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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicAyodhya

Topic: Ayodhya

Ayodhya divided into 6 zones & 11 sectors as devotees continue to arrive for Mahakumbh

UP CM on Monday highlighted Prayagraj, Kashi, & Ayodhya as symbols of India's growing potential & credited PM Modi's leadership for restoring the country's faith & respect globally.

Ayodhya Ram temple head priest Satyendra Das passes away

The 85-year-old was admitted in a hospital earlier this month after a brain stroke.

3 arrested over rape-murder of Dalit woman in Ayodhya, Rahul Gandhi calls UP govt ‘anti-Bahujan’

Alleging the administration didn’t pay heed to the family’s cry for help, Rahul questioned: 'How many more families will have to suffer like this?'

Why BJP’s planning to flood Milkipur with Ambedkar’s photos and copies of Constitution

Last week, BJP state secretary Abhijat Mishra along with other party functionaries distributed copies of Constitution & Ambedkar's photographs to sanitation workers at Maha Kumbh.

BJP gets a shot at redemption in Ayodhya as Milkipur bypoll date out. Why party’s oozing confidence

SP & BJP have been gearing up for the crucial contest since well before bypoll was announced. SP has named Awadhesh Prasad’s son Ajit Prasad as candidate, BJP yet to announce its pick.

Following fall of Syria’s Hama to jihadists, Jaish-e-Muhammed vows to ‘liberate’ Babri Masjid

JeM message comes days after terrorist commander Masood Azhar gave 1st public speech in over two decades, hailing jihadists in Syria & threatening to escalate violence in Kashmir.

From Ayodhya to Ajmer Sharif, how deities have fought mandir-masjid lawsuits as legal entities

Deities involved in masjid or dargah property disputes are considered legal entities that can own property and sue like a living person. A deep dive into how deities were recognised as legal entities.

Ramayana’s origins remain unknown. Archaeology so far is too limited to prove epic legends

The archaeological understanding of Ramayana and Mahabharata sites—their inception and evolution—is lost and unknown.

Why deferred bypoll in Ayodhya’s Milkipur has led to SP-BJP slugfest

EC Tuesday declared dates for 9 of 10 vacant assembly bypolls in UP, leaving out Milkipur in Ayodhya; seat was vacated by SP's Awadhesh Prasad, now Lok Sabha MP from Faizabad.

Ayodhya gangrape case gets murkier with ‘betrayal’ angle, ‘juvenile’ status of BJP leader’s accused son

Ayodhya police have booked local BJP leader’s son as juvenile on basis of Class 5 mark sheet, it is learnt. Family allege cops refused to file FIR at first and main accused is an adult.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.