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Keeping up with UP|Caste census: Politics of social justice, raising aspirations

The move has seemingly deflated the Opposition’s plan to counter the potent Hindu card with social justice.

An enumerator collects information from residents during the Bihar caste census in 2023. (Santosh Kumar/ HT Photo)

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Published on May 05, 2025 11:12 AM IST

BySunita Aron

Dr Ambedkar’s contribution makes him adorable to all Indians: Bhagwat

Elaborating on ‘Panch Parivartan’, Bhagwat first talked about social harmony, saying our goal is to remove differences in the society

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat concluded his five-day visit to Aligarh on April 21. (HT file)

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Updated on Apr 21, 2025 10:44 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Agra

Ghaziabad hosts BJP, RSS’ four-hour-long ‘coordination’ meet

The four-hour-long meeting was held at a time when the BJP is getting ready to name its new national president and state unit chiefs, including in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath arrives in Ghaziabad to attend a coordination meeting between the BJP and the RSS on Wednesday. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Published on Apr 02, 2025 10:32 PM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Politicians inciting Muslims on Waqf Bill: Indresh Kumar

Kumar was in Lucknow to preside over a meeting of the Muslim Rashtriya Manch, an RSS-backed organisation.

Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) leader Indresh Kumar (File)

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Updated on Jan 05, 2025 05:36 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Keeping up with UP: RSS chief cautions against raking up temple-mosque disputes

Advice ahead of the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj, where the Akhil Bhartiya Akhada Parishad is likely to take a position on issues.

Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat (PTI)

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Published on Dec 29, 2024 03:28 PM IST

BySunita Aron

‘First give advice to BJP leaders’: Oppn slams Bhagwat's ‘3-children’ remark

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in his speech in Nagpur had said that family is an integral part of the society and every family serves as a key building block.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had made the remarks while expressing concerns about the declining population growth in India. (ANI)

india news

Published on Dec 02, 2024 04:48 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat lays stress on protection of Sanatan Dharma

Elaborating on the importance of unity in diversity, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat also emphasised that despite the country’s many forms and faces, India remains one at its core.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at an event in Chitrakoot. (SOURCED IMAGE)

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Updated on Nov 07, 2024 05:18 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Kanpur/jhansi

National executive: RSS meet begins with focus on centenary year, expansion

A total of 393 participants from all 11 regions and 46 provinces of the RSS are attending the meeting

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat inaugurating a two-day national executive meeting in Mathura district on Friday. (Sourced)

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Updated on Oct 26, 2024 06:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Agra

RSS’s two-day national executive meeting begins in Mathura

Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and general secretary Dattatreya Hosbole inaugurated the meeting by garlanding Bharat Mata’s portrait

The focus will remain on the RSS’s expansion in its centenary year. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Oct 25, 2024 01:51 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

RSS stands for 'Rumours Spreading Sangh', says senior Karnataka Congress leader

Addressing an event in Bengaluru, BK Hariprasad claimed that the RSS manipulates narratives.

Karnataka MLC BK Hariprasad during. (ANI)

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Updated on Oct 17, 2024 03:53 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Why barriers between RSS and government are tough to break

Ban on participating in the RSS’s activities was first put in place in 1966. It was lifted in 1977 when Janata Party came to power and was re-imposed in 1980

It emerged a few days ago that the Union government had quietly lifted the decades-old ban prohibiting government employees from associating with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh(Sonu Mehta/HT File Photo)

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Published on Jul 29, 2024 10:52 PM IST

BySuhit K Sen

As BJP’s Punjab unit grapples with infighting, RSS calls meet on Dec 2

RSS joint general secretary Arun Kumar, who looks after the liaison and synergy between the BJP and the Sangh, is set to chair the meeting of state leaders that is to be held in Chandigarh

Though the party’s senior leadership maintains that the meeting is a routine affair, many state leaders claim that all’s not well within the Punjab unit. (File)

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Updated on Dec 01, 2023 06:58 AM IST

ByRavinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh

We want to take everyone along, even critics: Bhagwat

The RSS chief or “sarsanghchalak’”, as he is referred to by the Sangh cadres, said this while interacting with professionals and intellectuals – something that he often does at the end of his visits

Bhagwat concluded his three-day visit of Awadh Prant at Saraswati Shishu Mandir in Nirala Nagar of Lucknow on Monday (File photo)

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Published on Sep 26, 2023 12:20 AM IST

ByManish Chandra Pandey

RSS chief to head Vrindavan meet today

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to head a routine organizational meeting in Vrindavan on Wednesday, with executive committee members from Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in attendance. The meeting will focus on discussing progress, speeding up plans, and widening the reach of projects.

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Updated on Aug 22, 2023 07:37 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Agra

Defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi for ‘21st century Kauravas’ remark

On March 23, a court in Surat convicted Gandhi in a defamation case and sentenced him to two years imprisonment, leading to his disqualification as a member of Parliament a day later

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (File Photo)

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Updated on Mar 31, 2023 06:00 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

India’s integrity under threat in placed where Hindus are weak: RSS

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat says,“Hindu is Bharat, Bharat is Hindu and this needs to be strengthened because the British rewrote our history and changed our original identity.”

