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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
TopicRam Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute

Topic: Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute

‘Descendants’ of Ram, scholars, lawmakers, here are the Places of Worship Act litigants & their pleas

8 writ petitions—5 seeking to strike down the law and 3 supporting it—are pending in SC. Another 16 intervention applications are challenging the law & 40 are demanding its retention.

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.

Concealment can’t bring closure. Muslims must admit destruction of Hindu temples was wrong

If Muslims considered the destruction of temples bad, there should have been an elaborate and pervasive condemnation of it in their literary and oral traditions.

4 yrs on, Ayodhya mosque site still vacant. Old resentments fuel fund crunch, trust issues mire trust

In 2020, a 5-acre plot was assigned in Ayodhya's Dhannipur for the construction of a mosque as the Ram Janmabhoomi site was given to Hindus after a decades-long legal battle.

‘Crowd of devotees a slap on face of those who opposed Ram temple,’ says chief priest Satyendra Das

His remarks come in the backdrop of chaotic scenes at Ayodhya Ram temple Tuesday as devotees broke barricades to catch a glimpse of deity, a day after pran pratishtha of Ram Lalla.

Construction work for proposed Ayodhya mosque likely to begin in May 2024

The Supreme Court on 9 November 2019 backed construction of the Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya and ruled that an alternative plot be found for a mosque in the Hindu holy town.

BJP’s baggage of expectation in poll-bound Karnataka & Sachin ‘pilots’ another turbulence

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Ayodhya is UP’s new real estate boom town as Ram Mandir brings investors, land prices soar

Ayodhya is riding the wave of a real estate boom. Land prices have soared, land deals have multiplied, hotels, guest houses & infrastructure facilities are being built at breakneck speed.

Why mosques in rear view mirror, like Kashi’s Gyanvapi, can crash India’s drive into future

Court’s order to ASI to survey Gyanvapi Mosque for remains of old Kashi Vishwanath Temple questions the optimism that Ayodhya wouldn’t be repeated.

Not Ram Mandir, the ‘love jihad’ laws are the foundation of Hindu Rashtra

There is apparently a new conquest taking place in Modi’s India — the Muslim man over the Hindu woman. And the man who can’t stop noticing it is Yogi Adityanath.

On Camera

Hrithik Roshan & Jr NTR in Janaab-e-Aali is exactly what a dance-off should not be

Forget comparing it with classics like Hrithik’s Ek Pal Ka Jeena or the slick title track of Dhoom 2, Janaab-e-Aali does not even come close to Ghungroo.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

India expands Southeast Asia defence footprint with new joint venture in Philippines

Memorandum of understanding between SMPP and ADFC was signed during state visit of Philippines’ President to India earlier this month.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.