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Congress demands arrest of Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide for alleged remarks against Mahatma Gandhi

Congress MLAs demand action against Bhide for controversial remarks against Mahatma Gandhi. Deputy CM Fadnavis says case registered, police to collect voice samples. BJP leader acknowledges Bhide's work for Hindutva, but stresses remarks against Mahatma won't be tolerated.

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Chavan urges Maharashtra government to probe Hindutva leader’s funding

Senior Maharashtra Congress party leader Prithviraj Chavan demands that the NDA government must probe the source of the funding for Mr. Bhide’s outfit ‘Shiv Pratishthan Hindustan.’

The Hindu

Fadnavis condemns Hindutva leader’s remarks against Mahatma Gandhi

Mr. Fadnavis stressed that the government “will not tolerate anyone making inappropriate remarks against either Mahatma Gandhi or Veer Savarkar.”

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FIR lodged against Hindutva leader over comments on Mahatma Gandhi

The Rajapeth police have registered a case against radical Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide under Indian Penal Code Section 153A for questioning Mahatma Gandhi’s parentage.

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Maharashtra Congress demands arrest of radical Hindutva leader Bhide for derogatory remarks against Mahatma Gandhi

The Maharashtra Congress on Friday sought the arrest of radical Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide, whose name was linked to the 2018 Bhima-Koregaon clashes, after the latter allegedly made a statement questioning the parentage of Mahatma Gandhi.

The Hindu

A spectacle of ‘repentance’ and symbolic inclusion

Symbolic acts of ritual elevation and inclusion are inadequate because they are incapable of addressing the structural nature of caste discrimination by altering power relations

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Hafta letters: Believers of God, influencers and supreme leader

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‘Crisis entirely of our own making’: Sanjib Baruah on ‘China role’ in Manipur violence and more

Amid extensive coverage of the violence in Manipur, there has been speculation about a communal angle to the standoff between Kukis and Meiteis in the state. While some have tried to draw a link between Meitei mobilisation and Hindutva elements, there have also been murmurs about a China role. But…

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Building ‘anti-Hindu’ narratives again

The BJP is employing an old strategy to attack the Congress government in Karnataka

The Hindu

If gender parity is the issue, amend personal law instead of rolling out UCC, says Kadeeja Mumthaz

Dr. Khadeeja Mumtaz explains why amendments to personal laws are necessary rather than the proposed implementation of the UCC. She argues that the BJP's track record and the fear of Hindutva forces make the UCC a scary prospect.

The Hindu

Karnataka Leader of the Opposition: Ball now in the court of BJP central leadership

The process of selection of the Leader of the Opposition by the BJP central leadership appears to have reached the final stage with the two observers deputed by the high command completing the process of eliciting views of senior leaders and legislators on Tuesday. With this, the ball is now…

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Political Line | A costly drive for unity

A costly drive for unity

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Savarkar to be part of school syllabus in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh

With just a few months left for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the State has announced that a chapter on Hindutva ideologue V.D. Savarkar would be added to the school curriculum.

The Hindu

The main chapter of how Hindutva sees the past

The Hindutva effort is to create an idea of the Indian nation in which the Hindu religious identity coincides with the cultural

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US welcome of India’s Modi is darkened by rights record

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will this week receive Washington’s top honors for a foreign dignitary: a state dinner at the White House and an address — his second — to a joint meeting of Congress.

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US welcome of India’s Modi is darkened by rights record - Roll Call

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be feted in Washington next week, but his visit will be darkened by India's human rights record.

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Uttarkashi: How a ‘journalist’ and Hindutva groups manufactured the ‘love jihad’ angle

The ongoing communal tensions in Purola town in Uttarkashi stems from allegations that two men allegedly tried to kidnap a 14-year-old Hindu girl last month. Jitendra Saini and Ubed Khan were arrested on May 26 and booked under the POCSO Act.

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Hafta letters: Hindutva’s contributions, sexual anatomy, pronunciations

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Fadnavis ticks off Uddhav’s ‘silence’ over MVA ally Congress’ erasure of Savarkar, Hedgewar from school syllabus in Karnataka

Fadnavis said it was clear from Thackeray’s silence that he had compromised on his ‘Hindutva’ ideals for the sake of power

The Hindu

‘For Hindutva, only the Hindu past is relevant,’ says Romila Thapar, author of The Future in the Past: Essays & Reflections

The Future in the Past: Essays & Reflections by Romila Thapar

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Karnataka govt decides to remove chapters on RSS founder and Savarkar in school textbooks

BENGALURU: The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday approved the revision of Kannada and Social Science textbooks of classes 6 to 10 in the state for this academic year by removing the chapters on RSS founder K B Hedgewar and Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar among others.

The Hindu

45 changes to be made in Kannada and Social Studies textbooks

As many as 45 changes in the Kannada and Social Studies textbooks, prescribed for classes between VI and X, were approved in the State Cabinet on Thursday that included the dropping of lessons on RSS founder K.G. Hedgewar and Hindutva idealogue V.G. Savarkar that were added by the previous BJP…

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Karnataka Cabinet okays removing chapters on RSS founder and Savarkar in school textbooks

Karnataka Cabinet approved the revision of Kannada and Social Science textbooks of class six to ten in the State, for the current academic year by removing the chapters on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and Hindutva ideologue V.D. Savarkar among others.

The Hindu

Uttarkashi communal tensions | Local trade bodies, Hindutva outfits call off mahapanchayat

The call for a mahapanchayat given by local trade bodies and Hindutva outfits in Uttarakhand’s Purola in protest against alleged incidents of love jihad was withdrawn.

The Times of India

Why Hindutva will play crucial role in Congress’s Madhya Pradesh election campaign

NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh is likely to witness an unprecedented involvement of Hindutva politics by the main opposition Congress in the assembly election likely to be held later this year. The party seems to be preparing to woo the majority Hindu community ahead of the election.

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