Chandigarh: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) protestors stalled the shoot of Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow's biopic on Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad killing. VHP activists were upset with the fact that the market at Sector 15 was converted into Lahore for the film, with all shop hoardings in Urdu and autos showing Lahore number plates. Local traders were protesting against the market being out of bounds for the public for 11 hours. Traders...
03:34 PM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: Terming it as a "backdoor provision" to appease the minorities, the VHP on Thursday slammed the government's proposal to grant quota to minorities in Lokpal. "Constitution does not allow religion-based reservations. To woo Muslims and capture their vote bank through such an anti-constitutional move is strongly opposed by VHP," the organisation's international working president Pravin Togadia said. He said such reservation through "backdoor provision" in the Lokpal Bill...
10:44 PM, Dec 22, 2011
Kochi: The new VHP leadership aims at Hindu empowerment at micro and macro levels, said the newly elected VHP international working president Praveen Togadia on Monday. Togadia said the organisation will focus on Hindu empowerment in village, district, state levels and wider national issues. He said that both Kerala and Tamil Nadu should resolve the Mullaperiyar dam dispute through dialogue as acts of violence will destroy the country. "Leaders of...
11:49 AM, Dec 20, 2011
Kochi: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international president Ashok Singhal on Tuesday warned of a massive movement in the country if the Centre did not withdraw the proposed Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill 2011. "It is an unimaginable and unconstitutional Bill. The Centre has brought the Bill to annihilate the Hindu community," he told. Singhal is in Kochi in connection with the three-day VHP...
11:08 AM, Dec 14, 2011
Shimla: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) president Ashok Singhal on Saturday appealed to yoga guru Ramdev to end his fast and lead the movement against black money and corruption more aggressively. "A large number of Hindu saints have already appealed to Ramdev to end fast...he should honour their sentiments and give up his fast to aggressively lead the movement," Singhal told a press conference in Shimla. Refuting the charge that the...
07:26 PM, Jun 11, 2011
New Delhi: The death of the legendary painter MF Husain, would have struck a deep blow to the art fraternity. Credited with several accolades during his lifetime, including the Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan, the artist was also mired in several controversies throughout his career. His depiction of nude Hindu deities or Hindu Gods in sexual union did not go down well with several Hindu religious leaders. These leaders were...
10:01 AM, Jun 09, 2011
Haridwar: Senior VHP leader Ashok Singhal on Wednesday met Baba Ramdev extending his support to the yoga guru and asked the government to immediately accept all his demands. "There has to be a strict anti-corruption law. There has to be clean and transparent governance, a proper system for the welfare of people. There are people who are looting our country. It must be stopped," Singhal said while addressing people here....
12:39 PM, Jun 08, 2011
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Swami Ramdev may have jumped off the podium but is still news. Many of my friends see him as a threat to democracy arguing he ...
12:07 PM, Jun 06, 2011
Banaskantha: Describing the crackdown on Baba Ramdev and his followers as an "attack on Hinduism", Vishwa Hindu Parishad's international general secretary, Pravin Togadiya, on Sunday demanded resignation of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Speaking to media persons in Siddhpur town of Patan district, Togadiya said, "It is an attack on Hinduism -- it needs suitable action by the people." "It was not a swoop on Baba Ramdev and his supporters,...
06:20 PM, Jun 05, 2011
New Delhi: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Thursday extended their support to the satyagraha of Baba Ramdev against corruption and black money. We feel it will help eliminate corrupt systems of our country. We support the whole movement meant for the national interest and will take part in it. We hope the proposed satyagraha takes the shape of a revolution throughout the country,...
05:45 PM, Jun 02, 2011
Indore: VHP on Monday claimed the Ram mandir will be built at Ayodhya despite the legal hurdles involved. "A time will come when Muslim fraternity will itself ask Hindus to construct Ram mandir at Ayodhya," VHP international president Ashok Singhal told reporters. Singhal's comments came in the backdrop of the recent status quo granted by the Supreme Court on the disputed site of the Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid in Ayodhya and stay...
11:15 PM, May 16, 2011
Ramnathi: The VHP on Sunday accused the Congress-led government of trying to "malign the image of Hindu leaders by terming them as terrorists" and claimed it was the "greatest lie" that Swami Aseemanand has confessed to the Samjhauta Express blast. "We are trying to enlighten the people. If Congress tries to entangle Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders, then a movement will be started against them (Congress)," VHP...
08:52 PM, Jan 09, 2011
Bhopal: Former BJP leader Uma Bharti on Thursday termed the Allahabad High Court's verdict on Ayodhya title suits as the happiest moment of her life, saying it has proved that Lord Ram was born at that particular site in the temple town. "This (Ayodhya verdict) is the happiest moment of my life as the High Court has put its seal of approval on a matter of faith which was a...
10:26 PM, Sep 30, 2010
Ayodhya: It is only two 2 days to go before the Ayodhya verdict comes out. The Ayodhya dispute that essentially hinges on historical evidence have made the historians and archaeologists deeply divided on whether a pre-existing temple was demolished to build the Babri masjid. Did Babur's official Mir Baqi build the Babri Masjid after demolishing a Ram Temple in 1528? Is there evidence to prove that Ram was actually born ...
10:47 AM, Sep 22, 2010
Ayodhya: It is only two 2 days to go before the Ayodhya verdict comes out. The Ayodhya dispute that essentially hinges on historical evidence have made the historians and archaeologists deeply divided on whether a pre-existing temple was demolished to build the Babri masjid. Did Babur's official Mir Baqi build the Babri Masjid after demolishing a Ram Temple in 1528? Is there evidence to prove that Ram was actually born...
10:47 AM, Sep 22, 2010
Lucknow: Eighteen years after the 16th century Babri Mosque was pulled down by violent Hindu mobs in the ancient temple town of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, a special court here will commence the formal trial of the case from Monday. This follows framing of charges against 23 accused by special court judge VK Tyagi on Tuesday, a court official said. Charges against top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Vishwa Hindu...
01:26 PM, Aug 18, 2010
They were convicted in the anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal. ...
01:45 PM, Dec 25, 2009
They were involved in torching a villager house in Kandhamal last year. ...
03:03 PM, Dec 23, 2009
Allahabad: Putting up a brave face in the wake of Liberhan Commission report, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday said the demolition of Babri mosque was the proudest moment for Hindus. It emphasised that the party was committed to build a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. “Reports like that of the Liberhan Commission come and go. But, the Hindu culture, which takes pride in its heritage...
11:53 PM, Nov 24, 2009
The VHP office-bearer was killed late on Wednesday inside a temple. ...
01:46 PM, Nov 05, 2009
