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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicRam Janmabhoomi

Topic: Ram Janmabhoomi

‘Sita-Rubiya’ remark, no Muslims at garba — MP’s pro tem Speaker courts a controversy a day

Rameshwar Sharma, who was in the mob that razed Babri, has a knack for making incendiary statements — be it on ‘love jihad’ or communal tensions being witnessed in MP today.

Bajrang Dal — the group accused of taking UP’s illegal conversion law into its own hands

Bajrang Dal is in the headlines over the ‘love jihad’ issue in UP, and over allegations that Facebook looked the other way despite internal call to ban it.

Day before Babri Masjid demolition judgment, all you need to know about the criminal trial

Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was demolished on 6 December 1992, but it took nearly 28 years for the criminal case to conclude. Judgment is expected Wednesday.

What does Bengal have to do with Ayodhya bhoomi pujan, we have Durga Puja & Eid, says minister

In exclusive interview, Firhad Hakim says Mamata is no Modi, whose speech in Ayodhya is example of blatant appeasement; dismisses criticism of state’s Covid efforts as ‘propaganda’.  

VHP struggle for Ram Mandir in Ayodhya didn’t begin in 1983. It started 19 years earlier

The first phase of VHP’s expansion, from its founding in 1964 to 1983, remains buried in its archives, which provide an insight into how a massive global organisational structure was built.

VHP to felicitate veteran kar sevaks in 4 lakh villages as it celebrates Ayodhya success

VHP's foundation day today. It plans to hold events at 20,000 places this week, highlighting its journey that culminated in Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan.

Ayodhya’s Muslim shop owners tired of mosque-temple talk, hope for ‘Ram Mandir sales boom’ 

Shopkeepers in Ayodhya have pinned their hopes on Ram temple to extricate them from years of poor business and the hit they suffered because of Covid lockdown.

The subtle difference between Modi’s ‘Jai Siya Ram’ greeting and ‘Jai Shri Ram’

PM Modi used ‘Jai Siya Ram’ in his Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan speech, whereas the slogan associated with the Ram Janmabhoomi movement is ‘Jai Shri Ram’.

Ram Mandir is more than an emotive issue for Ayodhya’s youth — it means new opportunities

PM Modi said at the bhoomi pujan ceremony that the Ram Mandir would lead to economic growth in Ayodhya, and youngsters are eager for more jobs, better pay.

Ram Mandir an instrument to unite India, 5 August as important as 15 August, says PM Modi

Modi said the new temple in Ayodhya will be a bridge connecting the country, and that Ram is the thread of India’s unity in diversity.

On Camera

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

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.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

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.