday, October 7.
The Central Bureau of India on Thursday handed over a file pertaining to the lock-in period relating to 2G spectrum allocation to Janata Party Chief Subramanian Swamy following a court order.
"My impression is that India can expect cooperation from China on the issue of declaring Masood Azhar, leader of JeM, as terrorist who should face trial in India, if India in the UN concentrated more on him than seeking to censure Pakistan as a sponsor of terror," Swamy said.
Congress on Thursday rejected the opposition demand for the resignation of Home Minister P Chidambaram on 2G spectrum allocation issue, saying "We do not, in any manner, accept" the allegation made by Subramanian Swamy against him.
Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy was on Friday granted interim protection till January 30 by the Delhi high court against his possible arrest for writing an allegedly "inflammatory" article. Justice M L Mehta granted interim protection to Swamy and asked him to give an undertaking that he would not write such articles in the future. The court also issued a notice to the Delhi police, seeking its response to Swamy's anticipatory bail plea.
Bharatiya Janata Party's Subrmanian Swamy and Congress' Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday came out in unison to assail the criminal defamation law before the Supreme Court which said that lodging of cases for political speech and debates under the controversial provisions should be avoided.
Swamy said the 'outer limit' to settle the issue is April 2018, without explaining further.
The four-time MLA and OBC leader joined the saffron party in presence of Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah.
Indian compound archers continued their winning run and stormed into the final of men's and women's team events to confirm two medals for the country in the World Cup Stage 4, in Paris on Wednesday.
The House "must know how an honourable member or rather less honourable member" was given access to sensitive and secret files, which he has refused to authenticate and place on the table of the House, Anand Sharma of the Congress said.
Home Minister P Chidambaram's political rival Janata Party Chief Dr Subramanian Swamy on Friday shot a letter to the prime minister requesting him against inaugurating a hospital in linked to Chidambaram.
Cancellation of 2G licenses by the Supreme Court clearly revealed a big scam and it was a "collective failure" of the government which "overlooked" warnings given by the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Central Vigilance Commissioner on the issue, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy said on Thursday. "Everyone had warned, including the CAG and the CVC, but the government overlooked it," Swamy said soon after the Supreme Court cancelled the 122 spectrum licenses.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Anita Roy said the situation was brought under control within a few minutes. Some Arya Samaj members have been detained by the police.
The Delhi High Court imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on the Janata Party president.
Judge Dinesh Gupta let off the right-wing activist and six others, giving them "benefit of doubt".
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to agree to Army Chief V K Singh's reported "compromise formula" for settling the age issue that he would take premature retirement if the government accepted his true year of birth as 1951.
Rahul Gandhi has threatened to pursue "all legal actions" against Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy, who targeted him and Sonia Gandhi raising questions over acquisition of a company that published the now-defunct National Herald newspaper to which Congress gave a loan of over Rs 90 crore.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam used all her experience to prevail over her team-mate Aditi Swami to advance to the women's compound individual final at the Asian Games.
Seeking to capitalise on the poor performance of the Congress in the assembly polls, the National Democratic Alliance on Sunday decided to add another partner to the alliance by taking in its fold Janata Party headed by Subramnian Swamy.
Pravin Sawant now hopes his archery training academy, built on one-acre sugarcane farmland, will finally get due recognition, after producing India's two world champions Aditi Swami and Ojas Deotale.
Swami Kriyananda, then a young American who had become Yogananda's disciple at age 22 and who became one of his trusted lieutenants, has come out with an intimate and powerful story of Yogananda, betraying knowledge only an insider would claim. It is a biography that needs to be read but, Kriyananda warns, it is not a hagiography
There were several moments on Tuesday's episode when I wanted to mute Swami Om on the television.
Two young men can be seen in the video breaking the mazars with hammers amid cries of Jai Shri Ram.
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