Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, commonly known as Veer Savarkar, was an Indian independence activist, politician, lawyer, and writer who formulated the Hindutva philosophy.
In the run-up to the Maharashtra elections, BJP had mentioned in its manifesto that the party would bestow the Bharat Ratna upon Veer Savarkar DNA - Published
Amidst ongoing demand for conferring Bharat Ratna on Veer Savarkar, the ministry of home affairs on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that recommendations for this award is received regularly but no.. IndiaTimes - Published
Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress have finalised a draft Common Minimum Programme (CMP) and are headed towards forming a coalition government in Maharashtra. DNA - Published
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday regretted that Indian historians have erred in not properly projecting the contributions of stalwarts like Veer Savarkar and their contributions to the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, said on Friday that Savarkar was the "patron" of the Mahatma's assassination. Savarkar, who faced trial in the Gandhi assassination case but was.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi on Monday praised Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Singhvi’s comments, though they came with the rider that he did not subscribe to Savarkar’s ideology,.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Congress party is upset with its leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi for calling Hindu Mahasabha ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar an 'accomplished man,' who had participated in India's freedom struggle. IndiaTimes - Published
The Congress in Karnataka on Sunday deplored the BJP's proposal to confer Bharat Ratna on Veer Savarkar. The Congress said the saffron party's agenda was to score gains in Maharashtra assembly.. IndiaTimes - Published
Union parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday hit out at former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah for his comments against Veer Savarkar and said, if the Congress leader was in.. IndiaTimes - Published
Calling Veer Savarkar a murderer, former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah slammed the BJP on Friday for its plan to bestow Bharat Ratna to him posthumously. He said Savarkar was one of the accused.. IndiaTimes - Published
"If you really want to give Bharat Ratna then give to freedom fighters like Sukhdev, Rajguru and Bhagat Singh," said AIMIM prez Asaduddin Owaisi at Aurangabad. Opposing BJP's proposal of Bharat Ratna.. IndiaTimes - Published
Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday stressed the need to rewrite history from India's perspective, saying had it not been for Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the British portrayal of the 1857 uprising.. IndiaTimes - Published
When asked about Savarkar, Singh said that former prime minister Indira Gandhi had issued a postal stamp commemorating him. "We are not against Savarkar, but the question is we are not in favour of the.. IndiaTimes - Published
“Digvijaya Singh should visit Andaman and Nicobar to see the Cellular Jail where Veer Savarkar was detained by the British Rule. He was punished for two lives. His real brother was detailed in the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, the former chief minister said, "Savarkar's life had two aspects. First his participation in the independence struggle and when he came back after.. IndiaTimes - Published
The BJP has proposed the name of Veer Savarkar for Bharat Ratna in its manifesto for the coming Maharashtra Assembly elections."Why is Congress party perturbed if the BJP in its manifesto has requested.. IndiaTimes - Published
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar's values are the basis for nation-building. "It is due to Savarkar's sanskar (values) that we put nationalism as the basis.. IndiaTimes - Published
BJP released its manifesto for the Maharashtra assembly elections on Tuesday, promising to propose the names of Veer Savarkar, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Savitribai Phule and Annabhau Sathe for the Bharat.. IndiaTimes - Published
Hitting out at the BJP after its Maharashtra unit mooted Bharat Ratna award for Hindutva idealogue V D Savarkar, the Congress on Tuesday said that if the government considers it on the 150th birth.. IndiaTimes - Published
BJP working president J P Nadda released the manifesto, or the 'Sankalpapatra', in Mumbai along with Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, state party president Chandrakant Patil and Mumbai.. IndiaTimes - Published
BJP is contesting Maharashtra Assembly polls in alliance with Shiv Sena and RPI while Congress is in alliance with Sharad Pawar-led-NCP. DNA - Published
Savarkar's kin Ranjit Savarkar had filed a complaint against former Congress president for his alleged remarks against Savarkar in 2016. DNA - Published
These were the words, not of any BJP or RSS leader, but of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi spoken on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's death on February 26, 1966. DNA - Published
Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said that people who do not believe in the ideology of Veer Savarkar should be "beaten" in public. DNA - Published
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