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Pratik Gandhi-Patralekhaa's Phule receives strong support in early X reviews
Phule the film may have had to contend with the censorship axe prior to its release — the Pratik Gandhi film however, appears to have won over X
Published on Apr 25, 2025 06:28 PM IST
Ananth Mahadevan says we're an ‘immature society’ as Phule faces backlash
Days after CBFC suggested some changes be made in Phule, Ananth Mahadevan shared that he wouldn't like his film “to be touched” for “innocuous changes”.
Updated on Apr 20, 2025 10:54 AM IST
HT Entertainment Desk | Written by Ananya Das
Anurag Kashyap apologises after complaint over his Brahmin remark in Phule row
Anurag Kashyap said that he can't take back what he said and doesn't want to. He said his apology wasn't for his post but for a comment 'taken out of context'.
Updated on Apr 19, 2025 09:19 AM IST
Phule: Saamana questions CM’s silence over Brahmins objecting to movie
Originally set to release on April 11, the film’s launch was postponed by two weeks after Brahmin organisations in Maharashtra watched the trailer
Updated on Apr 15, 2025 02:37 PM IST
Assembly passes resolution seeking Bharat Ratna for Mahatma Phule, Savitribai
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis backed the move to seek Bharat Ratna for the social reformer couple but stressed that people’s recognition was above all other recognitions
Published on Mar 25, 2025 07:40 AM IST
PMC begins development of social reformers Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule monument
Last week, deputy chief minister and urban development minister Eknath Shinde called a meeting and approved the expansion of the monument dedicated to Jyotiba and Savitribai Phule
Published on Feb 13, 2025 06:24 AM IST
Activist claims he invented story of ‘first Muslim teacher Fatima Sheikh’
In a series of tweets, Mandal claimed that Sheikh was a “fictional character” who had been propped up by him in the past.
Updated on Jan 10, 2025 03:00 AM IST
‘It is not a political stage’, says Chaggan Bhujbal; shares dias with Sharad Pawar in Pune
The NCP split in July 2023 after Ajit Pawar, Bhujbal and several others joined the Eknath Shinde government
Updated on Jan 04, 2025 08:14 AM IST
Hry govt to celebrate Savitribai Phule’s birth anniversary every year: CM Saini
Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini paid tributes to India’s first woman teacher Savitribai Phule on her birth anniversary during a programme at Jhajjar’s Bahadurgarh.
Updated on Jan 04, 2025 06:12 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Rohtak
Telangana to observe January 3 as 'Women Teacher's Day'
Hailing the announcement, state Women and Child Welfare Minister D Anasuya Seethakka thanked Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for the decision
Published on Jan 03, 2025 03:23 PM IST
PTI | , Hyderabad
Sharad Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal & Dilip Walse-Patil likely to share dais in Pune today
The event, organised by Shirur MP Amol Kolhe, will take place at the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) premises in Chakan
Updated on Jan 03, 2025 08:38 AM IST
Temple Connect launches postgraduate diploma course in temple management
The program aims to equip participants with the essential skills to manage temple ecosystems with expertise and strategic foresight.
Published on Sep 26, 2024 03:27 PM IST
PM Modi pays tributes to Savitribai Phule, Velu Nachiyar on their birth anniversaries
PM Modi pays tributes to Savitribai Phule, Velu Nachiyar on their birth anniversaries
Published on Jan 03, 2024 10:44 AM IST
PTI |
India's first girls' school razed to make way for national memorial
The civic body plans to build a national memorial dedicated to the social reformer couple – Jyotiba and Savitribai Phule – at the site.
Published on Dec 05, 2023 10:09 AM IST
PTI |
PMC starts demolition of Bhide Wada
The Bombay High Court recently ruled in favour of the PMC in a case related to Bhide Wada property where the civic body and state government plan to build a national memorial
Updated on Dec 05, 2023 05:28 AM IST
Twitter handle apologises for defamatory post on Savitribai Phule
@BhardwajSpeaks, the Twitter handle that posted a defamatory tweet about Savitribai Phule, has apologized and requested clemency from the government. The handle claims that its views were misquoted and misrepresented. An FIR was registered in June after public outcry.
Updated on Jul 31, 2023 12:22 AM IST
Twitter handle apologises for ‘defaming’ Phule: 'Don't deserve to be lynched'
BJP leaders came in support of Fadnavis after he was called ‘anti-Hindu’ for vowing strong action against right-wing Twitter handle that ‘defamed’ Phule.
