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TopicBabri Masjid

Topic: Babri Masjid

Journalists will be CBI’s star witnesses in Babri Masjid demolition case

Apurva Vishwanath -
Scribes had filed at least 47 FIRs in the aftermath of the incidents of 6 December 1992. Many of them had been thrashed, and their equipment destroyed.

Narasimha Rao felt betrayed over Babri, he avenged it by trapping Advani in hawala scandal

Shekhar Gupta -
Explaining the frightened silence of Congress on 25th anniversary of Babri. The party can’t shake off its self-inflicted guilty conscience unless it accepts Narasimha Rao’s innocence.

The erasure of the Babri Masjid actually began six years before its demolition

Hilal Ahmed -
The ‘Ayodhya controversy’ is not about the Ram temple, it is about the forcible occupation of a functioning mosque.

The Ram Mandir test: How Modi fares can be his defining legacy

Pranab Dhal Samanta -
The Ayodhya issue will test Modi’s political capital, because one party will leave the table more aggrieved than the other.

Home ministry had a plan to prevent Babri demolition, but PM Rao didn’t allow it

Kumar Anshuman -
Madhav Godbole, Home secy at the time of the demolition, says a contingency plan had been ready since July, but the final go-ahead 'never arrived'.

Even foreign scribes couldn’t escape wrath of Ayodhya’s Hindu zealots, recalls NYT journo

Edward Gargan -
I began yelling, but was suddenly clubbed from behind. I fell to the ground. My notebook was wrestled from my hand. A sandal-clad foot stomped on my glasses.

VHP was working on Ram mandir since 1983, bought land: Babri case accused

Pragya Kaushika -
Still facing trial in Babri demolition case, VHP’s international secretary Champat Rai says Hindu organisations worked meticulously to establish Ram temple in Ayodhya.

A journalist recounts helping prime accused in Babri Masjid demolition sneak into Ayodhya

Pragya Kaushika -
A former reporter of RSS mouthpiece ‘Panchjanya’ says he accompanied Singhal and three others in the run-up to Babri demolition

Does Sri Sri have any hope in Ayodhya? Past mediation attempts have been utter failures

Vandana Menon -
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has 3 proposals for Ayodhya dispute resolution, all of which involve “gifting” the land to Hindus. He visits Ayodhya Thursday.

Mainstreaming the lynch-fringe

Shekhar Gupta -
Dadri killing is a chilling turning point in our politics, as no one condemns the mob outright
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Ethanol blended fuel to power vehicles. Will it hurt your car’s engine?

Kushan Mitra -
India’s reliance on ethanol blended fuel is only set to increase in the wake of rising crude oil prices. But are we going to adapt in time?
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Economy

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Inflation raised monthly expenses of 92% Indian families in last 3 months, finds online survey

ThePrint Team -
A LocalCircles poll found that 70% of respondents felt their monthly household budget increased by 10% while 55% expected expenses to go up by another 10% in the next 3 months.

Defence

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India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US

Snehesh Alex Philip -
In February 2019, 72,400 SiG 716 rifles of 7.62 x 51mm calibre were contracted from SIG Sauer Inc, USA, under government's 'Buy (Global) category', through fast track procedure.

National Interest

How Congress is like the Ambassador & why Indian politics needs a brand new set of wheels

Shekhar Gupta -
Like the car, nothing the party has done to reinvent itself has worked. Only way forward is to offer something looking towards the future, not in image of glorious past.

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