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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicJai Shri Ram

Topic: Jai Shri Ram

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.

When channels aren’t chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, they are following Modi—ignoring Rahul Gandhi

The media story of the week is there for everyone to see: Lord Ram is omnipresent, PM Modi is ever present, and Rahul Gandhi is mostly absent

South Mumbaiwala meets ticketwala & India’s neta export-import imbalance

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Naveen Jindal calls himself ‘proud Hindu,’ says ‘Jai Shri Ram’ after being expelled from BJP

The Delhi BJP media chief had come under attack on social media after his tweet about Prophet Muhammad on 1 June. His party membership was terminated Sunday.

Christian pastor ‘thrashed’, ‘forced’ to chant Jai Shri Ram, Delhi Police file FIR after 4 days

Mob allegedly attacked pastor Kelom Kalyan Tet in South Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri on 25 February, claiming he was carrying out forced religious conversions. Complaint filed on 27 February.

Muslim man beaten, ‘forced to chant Jai Shri Ram’ in Kanpur

The victim, an e-rickshaw driver, said few people also threatened to kill his family. In a video that has gone viral, the man is seen being assaulted while in police custody.

More videos, with audio now, & handwritten complaint — new twists in Muslim man’s assault case

Ghaziabad police investigating incident of Muslim man being thrashed, video of which went viral, say the accused were known to the victim. Hunt on for 'original' video of assault.

Old Muslim man beaten, ‘forced to chant Jai Siya Ram’, beard cut. Now cops add a ‘taweez’ angle

72-yr-old Abdul Samad Saifi of Bulandshahr has alleged that he was beaten up by a group of men because of his religion. But police deny this. Videos of the assault have gone viral.

The subtle difference between Modi’s ‘Jai Siya Ram’ greeting and ‘Jai Shri Ram’

PM Modi used ‘Jai Siya Ram’ in his Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan speech, whereas the slogan associated with the Ram Janmabhoomi movement is ‘Jai Shri Ram’.

9 of those killed in Delhi riots were forced to chant Jai Shri Ram, police tells court

The accused were part of a WhatsApp group, Kattar Hindut Ekta, to take revenge on Muslims, said the charge sheets filed by the police.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.