Saffron Terror

Amid the raging controversy over BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur's remarks glorifying Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, party president Amit Shah defended fielding her as the BJP's candidate from Bhopal in the ongoing national elections and said her candidature is a "satyagraha" against a fake "saffron terror" case.

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said that Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur has been made the BJP candidate from Bhopal as the party feels she is "not guilty" but was made a scapegoat by the then Congress government after coining the word 'bhagwa aatanki' (saffron terror).

Just days after Sonia Gandhi's trip to her constituency Rae Bareli, BJP president Amit Shah today visited the Congress bastion, saying his party would put an end to "dynastic" politics in the area that has "not seen development since Independence".

The Rashtriya Janata Dal Friday lashed out at the BJP over a controversial remark made by the saffron party's Bihar chief that victory of RJD candidate in the upcoming Araria by-poll would make it a "safe haven" for the terror group ISIS.

Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya, accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, will not be charged under a tough law against organised crime. But it is only partial relief as they will face trial for conspiracy charges as well as terror charges, a court said today.

A piece of saffron cloth tied to his head and a prayer on his lips, an undeterred Amarnath pilgrim today said there was only solution to terrorism in Kashmir -- and that was to visit the state over and over again.

President Pranab Mukherjee addressed the nation today on the eve of 68th Republic Day. The address was broadcasted at 7 pm in the entire national network of All India Radio (AIR) and telecast over all channels of Doordarshan in English followed by Hindi versions. In his Republic Day address last year, President Mukherjee had highlighted various gov...

Army Lieutenant-colonel Srikant Purohit - the man seen for years as the face of what Congress called "saffron terror" -- will not get bail in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, a special court in Mumbai has said.

Army Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit, seen for many years as the face of what the Congress calls "saffron terror," was not involved in the 2008 bomb blast in Maharashtra's Malegaon, witness after witness seem to suggest.

The BJP has accepted and even welcomed Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's carefully worded expression of regret for his "saffron terror" remark, but its ideological mentor, the RSS, says nothing short of an outright apology will do.

President Pranab Mukherjee, making his first address to a joint gathering of MPs from both Houses of Parliament on the first day of the Budget session today, said he hoped for a productive Parliament sitting, that comes after a tough economic year.

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has "expressed regret" for his "Hindu terror" remark made last month, in a statement designed to assuage a livid BJP, which had threatened to disrupt Parliament and boycott the minister if he did not apologise.

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was forced to "express regret" for his "Hindu terror" remark made last month, in a statement designed to bring around a belligerent BJP, which had threatened to disrupt Parliament and boycott the minister if he did not apologise.

The stand-off over Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's remarks on "saffron terror" is likely to end, sources have said adding that Mr Shinde is likely to make a clarification shortly.

The BJP has made it clear that its attack on Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, for his "saffron terror" comment, will dominate its strategy when the Budget session of Parliament convenes tomorrow.

Amid the raging controversy over BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur's remarks glorifying Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, party president Amit Shah defended fielding her as the BJP's candidate from Bhopal in the ongoing national elections and said her candidature is a "satyagraha" against a fake "saffron terror" case.

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said that Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur has been made the BJP candidate from Bhopal as the party feels she is "not guilty" but was made a scapegoat by the then Congress government after coining the word 'bhagwa aatanki' (saffron terror).

Just days after Sonia Gandhi's trip to her constituency Rae Bareli, BJP president Amit Shah today visited the Congress bastion, saying his party would put an end to "dynastic" politics in the area that has "not seen development since Independence".

The Rashtriya Janata Dal Friday lashed out at the BJP over a controversial remark made by the saffron party's Bihar chief that victory of RJD candidate in the upcoming Araria by-poll would make it a "safe haven" for the terror group ISIS.

Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya, accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, will not be charged under a tough law against organised crime. But it is only partial relief as they will face trial for conspiracy charges as well as terror charges, a court said today.

A piece of saffron cloth tied to his head and a prayer on his lips, an undeterred Amarnath pilgrim today said there was only solution to terrorism in Kashmir -- and that was to visit the state over and over again.

President Pranab Mukherjee addressed the nation today on the eve of 68th Republic Day. The address was broadcasted at 7 pm in the entire national network of All India Radio (AIR) and telecast over all channels of Doordarshan in English followed by Hindi versions. In his Republic Day address last year, President Mukherjee had highlighted various gov...

Army Lieutenant-colonel Srikant Purohit - the man seen for years as the face of what Congress called "saffron terror" -- will not get bail in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, a special court in Mumbai has said.

Army Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit, seen for many years as the face of what the Congress calls "saffron terror," was not involved in the 2008 bomb blast in Maharashtra's Malegaon, witness after witness seem to suggest.

The BJP has accepted and even welcomed Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's carefully worded expression of regret for his "saffron terror" remark, but its ideological mentor, the RSS, says nothing short of an outright apology will do.

President Pranab Mukherjee, making his first address to a joint gathering of MPs from both Houses of Parliament on the first day of the Budget session today, said he hoped for a productive Parliament sitting, that comes after a tough economic year.

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has "expressed regret" for his "Hindu terror" remark made last month, in a statement designed to assuage a livid BJP, which had threatened to disrupt Parliament and boycott the minister if he did not apologise.

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was forced to "express regret" for his "Hindu terror" remark made last month, in a statement designed to bring around a belligerent BJP, which had threatened to disrupt Parliament and boycott the minister if he did not apologise.

The stand-off over Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's remarks on "saffron terror" is likely to end, sources have said adding that Mr Shinde is likely to make a clarification shortly.

The BJP has made it clear that its attack on Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, for his "saffron terror" comment, will dominate its strategy when the Budget session of Parliament convenes tomorrow.