 | No formal recommendation necessary: Home Ministry on Bharat Ratna to SavarkarIn its manifesto for Maharashtra Assembly elections, the BJP had promised to confer the Bharat Ratna award on Savarkar after its government is formed in the state. |
 | Veer Savarkar was not averse to eating beef: Author Vaibhav PurandarePointing out the misappropriation of Savarkar, Purandare said that it was is wrong to see him as a Hindutva ideologue or a revolutionary freedom fighter. |
 | Centre can bestow Bharat Ratna on Shivakumar Swamiji instead of Savarkar, says SiddaramaiahThe 111-year old seer, earned the fame of 'Walking God' was a philanthropist, educator and humanitarian. |
 | Asaduddin Owaisi driven by hatred towards Hindutva: BJPHe stated that the MIM chief was ignorant about the history of India and the country’s freedom struggle. |
 | BJP's campaign to highlight Savarkar's contribution gathers pace ahead of state pollsSavarkar has been a polarising figure as the Congress and other opposition parties have long shunned him for his alleged link to Mahatma Gandhi's assassin. |
 | Congress wants to collect Bharat Ratna only for its family: Ravi Shankar PrasadThe BJP has proposed the name of Veer Savarkar for Bharat Ratna in its manifesto for the coming Maharashtra Assembly elections. |
 | Bharat Ratna for VD Savarkar can’t be an issue for election manifesto: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay RautThe Rajya Sabha MP said that Savarkar could have been conferred with a Bharat Ratna during Vajpayee's rule or five years of Narendra Modi's government. |
 | There would have been no Pakistan if Savarkar was PM: Uddhav Thackeray at book launchThackeray told the author of the book, Vikram Sampath, that he would buy copies and ensure that every school and college in the state stocks it in libraries. |
| Book review | 'Savarkar: Echoes from a forgotten past' by historian Vikram SampathIn a new book, historian Vikram Sampath brings about the often missed aspects of politician Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s life and times |
 | Juxtaposition of Bhagat Singh and Savarkar in Delhi University disparaging, says historianIt was in DU’s North campus where outgoing DUSU president and ABVP leader Shakti Singh installed busts of Singh and Savarkar alongside freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose. |
 | What do people know about Savarkar to talk about him, asks Vikram SampathAn independent view needed to be taken about what it is about Savarkar that is contentious, says Vikram Sampath about the freedom fighter’s biography. |
 | Muslims should no more be coolies of secularism: Asaduddin OwaisiAIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday urged Muslims to create their own independent leadership, saying ‘‘Muslims should no more be coolies of secularism.’’ |
 | Honour sacrifices of Savarkar's family, says Maharashtra CM Devendra FadnavisHis remarks come a day after the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress, said it blackened the Savarkar's bust in Delhi University. |
 | Veer Savarkar's statue installed at Delhi University blackened by NSUI presidentThe outgoing DUSU president Shakti Singh had installed the statues of Veer Damodar Savarkar, Subhas Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh without the permission of the university authorities. |
 | Veer Savarkar's bust debuts next to Bhagat Singh, Subhash Chandra Bose in North Campus of Delhi UniversityNSUI National President Neeraj Kundan said it was 'shameful' to juxtapose Savarkar with Bhagat Singh and Subhash Chandra Bose. |
