B R Ambedkar
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Maharashtra govt to set up Ambedkar Chair at London School of Economic
India | Apr 21, 2015, 01:44 PM ISTNagpur: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday said it will set up 'Ambedkar Chair' at London School of Economics (LSE), of which Dr BR Ambedkar is an alumnus.Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Rajkumar Badole said a delegation
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B R Ambedkar a victim of political untouchability
National | Apr 21, 2015, 07:17 AM ISTNew Delhi: Describing B R Ambedkar as a victim of “political untouchability”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today credited the key architect of the Constitution for his own growth from a humble background. He also said
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Why Mother Teresa given Bharat Ratna before Ambedkar, asks RSS
India | Apr 15, 2015, 09:07 AM ISTNew Delhi: After raising questions over Mother Teresa's charity work, RSS alleged that B R Ambedkar was ignored while she was given Bharat Ratna 10 years before him.On his 125th birth anniversary yesterday, RSS also
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Apart from India, BR Ambedkar honored with a 'Google-Doodle' in 7 other countries
India | Apr 14, 2015, 02:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: The search engine giant Google marked the 124 birth anniversary of the Father of the Indian Constitution, BR Ambedkar with a Doodle on its home pages in 8 countries around the world.The BR
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UP govt declares holiday on Ambedkar's death anniversary
National | Apr 14, 2015, 02:14 PM ISTLucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today declared public holiday on death anniversary of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar which falls on December 6. Highlighting the contributions of Dr Ambedkar, Yadav announced public holiday in
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Let's make the India that Ambedkar dreamt of, Modi says on Ambedkar Jayanti
National | Apr 14, 2015, 02:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to Dr.B R Ambedkar on his 124th birth anniversary, and said, "Let us pledge to dedicate ourselves to creating India that Ambedkar dreamt of...an India
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B'day special: Dr BR Ambedkar - the architect of Indian constitution
India | Apr 14, 2016, 08:56 AM ISTDr. BR Ambedkar, popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, was the Architect of the Indian Constitution. Born on 14 April 1891 in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was the fourteenth child of his parents, Bhimabai Sakpal
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BR Ambedkar a 'nationalist' with 'right perspective': RSS
National | Apr 11, 2015, 11:06 AM ISTNew Delhi: As Congress and BJP vie for appropriating BR Ambedkar's legacy, RSS is seeking to project him as a "nationalist" leader with a "holistic" view and his caution against the threat of political Islam
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Ambedkar's statue found broken, case registered
India | Apr 08, 2015, 09:17 PM ISTPratapgarh(UP): The statue of B R Ambedkar was found broken today in Kopa Magruganj village of the district, police said.Locals and some BSP workers staged protest and stopped traffic on Patti-Dhakwa road here today. Deputy
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BR Ambedkar's statue vandalised in Punjab
India | Apr 05, 2015, 02:49 PM ISTPhagwara (Punjab): A statue of B R Ambedkar was allegedly vandalised by some unidentified persons today, triggering off protests by members of the Dalit community who blocked traffic on the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road. The statue of
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B R Ambedkar's researches, economic theories neglected: RSS
India | Dec 31, 2014, 07:17 AM ISTNew Delhi: RSS today rued that despite being a prominent economist, B R Ambedkar's theories and thesis are not given much prominence and it is "unfortunate" that research is not done over them by universities
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BR Ambedkar's supporters seek Modi's help to acquire property in UK
World | Oct 05, 2014, 12:24 PM ISTLondon: Supporters of Dr BR Ambedkar have sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to acquire a residential property in London, where the architect of India's Constitution lived during the 1920s, and convert it into a
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Modi to file nomination from Varanasi on Thursday
National | Apr 23, 2014, 05:23 PM ISTLucknow: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will file his nomination papers from Varanasi Thursday and several hundred kg of rose petals and other flowers have been ordered, party leaders said Wednesday.The Gujarat chief minister
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President, PM pay tribute to Ambedkar
National | Apr 14, 2014, 02:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vice President Hamid Ansari Monday paid tribute to B.R. Ambedkar on his 123rd birth anniversary.With several other leaders present, the dignitaries paid floral tributes to
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Rahul insulting Ambedkar by taking credit for laws: Modi
National | Apr 14, 2014, 02:01 PM ISTAhmedabad: On the 123rd birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, Narendra Modi today attacked Rahul Gandhi saying he was “insulting” the chief architect of the Constitution by taking credit for enacting laws and giving rights
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Watch in pics: B.R. Ambedkar's relics lie in decrepit condition
India | Jan 30, 2014, 06:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: Dr Bhimrao Ambdekar was the chief architect of the Indian constitution.He was a politician, philosopher, jurist, and economist. He was an active voice of the backward classes and the deprived sections of society.
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UP has no money for Mahatma Gandhi, ample for Ambedkar
National | Nov 08, 2012, 06:34 AM ISTLucknow, Nov 7: Does Mahatma Gandhi belong to the Congress? In Uttar Pradesh, it would seem so as a Right to Information (RTI) poser has revealed that the state government "does not allocate any funds
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Ambedkar cartoon controversy, Sibal apologises
India | May 11, 2012, 05:44 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 11: Amid uproar in Parliament over a cartoon of B R Ambedkar in NCERT textbooks, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today “apologised” over the objectionable content, saying he has directed removal of the
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Mayawati threatens to stall Par on Ambedkar cartoon issue
National | May 11, 2012, 03:22 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 11: The issue of publication of a cartoon of B R Ambedkar in an NCERT book threatened to snowball into a crisis with BSP Chief Mayawati today declaring she will not allow
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Ambedkar cartoon, Aircel-Maxis issues disrupt Lok Sabha
India | May 11, 2012, 05:21 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 11: A cartoon depicting B R Ambedkar purportedly published in a NCERT textbook and row over Home Minister P Chidambaram's statement in the Aircel-Maxis deal today led to disruption of the Lok