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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.

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.

No Advani, Joshi, Bharti but most other accused to be in court for Babri judgment tomorrow

A CBI court in Lucknow will Wednesday pronounce its verdict in the 27-year-old Babri Masjid demolition case.

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Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.