Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:04:35 +0000

Lucknow, Dec 18 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday accused the Congress of betraying Muslims, saying the party had failed to check communal riots during its rule at the centre. Addressing a ‘Muslim, Kshatriya and Vaishya Mahasammelan meeting’, Mayawati said Muslims had considered Congress their benefactor but the party had “betrayed them”. “It [...]

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:35:11 +0000

Lucknow, Dec 6 (IANS) The 19th anniversary of the demolition of 16th century Babri Mosque in Tuesday passed off on a low-key note in the temple town of Ayodhya and the neighbouring Faizabad town of Uttar Pradesh. Reports reaching here from Ayodhya and Faizabad said that the day passed off peacefully without any event. [...]

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:58:02 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Almost two decades after the Babri mosque in Ayodhya was demolished by right-wing activists in the presence of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, the politics of Hindutva appear to have lost steam and the demand for the Ram temple less strident. The 16th century mosque was razed [...]

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:31:01 +0000

Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) Anna Hazare is a “fake Gandhi”, a top Muslim cleric of West Bengal said Tuesday while slamming the activist’s demand for a stronger anti-corruption bill. “Why Anna Hazare was mum when Gujarat was burning? Why he did not fast when Babri Masjid was razed to the ground? I have [...]

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:23:33 +0000

New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) A day after former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar compared the people coming to the Congress party office to those coming to a “circus” and blamed former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao for demolition of the Babri Mosque, the Congress chose not to respond to his comments. “You [...]

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:18:22 +0000

Islamabad, July 15 (IANS) The string of massive explosions in Mumbai Wednesday “brought back disturbing memories of 2008’s audacious terrorist attacks”, said a leading Pakistani daily. The three blasts in Mumbai Wednesday evening left 17 people dead and over 130 injured. An editorial in the Dawn said Friday: “Wednesday’s bomb blasts in the Indian financial [...]

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:01:38 +0000

Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) Fakhruddin T. Khorakiwala, the chancellor of New Delhi’s Jamia Milia Islamia and a business tycoon who founded the Akbarally’s chain of department stores in Mumbai, passed away here Tuesday afternoon after a brief illness, a family member said. He was 93. Khorakiwala, who served as sheriff of Mumbai in 1992-93 [...]

Thu, 26 May 2011 06:53:35 +0000

Patna, May 26 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Ramadhar Singh was Thursday sent by a court to 14 days judicial custody for making an inflammatory speech after the Babri Masjid razing in 1992. A court in Aurangabad rejected his bail petition after the four-time legislator, who had been declared an absconder in [...]

Thu, 26 May 2011 05:23:17 +0000

Patna, May 26 (IANS) Bihar legislator Ramadhar Singh Thursday surrendered in a court that had declared him absconder 16 years ago for refusing to appear before it in a case related to an alleged inflammatory speech after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator had been [...]

Thu, 19 May 2011 19:11:49 +0000

Patna, May 20 (IANS) Bihar Cooperatives Minister Ramadhar Singh, who has a criminal case pending against him, resigned Thursday after the opposition demanded that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sack him. Sources close to Singh, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, Thursday said Nitish Kumar has accepted his resignation. He had sent his [...]

Thu, 19 May 2011 06:47:12 +0000

Patna, May 19 (IANS) Bihar Cooperatives Minister Ramadhar Singh, who has a criminal case pending against him, resigned from his post Thursday after the opposition demanded that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sack him. Sources close to Singh, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, Thursday said he had sent his resignation to Nitish Kumar, [...]

Mon, 09 May 2011 14:03:30 +0000

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) said it was “happy” about Monday’s Supreme Court verdict that stayed the September 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment dividing the site of the razed Babri Mosque in Ayodhya into three parts. “We are happy that the plea of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement against the [...]

Mon, 09 May 2011 08:36:00 +0000

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Stating that it was a “strange and surprising” order, the Supreme Court Monday stayed the September 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment dividing the site of the razed Babri Mosque in Ayodhya into three parts. “It is a rare judgement whose operation has to be stayed,” the apex court bench [...]

Mon, 09 May 2011 08:11:00 +0000

New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Babri mosque dates back nearly 500 years when it was built in Ayodhya by Mir Baqi, a commander of first Mughal emperor Babur, in 1528. Hence the mosque’s name — Babri Masjid. 1853: First recorded incident of Hindu-Muslim violence over the site with Hindus alleging the mosque [...]

