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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
TopicRam Navami

Topic: Ram Navami

Additional police deployed in Ayodhya to maintain security of devotees ahead of Ram Navami

The development comes after CM Adityanath met with local officials to review preparations for the upcoming Navratri celebrations.

Ram temple Surya Tilak was spectacular but the puffery around ‘science behind it’ wasn’t

We need to give credit to our attention-starved scientists for their true achievements. Perhaps a good way to start would be to not mix science with religion.

TMC should’ve steered clear of Ram Navami. Competitive communal politics do no good

Today Mamata Banerjee is silent, signalling, it seems, that if the slogan and the festival garner Hindu votes, then, fine, we will live with it.

Our take on wrestlers’ protest, Ram Navami case & Anand Mohan Singh’s release – in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

HC orders NIA probe into Bengal Ram Navami violence, slams cops for ‘underplaying true state of affairs’

Court directs police to transfer all records, CCTV footage to the central agency within two weeks. BJP's Suvendu Adhikari had petitioned seeking CBI/NIA probe into the clashes.

Moving the West Bengal Ram Navami case to NIA appears to be judicial overreach

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

What lies at the heart of Ram Navami violence? Indian labels like ‘Muslim areas’

The historical pattern of Ram Navami riots shows that authorities have often denied permission for the procession to pass through Muslim-majority areas.

Why Hindu & Muslim men joined hands in Agra to slaughter calf: ‘Wanted biz rival out of way, stoke tensions’

Police have arrested six men till now. Two of them are 'butchers by profession', while the other four claim to belong to Hindutva outfit, Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha.

Who is Kajal Hindustani: Hindutva orator jailed for ‘hate speech’ that led to communal clashes in Gujarat’s Una

Kajal was arrested Sunday for her allegedly incendiary speech on Ram Navami. Her skills as an orator have made her popular speaker at events organised by far-right Hindutva groups.

Week after Ram Navami violence in Una, ‘right activist’ Kajal Hindustani arrested for hate speech

Hindustani allegedly gave the speech at a Ram Navami event on 30 March. She surrendered to police Sunday morning after evading capture for a week.

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New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?