Updated on Jul 30, 2023 08:24 PM IST
Will arrest those who defamed Savitribai Phule: Fadnavis
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis assures arrest of those responsible for objectionable posts on social reformer Savitribai Phule; three letters written to Twitter.
Updated on Jul 28, 2023 12:46 AM IST
Faisal Malik, Mumbai
After 20 years, biopic on social reformer Phule still to take off
The Congress-NCP government in 2003 had decided to bring out the biopic on the lines of the one on Dr B. R. Ambedkar. In the past two decades, all the four prominent parties in the state have been in power in different permutations and combinations but not one has taken the effort to make the movie a reality.
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 01:12 AM IST
Saurabha Kulshreshtha
Pratik Gandhi: I can direct soon, if I get a great script
Pratik Gandhi, known for his role in Scam 1992, has expressed his interest in directing a project while continuing to act in multiple films and series. Gandhi believes that knowing different facets of the craft, such as editing, camera, and direction, is essential for actors to create a high point and take emotion to the peak. He has two biopics and a Gandhi series lined up for shooting, and if a good script or story comes his way, he may direct soon. The audience has become unforgiving, and delivering new experimental projects is crucial to excel in the industry.
Updated on Mar 31, 2023 03:42 PM IST
Deep Saxena
Savitribai Phule death anniversary: 10 facts about India's first woman teacher
Savitribai Phule - an Indian social reformer, educationalist, and poet from Maharashtra - passed away on March 10, 1897, battling the bubonic plague.
Published on Mar 10, 2023 09:52 AM IST
Hailed as mother of Indian feminism, Savitribai Phule remembered by PM, others
Savitribai Phule, and her husband, Jyotirao Phule were instrumental in pioneering women’s education in India. She was born in 1831 in Maharashtra’s Satara district and with her husband, started India’s first school for girls at Pune's Bhide Wada in 1848.
Published on Jan 03, 2023 11:28 AM IST
Savitribai Phule's birth anniversary: All about India's first female teacher
Savitribai, together with her husband Jyotirao Phule, founded one of India's first girls' schools in Pune, at Bhide Wada, in 1848.
Updated on Jan 03, 2022 10:20 AM IST
Written by Shubhangi Gupta | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, New Delhi
Pioneer of women’s education, Indian feminist movement: Remembering Savitribai Phule on her 190th birth anniversary
Savitribai Phule is considered to be one of the pioneers of the feminist movement in India. She started the first-ever school for girls in the country in 1848 at Bhide Wada, Pune.
Updated on Jan 03, 2021 10:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Nilavro Ghosh
Savitribai Phule birth anniversary: All you need to know about India’s first modern feminist
Savitribai Phule, along with her husband, Jyotirao Phule were instrumental in improving women’s rights in India during the British rule as well as starting India’s first school for girls at Bhide wada in 1848.
Updated on Jan 03, 2020 11:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | HT Correspondent
Savitribai Phule: India’s first female teacher
This social reformer was also a notable educationalist and a poet from Maharashtra. She dedicated her life to abolish Sati, child marriage and caste discriminations. She founded a school for girls at Bhide Wada, Pune, in 1848, and several others.
Updated on Nov 08, 2019 04:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Bombay HC refuses to stay razing of illegal school campus
The institution said the structures were constructed after obtaining necessary permissions and the issue was only about payment of the development charges.
Updated on Sep 07, 2019 01:22 AM IST
Mumbai | Kanchan Chaudhari, Mumbai
Teachers’ Day Special: The life of Savitribai Phule, India’s first female educator
Teachers’ Day Special: Savitribai Phule is regarded as the first female teacher of India. She was a feminist, a social reformer who worked for the abolishment of the caste system, a philanthropist, an anti-infanticide activist and a poet too.
Updated on Sep 05, 2019 02:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | Alfea Jamal
‘Talking to strengthen alliance’: Ex-BJP MP Savitri Phule on meet with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav
The meeting comes days after once arch-rivals Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party announced their tie-up in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, sharing 38 seats each.
Published on Jan 17, 2019 08:23 PM IST
Lucknow | Press Trust of India
Don’t obliterate women from public memory
It’s crucial to remember where we come from, who we are as a people and what we stand for. Our historical and cultural heritage includes not just powerful men in public life but also the women who, despite all the odds, managed to surge forward, make their own paths and, in doing so, show us the way ahead
Published on Jan 13, 2019 03:25 PM IST
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