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:52:23 +0000

Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Alleging that L.K. Advani was helping the communists by campaigning in constituencies where her party candidates were in fray, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Thursday said she had no respect for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart as she never supported destruction of the Babri mosque. “I respect his [...]

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:40:53 +0000

By Madhusree Chatterjee New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The women’s studies centre in Jamia Millia Islamia has broken new ground by reaching out to distressed and deprived women on the capital’s fringes as part of its study module.”We are trying to work with the community in an organised way because we are trying to make our [...]

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:57:35 +0000

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday moved the Supreme Court against the clean chit to senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani and other leaders in the Babri mosque demolition case. Earlier on May 20, former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and 20 other Bharatiya [...]

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:44:15 +0000

Lucknow, Feb 13 (IANS) Hashim Ansari, the oldest litigant in the Ayodhya land dispute, has finally given up hope for an out-of-court settlement on the issue, saying he will file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court Monday against the verdict of the Allahabad High Court.Ninety-year old Ansari, who had initiated moves for a [...]

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:24:51 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) A book published by the Congress to mark its 125-year history lays the entire blame for the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition on the Sangh Parivar and contends that the then central government headed by P.V. Narasimha Rao took several steps to control the difficult situation. The book, “Congress and the [...]

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:57:33 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Congress is not owning up to the Emergency excesses and is trying to blame an individual for this, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Wednesday and faulted its portrayal, in a book brought out to mark the party’s 125 years, of the anti-government struggle under Jayaprakash Narayan in [...]

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:20:01 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Sunni Central Waqf Board Tuesday filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court for setting aside the Allahabad High Court judgment on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit. “Our appeal on behalf of Sunni Waqf Board was filed today,” Zafaryab Jilani, the board’s lawyer, told reporters here. A three-judge [...]

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 07:46:55 +0000

Varanasi/Lucknow, Dec 8 (IANS) Attributing the terror attack in Varanasi to security lapses and intelligence failure, opposition parties Wednesday demanded the resignation of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati. A day after the blast in the eastern Uttar Pradesh town claimed the life of a two-year-old girl and injured over 20, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), [...]

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:43:04 +0000

New Delhi/Varanasi, Dec 7 (ANI): The Home Ministry has issued a high alert across Uttar Pradesh following the low intensity blast that ripped Varanasi’s Dashashwamedh Ghat on Tuesday evening. It has been reported that a high alert has been issued for New Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Bangalore and Hyderabad. “On the concerns surrounding December 6, 2010 (Babri-Mosque [...]

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:30:46 +0000

New Delhi/Ayodhya/Hyderabad, Dec 6 (IANS) The 18th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya Monday passed off peacefully amid tight security, with no incidents of violence reported from the Uttar Pradesh temple down - the site of the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhumi dispute - or other states. “It is an unprecedented record. The day was [...]

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:45:01 +0000

Ayodhya, Dec 6 (IANS) With most markets open, people going about their daily life and work, and muted activity by some Hindu and Muslim groups, it was only the heavy presence of policemen on the roads in the temple town of Ayodhya that hinted Monday was the 18th anniversary of the Babri Mosque’s demolition. [...]

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:17:24 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the 17th consecutive day Monday as opposition MPs continued to press for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day to mark the death of a sitting member. In the Lok Sabha, [...]

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:47:28 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) A security alert has been sounded across Uttar Pradesh and other communally-sensitive places in India ahead of Monday’s 18th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya, a home ministry official said. The senior official told IANS that places of worship, railway stations, bus terminals and markets have [...]

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:02:49 +0000

Lucknow, Nov 3 (ANI): Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has revoked the expulsion of senior leader Mohammad Azam Khan, who was expelled from the party after Lok Sabha polls last year. It has been reported that Samajwadi Party National General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav has written a letter to Azam Khan informing him about [...]

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:49:47 +0000

New Delhi, Nov.2 (ANI): As Congress leadership slammed Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh over the issue of terrorism today, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday hit back at the Congress, asking why the party was not acting on the Adarsh scam allegations and accepting Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan’s resignation. BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman asked, “Is [...]

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:58:22 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 2 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the Allahabad High Court judgment in the Ayodhya Ram Janambhoomi-Babri-Masjid title case in no way condoned the demolition of the mosque 18 years ago. Addressing a meeting of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), which is being held after 13 years, Gandhi [...]

