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Communalism: The other virus in India | Opinion
Hate is an infection that is contagious when it is normalised as has happened in recent years
Updated on Sep 25, 2020 05:43 AM IST
Swami Agnivesh passes away at 80, was suffering from liver disease
Social activist Swami Agnivesh, who was critically ill and was hospitalised due to liver cirrhosis early this week, passed away on Friday. He was 80.
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 10:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hinustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
Swami Agnivesh appeals for ban on burqa. Then calls it ‘odd and scary’
“Both burqa and ghoonghat needed to be banned. Muslim women should come forward to ban it not in India but across the world. At least a reform should start after the Sri Lanka episode,” Swami Agnivesh said.
Updated on May 05, 2019 09:00 PM IST
Bhopal | Shruti Tomar
Blasphemy case: ‘Dera chief was pardoned by Akal Takht on basis of 8-year-old letter’
Ex-MP reveals he had drafted the letter brought by Swamy Agnivesh in 2007; endorses Giani Iqbal Singh’s claim that word ‘apology’ was added to it by Akal Takht in 2015
Updated on Mar 23, 2019 10:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | Surjit Singh
My India my vote: city activists raise questions that voters need to ask
Swami Agnivesh, social activist; Teesta Setalvad, human rights activist; Justice PB Sawant (Retd); Niranjan Takale, journalist and Sripad Sabnis, litterateur spoke on the topic ‘Lok Sabha elections and challenges before the country
Updated on Feb 18, 2019 04:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | HT Correspondent
Activist Swami Agnivesh roughed up outside BJP office on way to pay homage to Atal Bihari Vajpayee
This is the second time Agnivesh has been attacked. He was recently assaulted in Jharkhand’s Pakur district in Jharkhand when he was on way to attend a public function in a village.
Updated on Aug 18, 2018 03:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Unhappy over no arrest, Swami Agnivesh to move Supreme Court for probe into attack on him
Social activist Swami Agnivesh on Sunday said he might approach the Supreme Court for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the attack on him two weeks back in Jharkhand, in which, he claimed, there had been no probe or arrest yet.
Updated on Aug 05, 2018 10:30 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Many crimes can stop if people don’t eat cow meat, says RSS leader Indresh Kumar
RSS leader Indresh Kumar also said that killing a cow was not approved by any religion.
Updated on Jul 24, 2018 12:17 PM IST
Ranchi | Press Trust of India
To curb lynching, our hopes are pinned on the judiciary
I feel if the Supreme Court takes suo moto cognisance of attack on Agnivesh in Pakur, the callousness that the authorities display while dealing with such incidents can be reined in
Updated on Jul 22, 2018 07:22 PM IST
Shashi Shekhar
Jharkhand govt begins probe into Swami Agnivesh assault
Strap: Santhal Paragana commissioner and deputy inspector general visited Pakur and collected evidences. Police still clueless about the named accused, while accused claimed they were in town
Updated on Jul 20, 2018 08:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | Sanjoy Dey, Ranchi
Jharkhand minister says Swami Agnivesh a ‘fraud’; social activist blames govt for attack
A day after he was thrashed allegedly by BJP youth wing workers, Agnivesh said he wanted to raise the issue with Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu but could not meet her on Wednesday as his appointment of 11 am was cancelled.
Updated on Jul 18, 2018 05:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | Sanjoy Dey
Who am I? Rahul Gandhi tweets second pop quiz after attack on Swami Agnivesh
Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked the government using a pop quiz that asked people to the name the “perpetrator of hatred and fear”.
Updated on Jul 18, 2018 11:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Swami Agnivesh alleges attack by BJP youth workers in Jharkhand
The activists raised slogan against Swami Agnivesh and showed black flags before attacking him in Jharkhand.
Updated on Jul 17, 2018 07:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | Sanjoy Dey
SC dismisses Agnivesh’s plea seeking deletion of scenes from Padmaavat
Once CBFC clears the movie, deletion of scenes cannot be directed, it said.
Updated on Apr 23, 2018 01:57 PM IST
Press Trust of India, New Delhi | Press Trust of India