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South Central 80: Why the RSS does not want to register | Rise of Hindutva Pop

Why does the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) not register itself as an organisation? Why do platforms like Meta, Apple and YouTube allow Hindutva content filled with hate to flourish on their platforms?

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How the RSS changed its constitution to defend legal status and guru dakshina

Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge’s persistent questioning of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s legal status appears to have forced a reckoning of sorts. The organisation’s chief Mohan Bhagwat and other senior functionaries have now claimed that these questions were settled decades ago and are offering “evidence” to that effect.

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Hindu Ekta Sammelanams in Kerala disguise Sangh politics as temple gatherings

Saffron flags fluttered along a narrow lane about 300 metres off Edappally’s busy main road as the chenda melam drew people toward the Anjumana Devi temple ground on February 28. What appeared to be a festive evening featuring a mega Thiruvathira soon transformed into a Hindu Ekta Sammelanam organised by…

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Beef force-feeding claim not heard in Kerala: RSS member and former DGP Jacob Thomas

“I have never heard of beef being force fed in Kerala,” said Jacob Thomas, Kerala’s former Director General of Police (DGP) who is currently an active member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He was referring to a controversial scene in the teaser for the upcoming The Kerala Story 2, in…

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Let Me Explain: Inside the RSS US lobbying mystery

Did the RSS hire US lobbyists? Official disclosures in the US list the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a client of one of America’s most prominent lobbying firms. And in just the first three quarters of 2025, that firm received $330,000 to lobby elected officials in the United States Congress…

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Inside India's RSS, The Legion Of Hindu Ultranationalists

Brandishing bamboo sticks and chanting patriotic hymns, thousands of uniformed men parade in central India, a striking show of strength by the country's millions-strong Hindu ultranationalist group.

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A unique October 2: The RSS at 100

What does it mean when the Government of India, on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, releases a coin and a stamp to imprint the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh into history?

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‘Debate would be a hit’: Ex-MP says news org told him to mock Muslim man’s appearance in TV debate

Former parliamentarian and leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Prof Rakesh Sinha recently said that an anchor of a prominent news channel had once asked him to use derogatory language against a Muslim man during a televised debate following which he stopped making appearances at the channel in question.

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Dattatreya Hosabale re-elected as RSS General Secretary for next three years

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) has re-elected Dattatreya Hosabale as General Secretary of RSS for the term 2024-2027. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Sangh Parivar agenda behind ethnic strife in Manipur: CPI(M)

Inaugurating a protest meet organised by the Kerala University Teachers’ Association (KUTA) on the Karyavattom campus of Kerala University here on Monday, Mr. Swaraj alleged both the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Popular Front of India shared a common agenda of creating communal divides a

The Hindu

UCC means Manusmriti for BJP and RSS, says Karat

“When they [the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh] say one law for one country, it eventually translates into Manusmriti should be the only law applicable to all. That is the Hindutva view,” said the CPI(M) Polit Bureau member and former party general secretary Prakash Karat.

The Hindu

NCERT responds as ‘embarrassed’ Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar ask academic body to drop their name as advisors

Paragraphs about Hindu radicals’ attempts to kill Mahatma Gandhi and the ban placed on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) after his death were among those removed by the NCERT.

The Hindu

#JadavpurUniversity: What happened on September 19?

Black flags fluttered and slogans reverberated at Kolkata’s Jadavpur University on September 19. It was a protest against the presence of the “Hindutvadi people” on the campus. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, was holding a conference that day and had invited BJP…

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