The prime minister however requested people to avoid coming to Ayodhya on the day of the temple inauguration even though 'everyone wants to be part of the event'.
It may have been easier for CPI(M) to decline to attend the Ram temple consecration ceremony on 22 January, for Congress, the invitation is a tightrope walk.
Thiruvananthapuram MP first from party to publicly announce a decision. No word yet on whether invitees Sonia, Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury will attend 22 January inauguration.
Door-to-door mass outreach programme with aim to reach 'every Indian household' will begin 1 January and go on for 15 days. Around 35,000 volunteers will be involved, it is learnt.
With hundreds of VVIPs expected to visit Ayodhya for consecration, city hoteliers say have been asked to cancel bookings of those not invited to ceremony. Administration denies.
Priests and karsevaks in Ayodhya expressed discontent at Ram Temple Trust chairman's 'request' to the veteran leaders to not attend the ceremony because of their health and advance age.
These terraces and backyards in Ayodhya neighborhood have seen the site that changed India and its politics — from demolition of Babri Masjid, to the first brick laid for the Ram Mandir.
Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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