Hindu Nationalism And The State

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked "Hindu brothers" to protect minorities and claimed that there are plans afoot for another round of violence in the state on Thursday when the nation celebrates Hanuman Jayanti.

Congress Karnataka unit president DK Shivakumar today called the BJP government's plans to free Hindu temples from state control a historic blunder and said that his party won't allow it.

The Economist - whose sister concern Economist Intelligence Unit ranked India 10 places lower in the Democracy Index earlier this week -- has dedicated its latest cover to what it calls "Intolerant India" and criticised the Narendra Modi government over the new citizenship law CAA and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), commenting that it "imp...

Amid criticism over his newly revealed "gotra", recent temple visits in poll-bound states, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and questioned his "knowledge of Hinduism".The Congress is now preaching us about Hinduism... They are giving us lessons of Gita,mocked BJP national president Amit Shah.

There is nothing wrong in the idea of a Hindu Rashtra, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said, stressing that the country's top court too had ruled that Hindutva was a way of life and not just a religion. The Chief Minister started out, by pointing that he could not silence anyone and would continue to work for state's interest. He c...

Nepal's Constituent Assembly today rejected calls to remove the key term 'secularism' from the new Constitution and officially make it a Hindu state, triggering protests by Hindu activists.

Hailing the victory of BJP led National Democratic Alliance in the 2014 general elections as a "revolution" in the country, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) patron Ashok Singhal claims that India will be a Hindu nation by 2020.

The principal limitation in defining poverty in terms of a single line, as those above it being APL and those below it being BPL, is that there was no gradation from destitution to deprivation to poverty to vulnerability.

The bicentennial celebrations of the prestigious Presidency University - founded in 1817 as Hindu College - will be a national and international event, with seminars in Indian cities, Britain and the US, officials said.

Goa ministers' remarks on banning biknis and demanding a Hindu nation have "really damaged" the state's reputation as a safe beach destination, said tourism industry stakeholders.

India's Hindu nationalist opposition could win in four state elections on Sunday, getting a powerful boost ahead of national polls and dealing a big blow to the ruling Congress party, exit surveys suggest.

This weekend's communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar in Western Uttar Pradesh in which 26 people have died confirm what the union government has been bracing for - the near and present danger that political parties will try to polarise Hindu and Muslim voters in states like Bihar and Karnataka ahead of the national elections, due by May.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked "Hindu brothers" to protect minorities and claimed that there are plans afoot for another round of violence in the state on Thursday when the nation celebrates Hanuman Jayanti.

Congress Karnataka unit president DK Shivakumar today called the BJP government's plans to free Hindu temples from state control a historic blunder and said that his party won't allow it.

The Economist - whose sister concern Economist Intelligence Unit ranked India 10 places lower in the Democracy Index earlier this week -- has dedicated its latest cover to what it calls "Intolerant India" and criticised the Narendra Modi government over the new citizenship law CAA and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), commenting that it "imp...

Amid criticism over his newly revealed "gotra", recent temple visits in poll-bound states, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and questioned his "knowledge of Hinduism".The Congress is now preaching us about Hinduism... They are giving us lessons of Gita,mocked BJP national president Amit Shah.

There is nothing wrong in the idea of a Hindu Rashtra, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said, stressing that the country's top court too had ruled that Hindutva was a way of life and not just a religion. The Chief Minister started out, by pointing that he could not silence anyone and would continue to work for state's interest. He c...

Nepal's Constituent Assembly today rejected calls to remove the key term 'secularism' from the new Constitution and officially make it a Hindu state, triggering protests by Hindu activists.

Hailing the victory of BJP led National Democratic Alliance in the 2014 general elections as a "revolution" in the country, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) patron Ashok Singhal claims that India will be a Hindu nation by 2020.

The principal limitation in defining poverty in terms of a single line, as those above it being APL and those below it being BPL, is that there was no gradation from destitution to deprivation to poverty to vulnerability.

The bicentennial celebrations of the prestigious Presidency University - founded in 1817 as Hindu College - will be a national and international event, with seminars in Indian cities, Britain and the US, officials said.

Goa ministers' remarks on banning biknis and demanding a Hindu nation have "really damaged" the state's reputation as a safe beach destination, said tourism industry stakeholders.

India's Hindu nationalist opposition could win in four state elections on Sunday, getting a powerful boost ahead of national polls and dealing a big blow to the ruling Congress party, exit surveys suggest.

This weekend's communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar in Western Uttar Pradesh in which 26 people have died confirm what the union government has been bracing for - the near and present danger that political parties will try to polarise Hindu and Muslim voters in states like Bihar and Karnataka ahead of the national elections, due by May.