PM Modi Pays Floral Tributes to Mahatma Gandhi Statue During Ukraine Visit

23 Aug 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday as part of his landmark visit. This is the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Ukraine since diplomatic relations were established between the two nations. PM Modi, along with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,...

Maharashtra CM pays tribute at Gandhi Smriti Stambh on August Kranti Diwas

09 Aug 2024

On the occasion of August Kranti Diwas, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday paid floral tribute at Gandhi Smriti Stambh in August Kranti Maidan, Mumbai. August Kranti Diwas marks the anniversary of the Quit India Movement, this year marks the 82nd anniversary of the movement. The Quit India Movement,...

Jaishankar Unveils Mahatma Gandhi Bust In Tokyo, Highlights His Messages

28 Jul 2024

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar emphasized the timeless relevance of Mahatma Gandhi's messages, stating that solutions do not come from a battlefield and that no era should be an era of war. Jaishankar made these remarks on Sunday during the unveiling of a bust of Gandhi at Freedom Plaza in...

Statues Of Mahatma Gandhi, Chhattrapati Shivaji, BR Ambedkar Relocated Within Parliament, Congress Reacts

06 Jun 2024

The Congress party attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after statues of Mahatma Gandhi, B R Ambedkar, Chhatrapati Shivaji and others were relocated within the premises of the Parliament. The statues were moved due to a landscaping exercise, part of a redevelopment project. In addition to Gandhi, Shivaji, and Ambedkar, the...

Watch: Delhi CM Kejriwal Pays Homage To Mahatma Gandhi At Raj Ghat Before His Tihar Jail Arrival

02 Jun 2024

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at the Raj Ghat on Sunday before visiting the Hanuman temple in Connaught Place and ultimately surrendering at Tihar Jail. Accompanying him were his wife Sunita Kejriwal, Delhi ministers Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Raghav Chadha, Kailash...

Current political class needs to draw lessons from Gandhi, Nehru

27 May 2024

Both Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru believed in writing and airing their differences out in the open often in rather acrimonious ways. Nehru, twenty years younger and a self-confessed disciple of Gandhi, had serious differences with Gandhi’s approach towards village economy, non-violence, religion and economic thinking. In 1945 when the...

Why political parties that rely on caste mobilisation fail

13 May 2024

Changing public aspirations and developmental desire of the people are key factors There is a dominant view among public, politicians, academicians and media that Indian election is all about managing the caste. This political management of caste is being named as social engineering in contemporary discourse. This is election time...

Airing differences without being acrimonious

07 May 2024

Both Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru believed in writing and airing their differences out in the open often in rather acrimonious ways. Nehru, twenty years younger and a self-confessed disciple of Gandhi, had serious differences with Gandhi’s approach towards village economy, non-violence, religion and economic thinking. In 1945 when the...

Bhutan PM pays tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat

15 Mar 2024

During his visit to New Delhi, Bhutan's Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay, paid his respects to Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, at Rajghat, in a gesture of reverence and respect. He laid floral wreaths at the memorial site where Gandhi was cremated. "Honouring the legacy of Bapu & his...

India completes same number of cashless transactions in a month as US does in three years, according to EAM Jaishankar

22 Jan 2024

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, in a discussion with the Indian community in Nigeria, drew a parallel to illustrate India's remarkable progress in digital public infrastructure, stating, "The number of cashless transactions the United States does in three years, India does in a month." Emphasizing the widespread embrace of technology...