At least 58 persons, most of them belonging to Christian families, embraced Hinduism at two temples in Kerala's Kottayam district under the initiative of Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Christmas day on Thursday.
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Talking about the donation received by VHP from President Kovind, Alok Kumar said, "He is the first citizen of the country. So we went to him to initiate this drive and he met us with his family and donated a sum of Rs 5,00,100 and gave his good wishes for the success of the mission."
'BJP is cutting him down to size as he is trying to emerge a Hindutva national hero.'
In Kottayam district alone, 120 people have "returned" to the Hindu faith in the last three months.
Two days after he was reportedly targeted by Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia for buying a home in a Hindu-dominated neighbourhood, Asghar Ali is untraceable.
In the last 9 years, the BJP govt has marked some anniversaries and events with more zeal than Congress-led governments.
The revocation comes a day after heads of 4 Shaivite maths called on Chief Minister MK Stalin in Chennai and following an outcry against the ban by devotees, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Hindu outfits.
Controversial Hindutva leader Sadhvi Prachi on Tuesday termed Shah Rukh Khan as a "Pakistani agent", who should be sent to that country.
RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale met with the leadership of the UP BJP, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, state BJP President Bhupendra Chaudhary and state BJP General Secretary (Organisation) Dharmapal.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has too decided against observing the 27th anniversary of the demolition as "Shaurya Diwas".
A top Haryana government official on Thursday said anyone found responsible for the communal clashes will not be spared and claimed that the situation is fast returning to normal in the state.
Hindu nationalists in India have stepped up attacks on the country's beef industry, seizing trucks with cattle bound for abattoirs.
For relatives of many kar sevaks who were killed in the Sabarmati Express coach fire incident in Gujarat's Godhra in 2002, the 'bhoomi pujan' for a Ram temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday brought a sense of closure to the pains of losing their near and dear ones for the cause of the temple.
In Washington, VHP members took out a tableau truck on Tuesday with the digital image of Ram temple, and went around the Capitol Hill with chanting of slogans "Jai Shree Ram" and moving around the city later.
It is necessary to shoot people in their chest if they shout slogans in favour of Pakistan and hoist Pakistani flags, Pravin Togadia said.
Ram Vilas Vedanti said Advani tried to persuade the karsevaks to come down from atop of the structure.
VHP leader says that the ghar wapsis will continue till 15 crore people are reconverted.
"Bhagwat has done national service by speaking the truth on what missionaries do," the Sena said.
Thackeray recalled former prime minister Vajpayee as saying, Ab Hindu maat nahi khayega (Hindus will not be defeated now), and added, "Hindus will not sit silent."
In yet another case of conversion since last week in Kerala, eleven persons belonging to three families embraced Hinduism near Kayamkulam in the District on Wednesday under an initiative of Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
The discussion will prove Gandhi has more knowledge about religion and spirituality than these persons, Kamal Nath said.
'He also understands and foresees potential challenges.'
Construction work on the Ram temple in Ayodhya is going on in full swing and a part of construction is likely to be completed by October this year, said general secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Champat Rai on Monday.
The VHP, in its letter to the state law commission, has not just cited policy's adverse impact on children, it also lists imbalance in communities as 'different communities respond differently to incentives or disincentives related to family planning and contraption'.
Balika Saraswati said people who live in India and praise Pakistan should be "hit with shoes" and sent there.
The fresh initiative for settlement of the Ayodhya dispute, led by a former High Court judge, has been signed by more than 10,000 Hindu and Muslims.
VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi alleged that actors Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan were "tarnishing" the image of the country by claiming that intolerance was prevalent.
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday claimed that work on the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya would start before this year-end.
What the INDIA alliance needs is neither a counter to Modi's tall personality and undiminished charisma nor a counter-narrative to his Hindutva agenda, now centred on the Ayodhya temple consecration on January 22, argues N Sathiya Moorthy.
However, Yadav clarified later that his comment was meant to be a joke.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday sought four additional companies of central forces following communal clashes in the state and said a battalion of the India Reserve Battalion will also be deployed in Nuh.
The Bijnor police has junked a noted journalist's allegation of land grabbing in Nagina town near here against Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Kshetra trust general secretary and Champat Rai.
Public prosecutor Sudhir Brahmbhatt opposed the plea, alleging that Setalvad hadn't cooperated with the probe.
Bharatiya Janata Party national president Rajnath Singh arrived in Amaravati in Maharashtra today from New Delhi to attend the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh 'Manthan Shibir'. Landing at Belora airport, the Bharatiya Janata Party chief drove straight to Vyankatesh Lawns, the venue for the annual national camp of the RSS and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, where he is supposed to take part in day-long 'closed-door' deliberations.
There is no sign of it losing popularity with a significant section of the voting population, which appears to be attracted to the party for identity reasons, observes Aakar Patel.
Modi's presence at the evnt would open wounds, the Hyderabad MP said.
A 'kiss of love' protest organised by a group of youngsters on Sunday against vandalism by the Bharatiya Janata Party at a coffee shop in Kozhikode has now drawn the ire of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
Jammu and Kashmir unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad termed the invite by Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit to Kashmiri separatists as "strange and ironical," saying the neighbouring country is playing with the sovereignty of India.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad declared on Thursday that the 84th kosi parikrama yatra at Ayodhya would take place as per schedule and the Uttar Pradesh government would have to face dire consequences if it tried to obstruct it, a VHP spokesperson said.
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