Vice President greets people on eve of Rath Yatra

New Delhi, Jul 3 (IBNS): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Rath Yatra.

ISKCON invites TMC MP Nusrat Jahan Jain to Rath Yatra programme

Kolkata, July 2 (IBNS): Days after actress-turned politician Nusrat Jahan Jain called herself a product of inclusive India in a message to Deoband clerics' fatwa (diktat) over her interfaith marriage, global Hindu religious organisation International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has invited the newly-elected Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP to Rath Yatra (pulling of chariot) which will be held on Thursday.

No intelligence but state govt halted BJP's Rath Yatra in Bengal: India Today sting

New Delhi, Feb 9 (IBNS): Amid the recent tussle between Mamata Banerjee and the BJP over the CBI actions against Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar, a national news channel has claimed that BJP's Rathyatra was halted by the West Bengal government  before it could roll out in December apparently because of far-fetched intelligence reports and not tips from the ground as originally claimed.

No Rath Yatra in Bengal at present: SC

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere in the West Bengal government's decision to ban holding a rath yatra by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state.

No urgent hearing of BJP's plea seeking rath yatra in West Bengal: Supreme Court

New Delhi, Dec 24 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s plea seeking permission to hold rath yatra in West Bengal on an urgent basis, media reports said.

Calcutta HC to reconsider order permitting BJP's rath yatra in West Bengal

Kolkata, Dec 21 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court on Friday set aside its own order permitting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s 'Ganatantra Banchao (Save Democracy) Yatra' in West Bengal.

Jaitley congratulates WB BJP after HC allows Amit Shah's Rath Yatra

New Delhi, Dec 20 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday congratulated the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the Calcutta High Court allowed the party to proceed with its ‘Save Democracy’ Rath Yatra in the state even as the Mamata Banerjee government denied permission for the same.

President Kovind, PM Modi greet nation on occasion of Rath Yatra

New Delhi, July 14 (IBNS): President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted the country on the occasion of Rath Yatra.