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:25:33 +0000

Ayodhya, Nov 1 (ANI): Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) president Swami Chakrapani has said the disputed Ram Temple-Babri Mosque land at Ayodhya only belongs to the Hindu community. Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Chakrapani said: ” They are the 10th party in the conflict to file a case in the Supreme Court on the [...]

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 08:04:54 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The assassination of former prime minister Indira Gandhi 26 years ago is one of the subjects of writer Sudeep Chakravarti’s new book, “The Avenue of Kings”, a set of three novellas. The book will be published by HarperCollins-India in November end. Indira Gandhi was assassinated Oct 31, 1984 by two of her [...]

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:58:52 +0000

Rae Barely, Oct 26 (ANI): A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Tuesday fixed November 18 as the next date of hearing in the Babri mosque demolition case. “On the request of defence counsel Hari Dutt Sharma seeking adjournment on personal grounds, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vishnu Prasad Agarwal posted the matter [...]

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:34:06 +0000

New Delhi, Oct.25 (ANI): Rashtrawadi Shiv Sena, a radical Hindu group, staged a demonstration here, demanding that the government pave the way to construct a temple in Ayodhya following the Allahabad High Court’s verdict on the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Mosque title suit. A three-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court had ruled on September 30 that the Ramlala [...]

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 09:49:03 +0000

By Amit Kumar Ayodhya, Oct.9 (ANI): The three key parties in the Babri mosque title suit came together to find an amicable solution to the issue. The Ram Janmbhoomi Nyas (Trust), Mohammad Hashim Ansari (the 90-year-old litigant) and the Nirmohi Akhara met at the 200-year-old Hanumangarhi temple here on Friday. Mahant Gyandas, President of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara [...]

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:52:51 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday questioned the Congress why it raises the Babri Masjid demolition issue time and again and asked the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) to study the 12,000-page verdict before commenting on it. After the ruling Congress Tuesday said the Ayodhya verdict “in no way condones” [...]

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:49:43 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday said the Ayodhya verdict “in no way condones” the “shameful and criminal” demolition of the Babri mosque in 1992 and welcomed efforts to find an amicable resolution to the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. Briefing reporters after a meeting of the Congress steering committee, party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi [...]

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:09:54 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday said it respected the judicial process on the disputed Ayodhya site but the verdict by Allahabad High Court on the issue “in no way condones” the “shameful and criminal” demolition of the Babri mosque in 1992. “The Indian National Congress respects the judicial process with regards to [...]

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:49:12 +0000

Lucknow, Oct 5 (ANI): The hearing in the Babri mosque demolition case was deferred on Tuesday and the next date of hearing will take place on October 26, as the notification for nomination of a judge is still to be issued by the Allahabad High Court. “The matter was not taken up today as a [...]

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:31:49 +0000

Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) Calling him a patriot, the Shiv Sena Monday heaped praises on Justice S.U. Khan of the Allahabad High Court, which last week ruled that the Babri Mosque was built at the birthplace of Lord Ram in Ayodhya. In an editorial, the Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece Saamna sympathised with Justice Khan’s predicament while [...]

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:05:33 +0000

By Parmod Kumar New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Was legendary poet Tulsidas, who wrote “Ram Charit Manas” in the 16th century, so scared of Mughal emperor Akbar that he did not mention the demolition of a Ram temple in Ayodhya and the construction of the Babri mosque thereupon in his work? “If a temple standing on the [...]

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:23:50 +0000

By Sharat Pradhan Lucknow, Oct 3 (IANS) The first bench of the Allahabad High Court that heard the Ayodhya petition in 1989 had made clear that it was doubtful if the questions involved could be solved by judicial process, says one of the three judges who heard the case then. The court felt it would have to [...]

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 12:25:11 +0000

Islamabad, Oct 2 (IANS) The judicial verdict allowing the construction of a Ram temple at the site of the razed Babri mosque in Ayodhya is a victory for “Hindu fanaticism”, a Pakistani Urdu newspaper said Saturday. Thursday’s ruling by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court is not conducive for peace in the long run, [...]

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:28:47 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said Friday that “all right-thinking people” should work for a negotiated settlement to the Ayodhya dispute in the wake of the Allahabad High Court verdict. “Not only the government, but all right thinking people should work for a negotiated settlement,” Singh said here. Answering queries, [...]

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:00:35 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Pleased with the Ayodhya verdict, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders feel that it will help them reach out to the people with the message that the party had delivered on its issue of building a Ram temple at the “place of his birth”. Party leaders also said that the verdict [...]

