
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's key rival, senior Congress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela broke his counter-fast on Tuesday. Leaders from the State Congress sat on a fast from Saturday to counter Modi's programme and to promote "non-violence". Vaghela launched his fast at Sabarmati Asharam on Saturday, which was more or less been low profile with senior Congress leaders abstaining from the event. They called Modi's agitation a five-star fast...

10:19 AM, Sep 20, 2011

New Delhi: Gujarat Congress leaders Shankarsinh Vaghela and Arjun Modhvadia on Saturday began their fast as a counter to Chief Minister Narendra Modi's three-day fast, calling it a Satyagraha. "What is the need for Modi to spend taxpayers' money to hold a lavish fast? He could have held his fast at the CM's residence as well. The Modi government is corrupt, and is facing many corruption allegations," Modhwadia said. GPCC...

10:33 AM, Sep 17, 2011

Ahmedabad: Unlike the hot and humid Ram Lila Maidan, the big, cool hall at the Gujarat convention centre is the spot where Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will be sweating it out for three full days. Luxury seating arrangements and every other comfort that you can think of will be here. After all it is 'Gujarat's Lion' who is on a fast. And even before the lion could roar, the...

09:59 AM, Sep 16, 2011

New Delhi: India on Sunday paid homage to the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi with prayer meetings and floral tributes on his 63rd death anniversary observed as Martyrs' Day. It was on January 30, 1948 that Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi. The day commenced with 2-minute's silence at 11 am, followed by prayer meetings at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Hundreds of students chanted devotional songs...

12:23 PM, Jan 30, 2011

The Mahatma used to say "the heart of a nation lies in its villages". CNN-IBN travels to a village to find out how villages are doing. ...

04:43 PM, Oct 02, 2010

For many, Gandhiji is not about a defined image but a way of life. ...

04:39 PM, Oct 02, 2010

Here's why you should read Gandhiji's autobiography 'My Experiments With Truth'. ...

04:35 PM, Oct 02, 2010

CNN-IBN pays tribute to the Mahatma as the world celebrates his 140th birth anniversary on Saturday. ...

04:29 PM, Oct 02, 2010

Celebrations have been planned across the country all the way from Porbandar to Sewagram in Nagpur. ...

08:37 AM, Oct 02, 2010

The ashram authorities say it does not matter where Gandhi's belongings are. ...

09:32 AM, Mar 05, 2009

The Sabarmati Ashram is inaugurating a special youth camp on non-violence to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi. ...

03:52 PM, Jan 30, 2007

There has been a renewed interest in Gandhi's teachings and the reason could well be
Lage Raho Munnabhai. ...

05:37 PM, Oct 02, 2006

Not a single ceremony, or even a prayer was organised in Bapu's Sabarmati Ashram to mark 100 years of his 'Satyagraha'. ...

10:23 PM, Sep 11, 2006