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rashtriya swayamsewak sangh news

RSS chief's ‘taken so long’ response to question on who picks next BJP president

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat addressed a press conference as part of events to marks 100 years of the organisation, in New Delhi on Thursday.
Updated on Aug 29, 2025 10:59 PM IST

Complaint filed against RSS general secretary Hosabale over Preamble remarks

RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale stoked a political controversy last week over his comments on the Preamble of the Constitution (PTI)
Published on Jun 30, 2025 11:59 PM IST

RSS chief arrives in Mathura on 3-day visit

Mohan Bhagwat will stay in Mathura till June 14. (HT file)
Published on Jun 13, 2025 05:48 AM IST

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

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An enumerator collects information from residents during the Bihar caste census in 2023. (Santosh Kumar/ HT Photo)
Published on May 05, 2025 11:16 AM IST

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

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat concluded his five-day visit to Aligarh on April 21. (HT file)
Updated on Apr 21, 2025 10:44 PM IST

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

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)
Published on Apr 02, 2025 10:32 PM IST

Politicians inciting Muslims on Waqf Bill: Indresh Kumar

Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) leader Indresh Kumar (File)
Updated on Jan 05, 2025 05:36 AM IST

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

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Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat (PTI)
Published on Jan 01, 2025 05:15 PM IST

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

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had made the remarks while expressing concerns about the declining population growth in India.
Published on Dec 02, 2024 04:48 PM IST

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat lays stress on protection of Sanatan Dharma

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at an event in Chitrakoot. (SOURCED IMAGE)
Updated on Nov 07, 2024 05:18 AM IST

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

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat inaugurating a two-day national executive meeting in Mathura district on Friday. (Sourced)
Updated on Oct 26, 2024 06:14 AM IST

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

The focus will remain on the RSS’s expansion in its centenary year. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Oct 25, 2024 01:51 PM IST

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

Karnataka MLC BK Hariprasad during. (ANI)
Updated on Oct 17, 2024 03:53 PM IST

Why barriers between RSS and government are tough to break

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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
Published on Jul 29, 2024 10:52 PM IST

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

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)
Updated on Dec 01, 2023 06:58 AM IST

We want to take everyone along, even critics: Bhagwat

Bhagwat concluded his three-day visit of Awadh Prant at Saraswati Shishu Mandir in Nirala Nagar of Lucknow on Monday (File photo)
Published on Sep 26, 2023 12:20 AM IST

RSS chief to head Vrindavan meet today

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (HT File Photo)
Updated on Aug 22, 2023 07:37 PM IST

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

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (File Photo)
Updated on Mar 31, 2023 06:00 PM IST

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

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Saturday that Hindutva needs to be strengthened for a stronger society. (PTI)
Updated on Nov 28, 2021 04:21 AM IST

Iqbal Singh Ahluwalia takes charge as Punjab RSS chief

(Left) Outgoing Punjab RSS chief Brijbhushan Bedi, 90, with his successor Iqbal Singh Ahluwalia, 67, at a meting in Chandigarh.
Updated on Nov 24, 2020 04:33 PM IST

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

Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi.
Updated on Jan 21, 2020 08:51 AM IST

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

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”
Updated on Oct 02, 2019 05:12 PM IST

Modi-Trump bonhomie thrilled people of India: Shahnawaz Hussain

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.
Updated on Sep 25, 2019 11:54 PM IST

Congress not to call its trainers ‘preraks’ after objections

The RSS has Pracharaks or full-time volunteers to take the organisation’s ideology to the masses.
Updated on Sep 13, 2019 01:18 AM IST

Oppn slams RSS over Bhagwat quota remark

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had called for a conversation on reservation.
Published on Aug 20, 2019 04:27 AM IST

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

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa.
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 09:29 AM IST

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

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)
Updated on May 29, 2020 09:42 AM IST

Key appointments to board for denotified tribes pending

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.
Updated on Jun 16, 2019 01:25 AM IST

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

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.
Published on May 23, 2019 05:50 PM IST