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NCERT revises Class 8 textbook: Partition narrative tweaked, Savarkar added, Hitler references removed

NCERT has revised its Class 8 social science textbook with several significant changes. The Partition chapter now presents a debated acceptance of the division, and VD Savarkar's Swaraj demand is included. References to Adolf Hitler and Nazi ideology have been removed from a freedom struggle chapter. The judiciary chapter was…

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Rahul Gandhi gets bail in Savarkar defamation case...Know full updates

A special MP MLA Court in Pune on Friday granted bail to Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the Savarkar defamation case. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Amit Shah mocks ‘failed’ attempts to launch Rahul; says Uddhav’s Hindutva compromised

Amit Shah criticizes Rahul Gandhi and Uddhav Thackeray in campaign speech, questions their leadership and alliances.

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PM Modi pays tributes to Savarkar on his death anniversary

Homage to Hindutva icon V.D. Savarkar by PM Modi on death anniversary, praising his dedication to India's freedom.

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South India is years ahead of the North in terms of development, says B.K. Hariprasad

Congress leader and MLC B.K. Hariprasad on Sunday said South India is 200 years ahead in all aspects of development when compared to North India

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Event at Belagavi to mark 25 years of State being named Karnataka

A cultural extravaganza has been organised on the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha premises on December 12 to mark the golden jubilee of the renaming of the State.

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Speaker will decide on removing Savarkar’s portrait from Assembly Hall in Suvarna Vidhana Soudha: CM Siddaramaiah

CM Siddaramaiah said Speaker U.T. Khader will decide on removing V.D. Savarkar's portrait from Legislative Assembly. Earlier, Khader said decision to unveil Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru's portrait would be taken after discussions.

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‘Prepare for death’: In Karnataka, a string of letters targeting progressive writers and liberals

Several prominent Kannada writers have been receiving threats via post since April last year. The letters are handwritten, and the writing seems similar, according to writers who spoke to this reporter.

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A Hindu Rashtra will be a state whose fires will consume us all — Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Dalit, Buddhist, and those not deemed sufficiently Hindu

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PM Modi shares dais and bonhomie with Sharad Pawar, accepts Lokmanya Tilak award

PM Modi accepted the 41st Lokmanya Tilak award in Pune, dedicating it to the 140 crore citizens of India. He praised Tilak for his institution-building, commitment to journalism and vision for the youth. Opposition leader Sharad Pawar shared the stage with him, but his ally Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT)…

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Savarkar to be part of school syllabus in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh

With just a few months left for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the State has announced that a chapter on Hindutva ideologue V.D. Savarkar would be added to the school curriculum.

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Congress’ opposition to Gandhi Peace Prize to Gita Press ‘insult’ to our culture and religion: M.P. CM Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on June 20 hit out at the Congress, saying its opposition to the Gita Press being named for the Gandhi Peace Prize was an “insult to our culture, traditions, life values and religion.”

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Fadnavis ticks off Uddhav’s ‘silence’ over MVA ally Congress’ erasure of Savarkar, Hedgewar from school syllabus in Karnataka

Fadnavis said it was clear from Thackeray’s silence that he had compromised on his ‘Hindutva’ ideals for the sake of power

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Former judges, bureaucrats, diplomats support inclusion of V.D. Savarkar in DU’s political science syllabus

A group of 123 retired bureaucrats, diplomats, High Court judges and academicians came out in support of Delhi University’s decision to include the study of V.D. Savarkar’s philosophy and his contributions to the freedom struggle in its political science syllabus

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Organisers allege bid to foil programme on Savarkar at KSOU

Organisers have alleged that there were attempts to thwart a programme to confer the Veer Savarkar Samman scheduled to be held at the KSOU auditorium on Saturday but the Governor’s intervention ensured its smooth conduct.

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Attempts on to challenge history of anti-caste movements, says M.V. Govindan

Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretary M.V. Govindan has decried attempts to challenge the history of Kerala’s anti-caste movements. He was opening a seminar organised by the party to mark the centenary of the Vaikom Satyagraha

Newslaundry

From ‘national rejuvenation’ to ‘repression after rhetoric’: What front pages said on Parliament event

A day after the new Parliament building was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the front pages of prominent dailies swirled around both the fanfare and controversy associated with the event.

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Bandra-Versova sealink to be named after Savarkar, says Maha CM; Fadnavis hails move

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde to name the Bandra-Versova sea link in the western part of Mumbai after Hindutva ideologue late V.D. Savarkar.

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Parties which boycotted inauguration of new Parliament have disrespected democracy, Savarkar: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde

Eknath Shinde, who, along with Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis was present at the inauguration of the new building, later offered tributes to the Hindutva ideologue V.D. Savarkar at the Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi on the occasion of his 140th birth anniversary.

The Hindu

Trinamool, CPI, AAP to skip inauguration of new Parliament building

Announcing the Trinamool’s decision, party’s Rajya Sabha leader Derek O’ Brien took to Twitter, announcing that his party should be counted out.

The Hindu

Only ambition is a united Opposition: Sharad Pawar

NCP leader Sharad Pawar calls out the BJP for damaging secularism and centralisation of power and is confident that there is a desire among all opposition to parties to come together and take on the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024.

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CPI(M) accuses PM of false propaganda and political bombast

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Doordarshan series on new India’s heritage: Focus on Hindu sites, Savarkar as greatest hero, no women icons

DD News recently broadcast a two-part documentary on the government’s efforts towards the revival of Indian heritage. The film titled, Dharohar Bharat ki Punaruthaan ki Kahaani, which roughly translates to the story of the resurrection of Indian heritage, visits prominent sites of culture and the freedom struggle.

The Times of India

Rahul Gandhi faces flak from ally and rivals over remarks on Savarkar

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi stoked a controversy yet again by alleging that freedom fighter VD Savarkar helped the Britishers and remained loyal to them. Not just the BJP but Congress’s ally Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) slammed the opposition leader.

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RSS helped the British while Congress fought for freedom: Rahul Gandhi

Calls Bharat Jodo Yatra a powerful learning experience and a ‘tapasya’ to bridge the distance between the political class and citizens

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