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TopicMathura temple

Topic: Mathura temple

SC gets unusual request from UP govt: ‘Retired HC judge of Vaishnav sect’ for Mathura temple panel

UP govt's note said the former judge to head the panel 'may be a Sanathan Hindu, of Vaishnav Sect, so that religious sentiments of devotees of Shree Bankey Biharji Maharaj are upheld'.

In Mathura, lawyers & teachers run temples—with stickers on cars. ‘Receivers’ now under scrutiny

Mathura district judge is set to submit report in SC today on temples under receivership model, wherein lawyers, teachers & journalists step in to run temples in cases of dispute.

As BJP MP calls for scrapping Places of Worship Act, campaign to ‘reclaim’ Kashi, Mathura grows

Giving wind to demands is ASI report on Gyanvapi that stated a temple did stand there prior to construction of existing structure. Prayers were offered in mosque cellar last week.

Jailed for cow smuggling, dumped by VHP — Mathura gets a new star sadhu to pressure Idgah

Ashutosh Pandey shot to fame when he brought a 3-ft idol of Lord Krishna to court. He claims his Trust got the electricity at Shahi Idgah mosque cut.

‘Mathura isn’t Kashi’: BJP plan to develop Bankey Bihari temple area has riled up Hindus

Yogi Adityanath govt wants to build a grand complex in five acres of land surrounding Bankey Bihari temple in Mathura. But local people are against making Vrindavan a 'selfie point'.

Mathura Muslims are ready for legal fight. But Hindus being galvanised for historical justice

Just like a mysterious petition revived the Gyan Vapi issue by allowing a survey of the mosque, Mathura too has galvanised the court route.

‘Mathura court order not survey like Gyanvapi, just an inspection,’ says Shahi Idgah’s counsel

It has been alleged the mosque was built on land believed to be Krishna's birthplace. Tanveer Ahmad, Shahi Idgah's counsel, says they'll challenge court order on 2 January.

Turks weren’t barbarians. They appreciated Hindu temple architecture

The Ghaznavids and Ghorids were not the medieval equivalents of ISIS fundamentalists, as we might like to believe.

On Camera

A ship attack has shaken Asia’s faith in the US

Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.