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TopicAyodhya mandir movement

Topic: Ayodhya mandir movement

Serial litigants, spiritual leaders & an ex-royal among petitioners challenging Places of Worship Act

Last week, the CJI directed all courts to hold off on ruling on pleas disputing character of existing places of worship since case concerning challenge to the 1991 Act is pending in SC.

Ayodhya is holding its breath for greatness. ‘If you build it, they’ll come’

For decades, Ayodhya was a disturbed ground enveloped in a hush. Now, there’s a prideful air of exaltation that pervades the streets. The job is done, the celebration can last for eternity.

Where are the women in Pran Pratishtha? Durga Vahini says they are sidelined

The Sangh's women foot soldiers in Ayodhya have been nearly invisible in the final phase of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. They claim the men have sidelined them and monopolised all the work.

‘Devotees cheated’, ‘against Sanatan Dharm’: Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir trusts don’t trust each other

While Mahant Paramhans Das has questioned why some groups are still collecting money for Ram Mandir even after formation of a trust, others have accused him of not contributing anything.

Babri Masjid verdict a vindication of truth & justice, Ram bhakts have suffered, VHP says

VHP international working president Alok Kumar says the verdict busted conspiracy theories and adds that it’s time to look forward and work towards completing the Ram temple.

MP Congress chief Kamal Nath to host Hanuman Chalisa recital day before Ayodhya event

Nath has also asked Madhya Pradesh Congress leaders to recite the prayer at their homes, and said the event is spiritual and nothing should be read into it.

Alliance with BJP forged for welfare of Maharashtra, says Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray apologised to Shiv Sainiks whose seats went to alliance partners. He also called for a special law to build the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

UP experiment may not defeat BJP in 2019, but complacency may do it

The results come as a warning for the BJP, but to its credit, the party is quick to learn from its mistakes, and has...

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Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.