Gita Controversy

The general consensus is that this Nolan creative choice makes little sense.

An intimate scene from Oppenheimer controversially quotes from the Bhagavad Gita

The BJP hit out at the Congress over Mr Patil's remarks and accused it of playing vote bank politics.

Mr Patil had made the controversial remark at a book launch event in the national capital on Thursday, drawing flak from the BJP, which hit out at the Congress for "Hindu hatred" and "vote bank politics."

Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has courted controversy with his remarks describing a book on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be as sacred as the preachings of Lord Krishna in Gita.

A Jammu and Kashmir government order that copies of religious scriptures Ramayana and Bhagwad Gita should be made available at all schools, colleges and public libraries has triggered a controversy in the Muslim-majority state.

Amid the controversy over her appointment as Economic Advisor to the Kerala Chief Minister, Harvard Professor Gita Gopinath today said she was 'honoured' and 'humbled' and expressed hope of contributing toward further developing sustainable policies for the state.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Ashish Khetan has been accused of hurting religious sentiment in a police complaint filed in Punjab, in the latest controversy to hit the party as it campaigns for elections next year in the state.

After Union Minister Sushma Swaraj favoured declaring Bhagavad Gita as "national scripture", veteran BJP leader L K Advani today urged people to read Mahabharata and Ramayana saying the epics are a great source of knowledge on politics and morality.

Sidharth Bhatia on the minister's Gita controversy and her dissing of chocolates.

Pressing for the Centre to declare Bhagwad Gita as a 'Rashtriya Granth' (national book), External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today only a formality remained to be done in this regard, triggering a controversy with Trinamool Congress saying Constitution is the "Holy Book" in a democracy.

Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju today objected to a Supreme Court judge's statement that Gita and Mahabharat should be taught in schools, saying this is against India's secular feature and Constitution and will do it "great harm."

India's diplomatic efforts to resolve a controversy relating to Russian state prosecutors' bid to get a Russian interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita banned and branded extremist literature will be put to test again with a high court in the Siberian city of Tomsk set to deliver its final verdict on Tuesday.

Karnataka higher education minister VS Acharya today died of a reported heart attack. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minster, collapsed on the stage in a function today. He was brought to a private hospital in Bangalore, where he was declared dead, according to sources. Mr Acharya has also served as the home minister of Karnataka. He was given th...

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today conveyed to Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin the country's concern over the "sensitive" issue of a Siberian court hearing a petition seeking a ban on Bhagvad Gita.

The general consensus is that this Nolan creative choice makes little sense.

An intimate scene from Oppenheimer controversially quotes from the Bhagavad Gita

The BJP hit out at the Congress over Mr Patil's remarks and accused it of playing vote bank politics.

Mr Patil had made the controversial remark at a book launch event in the national capital on Thursday, drawing flak from the BJP, which hit out at the Congress for "Hindu hatred" and "vote bank politics."

Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has courted controversy with his remarks describing a book on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be as sacred as the preachings of Lord Krishna in Gita.

A Jammu and Kashmir government order that copies of religious scriptures Ramayana and Bhagwad Gita should be made available at all schools, colleges and public libraries has triggered a controversy in the Muslim-majority state.

Amid the controversy over her appointment as Economic Advisor to the Kerala Chief Minister, Harvard Professor Gita Gopinath today said she was 'honoured' and 'humbled' and expressed hope of contributing toward further developing sustainable policies for the state.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Ashish Khetan has been accused of hurting religious sentiment in a police complaint filed in Punjab, in the latest controversy to hit the party as it campaigns for elections next year in the state.

After Union Minister Sushma Swaraj favoured declaring Bhagavad Gita as "national scripture", veteran BJP leader L K Advani today urged people to read Mahabharata and Ramayana saying the epics are a great source of knowledge on politics and morality.

Sidharth Bhatia on the minister's Gita controversy and her dissing of chocolates.

Pressing for the Centre to declare Bhagwad Gita as a 'Rashtriya Granth' (national book), External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today only a formality remained to be done in this regard, triggering a controversy with Trinamool Congress saying Constitution is the "Holy Book" in a democracy.

Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju today objected to a Supreme Court judge's statement that Gita and Mahabharat should be taught in schools, saying this is against India's secular feature and Constitution and will do it "great harm."

India's diplomatic efforts to resolve a controversy relating to Russian state prosecutors' bid to get a Russian interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita banned and branded extremist literature will be put to test again with a high court in the Siberian city of Tomsk set to deliver its final verdict on Tuesday.

Karnataka higher education minister VS Acharya today died of a reported heart attack. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minster, collapsed on the stage in a function today. He was brought to a private hospital in Bangalore, where he was declared dead, according to sources. Mr Acharya has also served as the home minister of Karnataka. He was given th...

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today conveyed to Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin the country's concern over the "sensitive" issue of a Siberian court hearing a petition seeking a ban on Bhagvad Gita.