NTR District Collector G. Lakshmisha, addressing media conference in Vijayawada on Friday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO The district administration is planning to maintain Dr. Ambedkar Smriti Vanam through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode, and more facilities will be provided in the park soon, said NTR District Collector G. Lakshmisha. Plans are afoot to develop Pavitra Sangamam, at … Read more
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat building is seen moments before its lights are turned off for Earth Hour 2025, in Hyderabad on March 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The government is planning to set up a world class museum and library in the name of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar near the Hussain Sagar Lake … Read more
Members of a six-member delegation during their visit to probe the vandalism of BR Ambedkar’s statue situated on Heritage Street, in Amritsar, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A six-member panel formed by the BJP visited Amritsar on Sunday (February 2, 2025) to probe the recent Ambedkar statue vandalisation bid. Panel members, including … Read more
VCK founder Thol. Thirumavalavan and general secretary D. Ravikumar with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at the Secretariat on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement VCK founder Thol. Thirumavalavan, general secretary D. Ravikumar, and party functionaries called on Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in the Secretariat in Chennai on Monday and thanked him for announcing Mr. Ravikumar … Read more
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s executive committee meeting, chaired by party president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, on Sunday passed 12 resolutions. The first resolution condemned Home Minister Amit Shah over his recent remarks on BR Ambedkar in Parliament. The resolution alleged that senior BJP leader insulted Ambedkar. “It is a shame that the … Read more
TPCC president claimed that Union Minister Amit Shah has not expressed any repentance for the remark on Baba Saheb Ambedkar, who is the main architect of the Constitution. File | Photo Credit: PTI “The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) will hold a ‘Baba Saheb Ambedkar samman march’ on December 24, 2024, in protest against Union … Read more
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath pays tribute to B.R. Ambedkar on his death anniversary, in Lucknow, on December 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Top Uttar Pradesh leaders paid tributes to Dalit icon and India’s first Law Minister Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, who headed the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution, on his death … Read more
Viswanathan Anand with Sai Akhil | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sai Akhil Anand sees patterns everywhere. On the road. And, on animals. “I once looked keenly at the stripes of the zebra and tiger and observed patterns on them,” recalls Akhil, in a telephonic chat, “This made me very interested in art and patterns.” The … Read more
Former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Describing the proposed “secular civil code” as an inclusive reform, senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said illustrious personalities like Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in the constituent Assembly were in favour of a “uniform secular civil code”. … Read more
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) President Prakash Ambedkar | Photo Credit: ANI Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi President Prakash Ambedkar on March 19 extended his full support to the Congress in seven seats in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha election. He claimed that the Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray and the Nationalist Congress Party under Sharadchandra … Read more