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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TopicRam temple

Topic: Ram temple

Another grand pran pratishtha at Ayodhya’s Ram temple, this time with Yogi front & centre

Officials say it's just 'coincidence' that muhurat fell on CM's birthday. PM Modi had presided over consecration ceremony of Ram Lalla idol on ground-floor sanctum sanctorum last year.

‘Anti-Dalit mindset’: Rahul Gandhi slams BJP amid ‘temple purification’ row

Congress has demanded an apology after BJP leader sprinkled Ganga water at a Ram temple in Alwar, Rajasthan to 'purify' it after Tikaram Jully participated in the consecration ceremony.

Ayodhya Ram temple head priest Satyendra Das passes away

The 85-year-old was admitted in a hospital earlier this month after a brain stroke.

‘Treason,’ says Rahul on Mohan Bhagwat remark that India got ‘true independence’ after Ram Temple

At inauguration of new Congress headquarters in Delhi, the opposition leader also hit out at the poll body, saying there was a ‘serious problem’ with the election system.

SSF constable dies of bullet injury at Ram Temple complex, cops probe suicide, accidental firing

A 2019 batch recruit, Shatrughna Vishwakarma was posted at Ayodhya temple as part of special security force. His family calls for a thorough inquiry by higher-ups.

Modi fell prey to ‘too much greed’, BJP lost wherever Ram ji went on padyatra — Puri Shankaracharya

When someone aims over his capacity, he ends up performing badly, says Swami Nischalananda Saraswati. This is the 2nd jibe from a Shankaracharya since party's setback in LS polls.

Have Hindus passed the test by letting Droupadi Murmu enter Ram temple? Not yet

The BJP needs Hindu unity for electoral benefit, that too in a caste-ridden religious society. That makes it go for reform, reconciliation, and samarasata.

We’re deeply pained by scientists describing Surya Tilak project as ‘trivial, criminal waste’

Former Director General of CSIR and a retired professor at IIA, Bengaluru, respond to the statement issued by more than 300 scientists criticising the Surya Tilak project for Ram temple in Ayodhya.

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.

8 in 10 Indians believe country belongs to people of all religions, not just Hindus — pre-poll survey

Survey by Lokniti-CSDS also found that more young people than old support religious pluralism, and over half of Hindu respondents believe Ram Mandir will help consolidate Hindu identity.

On Camera

Road building is a money-making racket in India. And we have a very short memory

We get very angry when rain disrupts our lives and brings our cities to a halt, but by the time the elections come around, we have forgotten how angry we were.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.