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  B R Ambedkar a victim of political untouchability

  Politics | April 21, 2015 7:17 IST

  New 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 | April 15, 2015 9:07 IST

  New 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 | April 14, 2015 14:24 IST

  New 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

  Politics | April 14, 2015 14:14 IST

  Lucknow: 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

  Politics | April 14, 2015 14:01 IST

  New 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 | April 14, 2016 8:56 IST

  Dr. 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

  Politics | April 11, 2015 11:06 IST

  New 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 | April 08, 2015 21:17 IST

  Pratapgarh(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 | April 05, 2015 14:49 IST

  Phagwara (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 | December 31, 2014 7:17 IST

  New 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 | October 05, 2014 12:24 IST

  London: 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

  Politics | April 23, 2014 17:23 IST

  Lucknow: 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

  Politics | April 14, 2014 14:55 IST

  New 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

  Politics | April 14, 2014 14:01 IST

  Ahmedabad: 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 | January 30, 2014 6:45 IST

  New 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

  Politics | November 08, 2012 6:34 IST

  Lucknow, 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 17:44 IST

  New 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

  Politics | May 11, 2012 15:22 IST

  New 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 17:21 IST

  New 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

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  Ambedkar Statue Desecrated In Andhra Pradesh

  India | January 26, 2012 12:57 IST

  Rajahmundry, AP, Jan 26: Unidentified persons desecrated a statue of Indian Constitution's architect B R Ambedkar at Dowleswaram here, police said.The desecration, which took place at a road junction, sparked tension in Dowleswaram and forces