An art exhibition in the capital showcasing a retrospective on modern nude art ran into trouble today with right wing activists forcing it to shut down temporarily and organisers reopening it with police protection. "The Naked and the Nude" exhibition hosted at the Delhi Art Gallery's exhibition space in south Delhi witnessed a protest by the women's wing of VHP demanding a ban on the show which they said contained...
10:10 PM, Feb 04, 2013
The battle within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) continues and this time, it's been triggered by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) making a pitch for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Modi is likely to visit the Maha Kumbh Mela on Thursday as the VHP holds its Dharam Sansad or the congregation of saints and religious leaders, with a section pushing for the endorsement of Modi as the party's PM candidate....
09:29 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Ashok Singhal on Sunday backed Narendra Modi and said that BJP should consider the people's demand for making him the party's PM candidate. ...
08:00 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Taking a swipe at the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Janata Dal (United) leader Shivanand Tiwari on Sunday asked how could "sadhus and Nagas" decide the Prime Ministerial candidate of the alliance they belong to, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Tiwari's outburst came amidst growing indications that the VHP will indicate its support for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at its Dharam Sansad on February 7, which...
05:57 PM, Feb 03, 2013
New Delhi: Nearly 25 activists of the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday protested outside the Delhi residence of Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh asking him to apologise for his recent remark allegedly comparing temples to toilets at a public meeting on Saturday. Remarking on the lack of sufficient number of public toilets in India, Ramesh said that toilets were far more important than the temples...
01:21 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Ahmedabad: Just before the Gujarat elections, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) - the sister organisation of the ruling BJP, which is part of the Sangh Parivar - has raised its voice against Chief Minister Narendra Modi government's handling of the 2002 post-Godhra riot cases. The Gujarat government recently approached the high court to enhance the punishment of 27 riot convicts from life imprisonment to death penalty. Terming it as an "anti-Hindu"...
05:57 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Karimganj/Guwahati: A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the assault on Congress MLA Rumi Nath and her second husband at a Karimganj hotel which sparked off violent protests and bandh in south Assam's Barak Valley. Karimganj Deputy Commissioner Debeswar Malakar on Monday ordered the inquiry into the incident. The report of the inquiry is to be submitted within 15 days, official sources said. In another development, three personnel security officers...
01:04 PM, Jul 02, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader Uma Bharti is expected to lead a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)-sponsored, parallel Amarnath pilgrimage from Jammu on Sunday. The leader has been demanding that the Amarnath Yatra be allowed for two months. The Jammu and Kashmir government has allowed the yatra, which begins on June 15, to proceed for 37 days. ...
11:28 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Kathryn Bigelow and her 'The Hurt Locker' could have been a big thing for Hollywood but self styled patrons of Indian traditions and morality don't seem to care much about the Oscar winning director. Bigelow chose Chandigarh as the location of her forthcoming film 'Zero Dark Thirty' or 'ZD30' where the crew was recreating the Pakistani city of Abbottabad. Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden was killed by the...
12:44 PM, Mar 03, 2012
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
Bhubaneswar: A fast track court in Orissa acquitted 18 people in two cases of rioting in the Kandhamal district in 2008, a lawyer said on Saturday. While 10 people were booked for burning the house of Sramika Digal, eight people were booked for torching John Nayak's house. Both the incidents took place at Pipudidei village on August 26. Judge Sobhan Kumar Das delivered the verdict on Friday in both the...
09:47 AM, Jan 29, 2011
Ayodhya: Saints and leaders of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will meet here Wednesday to deliberate on the Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ayodhya title suits and chalk out future strategy for construction of the Ram temple. "The VHP leaders, under the banner of Sant Uchadhikar Samiti, are meeting here at the Kar Sewakpuraum to review the Allahabad High Court verdict and finalise future course of action," VHP spokesman...
01:40 PM, Oct 20, 2010
The report has said the reporters were confined to small rooms or molested. ...
06:17 PM, Nov 24, 2009
Declare India as
Dar-Ul-Amen, a pure state and that Hindus not infidels. ...
11:51 AM, Feb 22, 2009
VHP-BJP activists called for two-hour nationwide
chakka jam. ...
10:59 PM, Aug 13, 2008