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Saturday that Hindutva needs to be strengthened for a stronger society. (PTI)

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Updated on Nov 28, 2021 04:21 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Bhopal/gwalior

Iqbal Singh Ahluwalia takes charge as Punjab RSS chief

The appointment of another Sikh face as the Punjab RSS head is significant in the backdrop SAD’s break-up with the BJP. Symbolically, it signals the saffron party’s strategy on Sikh outreach and make inroads in rural Punjab.

(Left) Outgoing Punjab RSS chief Brijbhushan Bedi, 90, with his successor Iqbal Singh Ahluwalia, 67, at a meting in Chandigarh.(HT photo)

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Updated on Nov 24, 2020 04:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

‘Towards nation-building’: First RSS ‘army’ school to start classes from April in UP

Rajju Bhaiya Sainik Vidya Mandir will help students prepare for entrance examinations and physical tests of the National Defence Academy, Naval Academy and other examinations of the Indian Army.

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Updated on Jan 27, 2020 11:52 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByPawan Dixit

‘Giving birth to children like animals harmful for country’: UP Shia Waqf Board chairman

Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi has said that giving birth to more children like “animals” is harmful to the country. “Some people believe that childbirth is a natural process and should not be interfered with. To give birth to more children like animals is harmful to society and country.

Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi.(ANI Photo)

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Updated on Jan 21, 2020 08:51 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

News updates from Hindustan Times at 5 pm: Sonia jibe at BJP on Gandhi Jayanti and all the latest news at this hour

Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion at 2 pm curated for you. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

Attacking BJP, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said it is “easy to take the name of Mahatma Gandhi but difficult to tread his path”(Photo: Twitter/ INCIndia)

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Updated on Oct 02, 2019 05:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Modi-Trump bonhomie thrilled people of India: Shahnawaz Hussain

Shahnawaz, who also met chief minister Yogi Adityanath, was in Lucknow on Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya’s birth anniversary on Wednesday.

Former union minister Shahnawaz Hussain on Wednesday said the heady thrill of Prime Minister Narendra Modi drawing applause from a capacity crowd in the United States for nullification of Article 370, with US President Donald Trump also clapping, was incomparable.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Sep 25, 2019 11:54 PM IST

Lucknow | ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Congress not to call its trainers ‘preraks’ after objections

The functionary, who was present at a meeting of the party’s central office-bearers, chief ministers and state presidents on Thursday where the matter was discussed, said Gandhi later asked training department in-charge Sachin Rao to come with a fresh list of names.

The RSS has Pracharaks or full-time volunteers to take the organisation’s ideology to the masses.(HT image)

india news

Updated on Sep 13, 2019 01:18 AM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Oppn slams RSS over Bhagwat quota remark

Punia’s comments came a day after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat called for a dialogue between the backers and opponents of the reservation.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had called for a conversation on reservation.(HT image)

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Published on Aug 20, 2019 04:27 AM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Yediyurappa: 10 points about BJP’s mascot in the south

Yediyurappa’s janmabhoomi is Bookankere, a small farming village in Mandya district, but his karmabhoomi is Shivmogga, where he landed in 1965 to work for the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS).

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa.(PTI Photo)

india news

Updated on Jul 27, 2019 09:29 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | ByVenkatesha Babu

‘At times I stood alone’: Rahul Gandhi also takes a swipe at Cong leaders

Rahul Gandhi, after May 25, had limited interactions with party colleagues and in all his meetings remained adamant on stepping down.

Rahul Gandhi, upset over the party’s dismal performance in the general elections managing to win just 52 seats compared to 303 seats for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had offered to resign at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on May 25. (Photo @RGWayanadOffice)

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Updated on May 29, 2020 09:42 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAurangzeb Naqshbandi

Key appointments to board for denotified tribes pending

These communities are counted among the most backward, and over 265 such communities have not been able to benefit from caste-based quotas in government jobs and educational institutions, according to a 2018 report of the government-appointed Idate commission.

The government is also awaiting the report of a committee under the NITI Aayog, which was mandated to identify communities of denotified nomadic tribes (DNT), semi-nomadic tribes (SNT) and notified tribes (NT) that are not yet formally classified.(MINT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jun 16, 2019 01:25 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | BySmriti Kak Ramachandran

Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019: BJP’s victory triumph of national forces, says RSS

RSS expected that the new government would endeavour and succeed in fulfilling the aspirations and ambitions of the common people.

A poster of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai as BJP supporters celebrate on the election results day outside the BJP headquarters in Mumbai on May 23, 2019.(AFP)

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Published on May 23, 2019 05:50 PM IST

New Delhi | ByIndo Asian News Service

Lok Sabha elections 2019- Poonam vs Priya: May be too close to call in North Central Mumbai

Vile Parle, which has a mix of Maharashtrian and Gujarati population, is highly influenced by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) ideology and is a major cultural hub.

