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Murli Manohar Joshi turns 90: Well-wishers flock to Raisina Road to celebrate life of BJP stalwart

The former BJP president and Union minister, who played a key role in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, was surrounded by family and friends at his government bungalow in Delhi.

After backlash over ‘request’ not to attend Ram Mandir inauguration, Advani & Joshi receive invite

Ram Temple Trust general secretary Champat Rai cited age, health of Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi while making 'request'. After RSS, VHP leaders' invite, both 'express intent to be there'.

‘Ashamed to see BJP involved in sale, purchase of MLAs’ — party veteran Shanta Kumar in book

Former Himachal CM, in his autobiography released Tuesday, also wrote PM Modi should bring in laws to curb use of black money in polls & bar criminals from entering politics.

No BJP workers outside Advani & Joshi homes, Babri verdict gets a quiet celebration

LK Advani, the face of Ram Janmabhoomi movement, welcomed the verdict with Jai Shri Ram chants. MM Joshi says the verdict will embolden Hindu-Muslim friendship.

‘No Ayodhya bhoomi pujan invite for Advani or Joshi’, and no one seems to know why

The two were key figures in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement — which became a mass movement with L.K. Advani’s 1990 Rath Yatra, while M.M. Joshi was BJP chief when Babri Masjid was demolished.

Use video conference to finish Babri trial against Advani, Uma by 31 August: SC to CBI court

A bench of Justices R.F. Nariman & Surya Kant asked the CBI court to use video conferencing facilities to complete all evidence & applications filed in that behalf.

‘Shocking, deplorable’ — Murli Manohar Joshi calls for JNU V-C’s removal over fee hike row

Former HRD minister Murli Manohar Joshi says it is shocking that JNU V-C Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar did not implement govt's proposal on fee hike.

Murli Manohar Joshi sees ‘victory of every Indian’ in Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict

Murli Manohar Joshi wants SC-mandated govt trust to be ‘bharatiya’ — with representation from all communities. Vinay Katiyar predicts ‘identity crisis’ for some parties.

In Modi-Shah era, the original heroes of Ayodhya have been sent on vanvaas

LK Advani, MM Joshi, Uma Bharti made the Ram Janmabhoomi movement BJP’s stepping stone to power. Now, they have no place in BJP’s front row.

Allahabad University, with 3 former PMs as alumni, ends student union polls

Allahabad University is replacing the student union with a student council, whose election will mirror the system followed for the Rajya Sabha.

On Camera

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Less than a year before the First Constitutional Amendment, Patel wrote to Nehru about Supreme Court rulings that had 'knocked the bottom out' of press control laws.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.