Swami Vivekananda is a perfect role model for today's youths as his thoughts are still relevant and a guiding force for world, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said here on Monday. ...
12:45 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Author and Professor of Political Science, University of Hyderabad Jyotirmaya Sharma joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on his book 'Cosmic Love and Human Apathy'. ...
06:05 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Of the 19 tableaux, the one that drew maximum attention was that of the information and broadcasting ministry. ...
03:16 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday said he would continue his fight against corruption and goondaism till his last breath. ...
08:18 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Assailing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for using Swami Vivekananada's name to publicise her Trinamool Congress' political slogan, the CPI-M on Monday accused her of distorting the monk's teachings for furthering her political interests. ...
12:35 AM, Jan 15, 2013
In this special tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his 150th birth anniversary, a panel of experts discuss his role in building the Indian society. ...
09:28 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Functions were held at various Ramakrishna Mission Ashrams and schools and colleges across the country to mark the occasion. ...
05:56 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Today (January 12, 2013) is the 150th birth anniversary of one of India's most revered philosophers and religious leaders. One of the landmarks of Swami ...
01:47 PM, Jan 12, 2013
On Swami Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary, here's the full text of his famous Chicago speech through which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago in 1893. ...
12:48 PM, Jan 12, 2013
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she read books by Swami Vivekananda in times of self-doubt to gather strength. ...
01:52 AM, Jan 12, 2013
New Delhi: In what could be a major embarrassment for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), senior member Ram Jethmalani on Thursday called Ram, the protagonist in the epic 'Ramayana', a bad husband. Jethmalani was attending the release of a book on man-woman relationship when he made the remark. Responding to a query, Jethmalani said that Ram was a bad husband as he sent his wife Sita to exile for no...
06:34 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Mumbai: BJP's oldest ally Shiv Sena on Wednesday said that while LK Advani "lost ground" due to the Jinnah remarks controversy, similarly Nitin Gadkari has been jolted because of the Swami Vivekananda comments row. "Advani lost ground over his Jinnah remarks and Gadkari has been jolted because of the Swami Vivekananda comments row," Sena chief Bal Thackeray said in an editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana'. In 2005, Advani's description of...
03:03 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Jamnagar: A complaint has been filed in the Jamnagar sessions court of Gujarat against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari for drawing a comparison between Swami Vivekanda and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Harshad Bhatt, a Congress worker filed the court complaint on Tuesday, contending that Gadkari should be prosecuted for hurting the sentiments of Indians. The matter has been admitted and posted to November 9 for hearing. Earlier, Gadkari...
04:53 PM, Nov 06, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari has expressed regret over his controversial statement on Vivekananda once again. In a statement, he said, "I would like to reiterate that I never compared Swami Vivekananda with anyone. I had absolutely no intention to project Swami Vivekananda in bad light. If my words about Swami Vivekananda have hurt the public sentiments in any manner, I express my sincere regrets." The BJP...
03:16 PM, Nov 06, 2012
BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Sunday made a controversial statement. He said that the IQ levels of Swami Vivekanada and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim were almost the same. The Congress slammed the remark and demanded an apology. ...
04:14 PM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari on Monday sought to downplay his controversial remark at a function in Bhopal whereby he compared Swami Vivekananda and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, claiming that their IQ levels were almost the same. While Gadkari went on to add that Swami Vivekananda had put his IQ to good use and Dawood caused much harm, his detractors still saw malice in his statement and...
12:04 PM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress is making the most out of BJP President Nitin Gadkari's controversial statement comparing Swami Vivekananda with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Questioning the logic behind the statement, Congress leader Jagdambika Pal asked, "On what basis is he comparing Dawood Ibrahim to Swami Vivekananda? What would the BJP say if tomorrow someone equates Gadkari's IQ with Kasab's?" Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh wasn't far behind. Taking potshots at...
11:32 AM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari may have meant well but his remark is bound to raise a few eyebrows. At a meet, while trying to explain that gender discrimination is unfair and that people should be judged only on the basis of their qualities, Gadkari made an unlikely comparison between Swami Vivekananda and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Gadkari said, "As per psychology, if we compare the...
07:16 AM, Nov 05, 2012
Ahmedabad: Thursday is the last day of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's Vivekananda Yatra. The month-long yatra will end in Pavagadh later this evening. BJP President Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan are likely to be present at the rally later in the day. During this month-long yatra, Modi addressed meetings in 182 assembly constituencies in the run-up to the Gujarat assembly elections. Modi targeted Congress...
09:52 AM, Oct 11, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has kept his 2012 poll campaign centred on spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda, attempting to keep his Hindutva image intact while reaching out to other communities, to make himself more acceptable at the national level even as the Opposition dubbed it as a ploy to garner political gains. Modi has taken out a month long political yatra naming it Swami Vivekananda Yuva Vikas Yatra and...
01:14 PM, Sep 18, 2012