A woman at a polling booth in Sangharsh Nagar at Chandivli on Monday.(Satyabrata Tripathy/HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 30, 2019 06:57 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByNaresh Kamath

Dreams to reality, says Ayodhya mediator Sri Sri Ravi Shankar after SC order

The top court has appointed a three-member panel led by retired SC judge FM Khalifulah. Senior lawyer Sriram Panchu, who specializes in mediation and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar are the other two members.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the spiritual guru who has long championed negotiations to end the decades-old Ayodhya temple land dispute, on Friday spoke about ending conflicts and maintaining harmony.(Photo by Waseem Andrabi / Hindustan Times)(HT Photo)

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Published on Mar 08, 2019 02:45 PM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Ram temple will come up in Ayodhya, government doing everything it can: RSS chief Bhagwat

A proposal for the temple was approved at the meet where saints called upon people to give another term to the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.

Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said a magnificent Ram temple would come up in Ayodhya .(PTI)

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Published on Feb 01, 2019 11:07 PM IST

Allahabad | ByPawan Dixit/Kenneth John

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The move has seemingly deflated the Opposition’s plan to counter the potent Hindu card with social justice.

Elaborating on ‘Panch Parivartan’, Bhagwat first talked about social harmony, saying our goal is to remove differences in the society

The four-hour-long meeting was held at a time when the BJP is getting ready to name its new national president and state unit chiefs, including in Uttar Pradesh

Kumar was in Lucknow to preside over a meeting of the Muslim Rashtriya Manch, an RSS-backed organisation.

Advice ahead of the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj, where the Akhil Bhartiya Akhada Parishad is likely to take a position on issues.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in his speech in Nagpur had said that family is an integral part of the society and every family serves as a key building block.

Elaborating on the importance of unity in diversity, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat also emphasised that despite the country’s many forms and faces, India remains one at its core.

A total of 393 participants from all 11 regions and 46 provinces of the RSS are attending the meeting

Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and general secretary Dattatreya Hosbole inaugurated the meeting by garlanding Bharat Mata’s portrait

Addressing an event in Bengaluru, BK Hariprasad claimed that the RSS manipulates narratives.

Ban on participating in the RSS’s activities was first put in place in 1966. It was lifted in 1977 when Janata Party came to power and was re-imposed in 1980

RSS joint general secretary Arun Kumar, who looks after the liaison and synergy between the BJP and the Sangh, is set to chair the meeting of state leaders that is to be held in Chandigarh

The RSS chief or “sarsanghchalak’”, as he is referred to by the Sangh cadres, said this while interacting with professionals and intellectuals – something that he often does at the end of his visits

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to head a routine organizational meeting in Vrindavan on Wednesday, with executive committee members from Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in attendance. The meeting will focus on discussing progress, speeding up plans, and widening the reach of projects.

On March 23, a court in Surat convicted Gandhi in a defamation case and sentenced him to two years imprisonment, leading to his disqualification as a member of Parliament a day later

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat says,“Hindu is Bharat, Bharat is Hindu and this needs to be strengthened because the British rewrote our history and changed our original identity.”

The appointment of another Sikh face as the Punjab RSS head is significant in the backdrop SAD’s break-up with the BJP. Symbolically, it signals the saffron party’s strategy on Sikh outreach and make inroads in rural Punjab.

Rajju Bhaiya Sainik Vidya Mandir will help students prepare for entrance examinations and physical tests of the National Defence Academy, Naval Academy and other examinations of the Indian Army.

Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion at 2 pm curated for you. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

Shahnawaz, who also met chief minister Yogi Adityanath, was in Lucknow on Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya’s birth anniversary on Wednesday.

The functionary, who was present at a meeting of the party’s central office-bearers, chief ministers and state presidents on Thursday where the matter was discussed, said Gandhi later asked training department in-charge Sachin Rao to come with a fresh list of names.

Punia’s comments came a day after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat called for a dialogue between the backers and opponents of the reservation.

Yediyurappa’s janmabhoomi is Bookankere, a small farming village in Mandya district, but his karmabhoomi is Shivmogga, where he landed in 1965 to work for the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS).

Rahul Gandhi, after May 25, had limited interactions with party colleagues and in all his meetings remained adamant on stepping down.

These communities are counted among the most backward, and over 265 such communities have not been able to benefit from caste-based quotas in government jobs and educational institutions, according to a 2018 report of the government-appointed Idate commission.

RSS expected that the new government would endeavour and succeed in fulfilling the aspirations and ambitions of the common people.

Vile Parle, which has a mix of Maharashtrian and Gujarati population, is highly influenced by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) ideology and is a major cultural hub.

The top court has appointed a three-member panel led by retired SC judge FM Khalifulah. Senior lawyer Sriram Panchu, who specializes in mediation and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar are the other two members.

A proposal for the temple was approved at the meet where saints called upon people to give another term to the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.

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