Is the Afzal Guru hanging a mark of UPA's desperation? BJP's National Executive member Sheshadri Chari joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
04:50 PM, Feb 09, 2013
In line of fire over his alleged hate speech, VHP leader Praveen Togadia on Saturday said he was ready to go to jail for the sake of Hindutva. "I am ready to go to jail...I am ready to do anything for Hindutva," Togadia, who is at the Kumbh Mela, told PTI over phone. "It is no crime to speak in the interest of the country," he said. ...
02:12 PM, Feb 09, 2013
The BJP will protest outside the Prime Minister's House Feb 20 to demand an apology from Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for his "saffron terror" and "Hindu terror" remarks, a party leader said on Friday. ...
01:55 AM, Feb 09, 2013
India has long been a victim of jehadi terror but most of it has been sponsored from across the border. But the Samjhauta Express blast, the Hyderabad blasts, hate speeches by the likes of Togadia and disruption of art shows in the name of hurting religious sensibilities bring us to confront a bigger question? Has right wing terror come to stay in India? Analyst Praveen Swami shared his perspective in...
06:30 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia, who has been booked for an alleged hate speech, has sent out a warning of sorts saying he will go to people's court with all his supporters. "If my speech was inciting then show me any violence that has been caused by it in the past 15 days. Wherever I am taken, I will not go alone. Thousands will go with me saying they...
02:15 PM, Feb 08, 2013
The Shiv Sena in Maharashtra has called for a bandh at Bhokar and Nanded demanding that the state government withdraws the FIR registered against VHP leader Praveen Togadia. Togadia was booked for making an alleged inflammatory speech at both locations. ...
01:33 PM, Feb 08, 2013
The Supreme Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to explain as to why there was a delay in filing the appeal against the Allahabad High Court order in the Babri Masjid demolition case which upheld dropping of conspiracy charges against Bharatiya Janata Party and Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders. ...
12:16 PM, Feb 07, 2013
Facing flak from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Sangh Parivar over his controversial "Hindu terror" remarks, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday said he fully endorses Congress party's stand that there was no colour to terrorism. "There is no colour to any terrorism," he told reporters when asked to comment on his remarks during Congress party's Chintan Shivir in Jaipur in December. ...
09:48 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is likely to get a reprieve from the Delhi Police on his remarks on "Hindu terror". In its status report at a Delhi court, the Delhi Police has said that no cognisable offence could be made out against Shinde. ...
05:40 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has demanded strong action against VHP leader Praveen Togadia for his alleged hate speech. Togadia reportedly delivered the speech on Februray 1 near Adilabad. ...
03:39 PM, Feb 06, 2013
An art exhibition at the prestigious Delhi Art Gallery has run into trouble with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. The VHP's women wing, Durga Vahini, protested outside the gallery against the exhibition that showcases a retrospective on modern nude art on Wednesday. ...
02:38 PM, Feb 06, 2013
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad seems close to endorsing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to be the Bharatiya Janata Party's Prime Ministerial candidate. VHP leader Ashok Singhal has told CNN-IBN that the excitement around Modi for PM can be equated to the excitement that surrounded Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru as he became PM for the first time. ...
01:33 PM, Feb 06, 2013
The war of words between the Delhi Art Gallery owner and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad seems to have worsened. Despite facing threats, the organiser of the nude art works says he won't take down the paintings. ...
07:53 AM, Feb 06, 2013
Alleging that Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's Hindu terror remarks were a ploy to deflect attention from the failures of the government, BJP on Tuesday said Congress will have to "bear the consequences" of this "insult" inside and outside Parliament. ...
04:41 AM, Feb 06, 2013
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rejected a PIL by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad against Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Shiva Kirti Singh and Justice Dilip Gupta dismissed in limine the PIL which had sought to make Shinde, the Cabinet Secretary and the Union Home Secretary respondents. ...
09:17 PM, Feb 05, 2013
An art exhibition at the Delhi Art Gallery, showcasing a retrospective on modern nude art, ran into trouble on Monday night when VHP activists forced it to shut down temporarily. The exhibition was resumed after the organisers sought police protection. ...
06:31 PM, Feb 05, 2013
Senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia on Tuesday ducked queries on the likelihood of VHP pressing for projection of Narendra Modi as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate. ...
05:58 PM, Feb 05, 2013
After MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi's hate speech rocked Hyderabad, now VHP leader Praveen Togadia has shown how he is another side of the same coin. Praveen Togadia allegedly made an inflammatory speech on February 1 near Adilabad district, the same district where Owaisi made his hate speech. ...
03:32 PM, Feb 05, 2013
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) steering committee is meeting for the next two days in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad. All eyes are on the Hindu outfit as it is likely to openly support Narendra Modi's name as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate. ...
09:15 AM, Feb 05, 2013
The Allahabad High Court will hear a public interest litigation against Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde over his controversial remarks on "Hindu terror". On January 20, at the Congress' Chintan Shivir in Jaipur, Shinde had accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of running terror camps. ...
08:15 AM, Feb 05, 2013
