NEWS

New Delhi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwathas asserted that anybody living in India is a Hindu, contending that the meaning of Hindutva is to unite all communities.

Hindutva is different from Hinduism, he told a public function at the Swami Vivekananda Maidan in Agartala.

"The Muslims in India are also Hindus," the RashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak said.

Bhagwat, who is on a five-day tour of Tripura since Friday to review the organisational work of the RSS in the north-eastern region, said, "We have no enmity with anyone. We want welfare of all. To unite all is the meaning of Hindutva."

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to announce a financial package for the rehabilitation of the victims of cyclone Ockhi.

In the letter, the Congress leader requested PM Modi put in place adequate measures for strengthening the weather updating system and an advance cyclone warning communication mechanism in the coastal areas.

The Congress leader highlighted the sufferings of the cyclone-hit fishermen, whom he had met during his recent visit to Kerala and Tamil Nadu on December 14.

New Delhi: Former Union minister P Chidambaram has affirmed that the Congress will create an alternative narrative based on fairness, equal opportunity and jobs for the youth under the leadership of new party chief Rahul Gandhi.

In a series of tweets, Chidambaram said Rahul Gandhi's inaugural speech on Saturday laid down the contours of an alternative narrative that the Congress will put forward before the people.

"The Congress will build an alternative narrative based on fairness, equal opportunity, jobs for the youth, and lifting 250 million people out of poverty," he said.

New Delhi: An alleged CPM poster with a picture of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un appeared in Kerala's Nedumkandam inviting sharp reaction from BJP.

"Hope the Left is not planning to launch missiles at the RSS, BJPoffices as their next gruesome agenda!" BJP spokesperson SambitPatra tweeted.

Following the appearance of the poster, the BJP spokesperson termed Kim the "poster boy" of CPM and accused the Left party of seeking inspiration from the autocratic leader of North Korea.