Why Modi’s visit to RSS headquarters, a first for an Indian PM, is significant

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first PM to visit the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur Sunday, at a time when the BJP leadership has been signalling a truce with its ideological parent after reports of some friction last year. Modi visited the memorial of RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, located at … Read more

Tulsi Gabbard: Tinker tailor soldier spy: US intel czar Tulsi Gabbard to visit India

File photo: Tulsi Gabbard (Picture credit: PTI) The TOI Correspondent from Washington:US intelligence czar, Tulsi Gabbard, a self-professed Hindu-American close to the BJP-RSS establishment, will be the first high-level official from the Trump II administration to visit India later this week, indicating that despite the tangle over tariffs, Washington is keen advance its Indo-Pacific strategy … Read more

In defence of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Indian State’ remark, Congress plays Article 12 card

New Delhi: The Congress Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had distorted Rahul Gandhi’s remarks as it defended the Leader of the Opposition from flak over his “fighting the Indian state” comment, citing the definition of ‘state’ in Article 12 of the Indian Constitution. On Wednesday, during the inauguration of the new Congress headquarters in … Read more