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A key annual meeting of the RSS leadership will begin here Sunday, with the deliberations focusing on how to create an atmosphere of social harmony, motivating people to perform their duties and making them self-reliant. The three-day meeting will also review the progress of the organisation's expansion plan for the centenary of its foundation in 2025, head of media relations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sunil Ambekar had said. He had said that the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha will be attended by more than 1,400 office-bearers, including RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale. From the BJP, president J P Nadda and general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh will attend the meeting, he said. A select number of office-bearers of 34 RSS-linked organisations, including Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), will also attend it, he added. The Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha is the highest decision-making body of the RSS, the ideological fountainhead

Updated On: 12 Mar 2023 | 8:57 AM IST

Village development should be a social activity, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday.

Updated On: 26 Feb 2023 | 11:30 PM IST

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday called upon Indians to make India a country of knowledgeable people. Speaking at a Republic Day function at Keshav Vidhaypeeth in Jamdoli near Jaipur, Bhagwat described the significance of the three colours in the national flag and said people should take a resolution to move ahead and try to fulfil it. "We unfurl the tricolour, the symbol of our sovereignty, with enthusiasm, joy and pride. Our destination lies in that flag only. We have to make India big in the world, he said. Talking about the colours in the national flag, he said the top band of saffron colour represents the nature of India, which is the symbol of eternal life. "The colour that comes with the rising sun, which is the symbol of continuous work, which inspires man to wake up and be active in his work, is the colour of saffron. It is the symbol of knowledge, sacrifice and hard work, he said. "It is our resolution that by breaking the chains of slavery, we will make our country a

Updated On: 26 Jan 2023 | 3:11 PM IST

Two persons were arrested for their involvement in hurling petrol bombs into the house of a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) member in the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu on September 24, said police

Updated On: 26 Sep 2022 | 7:19 AM IST

Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Tuesday ridiculed opposition parties for picking Yashwant Sinha as their presidential candidate, saying he was with the BJP which emerged from the Jan Sangh

Updated On: 22 Jun 2022 | 6:55 AM IST

A court in neighbouring Thane district has rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking transfer of a defamation suit filed against him by an RSS worker to another court. Principal District Judge A J Mantri rejected Gandhi's plea in December last year. However, the order was uploaded only on Tuesday. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activist Vivek Champanerkar, in a 2019 civil defamation case, sought a token compensation of Rs 1 from Gandhi, accusing him of defaming the RSS by linking it to the 2017 murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. The suit is pending before a Civil Judge, Senior Division. Gandhi's lawyer pleaded that the case should be transferred to Civil Judge, Junior Division because the compensation sought by the plaintiff was below Rs 5 lakh. The principal district judge noted in the order that Gandhi could raise the point of pecuniary jurisdiction before the the same judge who is hearing the suit. Champanerkar's lawyer, Aditya Mishra, had submitted that ...

Updated On: 14 Jun 2022 | 11:21 PM IST

Those who provide protection to "goons" in the name of religion are "social criminals", alleged senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar

Updated On: 23 Apr 2022 | 8:27 AM IST

Senior ideologue of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its first spokesperson M.G. Vaidya passed away in a private hospital here on Saturday, according to official sources. He was 97.

Updated On: 19 Dec 2020 | 5:24 PM IST

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said people's faith in the Sangh is constantly increasing because of the social work being done by the organisation

Updated On: 03 Oct 2020 | 10:07 PM IST

A lab experiment suggests cats can spread the new coronavirus to other cats without any of them ever having symptoms

Updated On: 14 May 2020 | 10:52 AM IST

Despite being the BJP's older sibling, the ABVP's relationship with the Sangh's political progeny is peculiar

Updated On: 20 Jan 2020 | 12:02 AM IST

Hindu community is rapidly progressing in every field be it in business or in services sector

Updated On: 11 May 2017 | 4:09 AM IST