These families lost their loved ones when UP Police opened fire on kar sevaks who gathered in Ayodhya to march on Babri masjid in October-November 1990.
During the 1980s and early 1990s, there were several ascetics and leaders who were instrumental in organising campaigns and yatras for the Ramjanmabhoomi movement.
No one from Shiv Sena is invited for Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan, though people linked with the struggle for the temple will all be there. Party says what's happening in Ayodhya is showmanship.
Prime Minister Modi said Ram Mandir will be a symbol of modernity. "I am deliberately using the word modern. This temple will be a resolve of our faith, our nationalism and our collective resolve," he said after bhoomi pujan. Read the updates here:
A day before PM Modi lays the foundation stone for a Ram temple in Ayodhya, Advani said he felt humbled to have performed his 'pivotal duty' through the Ram Rath Yatra.
UP Congress leaders put out a video and Priyanka Gandhi’s statement on Ram Mandir bhoomi puja on Twitter. Her statement is also being circulated on WhatsApp.
Soil from Jharkhand is sourced from 1,100 sarna sthals, which are places of spiritual significance to tribals. Followers of Sarna school believe they are a religion independent of Hinduism, Islam or Christianity.
Hosting a 'Hanuman Chalisa' Tuesday, the Congress leader said the Ram Temple foundation was led by PM Rajiv Gandhi 'who had opened the Ram Janmabhoomi temple site in 1985'.
Rebuilding is a civilisational responsibility Indians owe to their ancestors, who were the only ones among all pre-Bronze Age pagans who managed to protect their way of life.
The Ram temple trust had sent an invitation to the Janaki temple priest for the Ayodhya ceremony. Last month, Nepal PM Oli had claimed Ram’s birthplace was not in India but Nepal.
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
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.
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