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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
TopicRam Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute

Topic: Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute

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.

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.

Like in Ayodhya verdict, author of judgments in Prashant Bhushan contempt case not named

Experts say it’s important for judgments to have an authorship, but the new trend of not having an authorship is to just let one wonder as to who has written the judgment.

Once a mosque, always a mosque, Muslim personal law board says ahead of Ram Mandir ceremony

AIMPLB also says it had no option but to accept the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya, terms judgment ‘extortive’, unjust and unfair.

On Camera

Influencer is a real job. They are shaking up the internet

The reach and impact of influencers are so significant that even politicians such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi have recognised their value—the National Creators Award is proof.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.