Ayodhya disputed site was exempted from Places of Worship Act passed during Narasimha Rao govt in September 1991, a year before Babri Masjid demolition.
Supreme Court bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi ruled there was little doubt the disputed Ayodhya site was used by both Hindus and Muslims. And yet it gave the land to Hindus.
Murli Manohar Joshi wants SC-mandated govt trust to be ‘bharatiya’ — with representation from all communities. Vinay Katiyar predicts ‘identity crisis’ for some parties.
The Modi govt first put all its eggs into the US basket when the unipolar moment was clearly over. It subsequently overcorrected, accommodating an aggressive China.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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