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:56:50 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) A day after the Ayodhya verdict, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Friday he was “pleased” with the “dignified” response of the people to the judgment and the government would maintain the status quo at the site. He said the court ruling didn’t justify the demolition of the Babri mosque [...]

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:59:05 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) A day after a court ruled in favour of a Ram temple at the site of the razed Babri mosque in Ayodhya, many Muslims across India were clearly unhappy. Others felt it was time to move on. As millions went into the details of the epoch-making three-judge bench verdict from the [...]

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:27:28 +0000

Lucknow, Oct 1 (IANS) Maintenance of status quo at the disputed site in Ayodhya was the responsibility of the central government, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said Friday, a day after the verdict of the Allahabad High Court on the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi issue. “The central government would implement the high court order, and since the [...]

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:25:02 +0000

Karachi, Oct 1 (ANI): A large number of police personnel have been deployed at Hindu temples in Karachi, following the Allahabad High Court’s announcement of verdict on the Babri mosque standoff in Ayodhya, sources said. Security was stepped up at the Hindu places of worship, including the Shiva temple in Clifton, the Swami Narain temple at [...]

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:07:53 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Eminent historian K.N. Panikkar said Friday that the Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ayodhya land dispute was “an attempted compromise”. “This is some sort of an attempted compromise. Whether this compromise is strictly on the basis of law, it is a doubtful fact,” said the former professor of Modern History [...]

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:06:49 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday said the judgment by the Allahabad High Court on the disputed Ayodhya site “in no way” justified the 1992 demolition of the Babri Mosque by some Hindu fanatics. “This judgment has nothing to do with (demolition of Babri mosque in) 1992… That was, as [...]

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:50:32 +0000

Islamabad, Oct 1 (ANI): Political parties in Pakistan have strongly condemned the Allahabad High Court judgment on the Babri mosque standoff, terming it biased, prejudicial, sheer violation of human rights and a terrible miscarriage of justice. “The verdict based on prejudice has hurt the feelings of Muslims across the world,” the Daily Times quoted Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl [...]

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:24:13 +0000

Lucknow, Oct 1 (IANS) Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav Friday hit out at the judgment in the age-old Ayodhya dispute, saying it was hardly based on legalities. “The verdict appears to be have been given more on the basis of faith and belief rather than on the basis of legalities and evidence,” the former Uttar [...]

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:21:19 +0000

Islamabad, Oct 1 (ANI): Following the announcement of Ayodhya verdict by the Allahabad High Court, Pakistan Minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi has called it a political verdict, which is “totally in favour of the Hindu community.” Speaking to Pakistan Television, Kazmi said that Muslims in India had been deprived of their right, due to [...]

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:09:02 +0000

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Gauging the mood and maturity of citizens after one of the most important judgments in independent India on the emotive Ayodhya dispute, the country’s media has given its verdict: People have moved on, now leaders must. “A new, resurgent India has emerged from the debris of the violent 1990s,” said an [...]

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:09:01 +0000

Lucknow, Oct 1 (IANS) It is interesting that a high court that unambiguously asserts the authenticity of a birth which could well be several millennia old is careless enough to get the date of a relatively recent event of Indian history wrong by a 100 years. On page seven of Justice S.U. Khan’s judgment posted on [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:27:51 +0000

Lucknow, Sep 30 (IANS) Justice S.U. Khan of the Allahabad High Court in his Ayodhya judgment Thursday said that no temple was demolished for building the Babri mosque and it was constructed over the ruins of temples. The other two judges on the bench were of the view that the Babri mosque was constructed after demolition [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:38:22 +0000

Lucknow, Sep 30 (IANS) Justice S.U. Khan of the Allahabad High Court in his Ayodhya judgment Thursday said that no temple was demolished for constructing a mosque, differing with his two colleagues on the bench. The other two judges on the bench were of the view that the Babri mosque was constructed after demolition of a [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:14:26 +0000

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday urged people to maintain peace and harmony in the wake of the Ayodhya verdict and also said the Allahabad High Court order needed to be examined “carefully” and “status quo” at the disputed site will be maintained until the cases are taken up by [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:09:12 +0000

Ayodhya, Sep 30 (IANS) The Nirmohi Akhara, one of the main litigants in the Ayodhya dispute, is a Hindu religious order which follows its own faith and customs. In Thursday’s Ayodhya verdict by the Allahabad High Court, the akhara was allotted a one-third share in the disputed land. It is one of the 14 [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:57:53 +0000

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Bollywood celebrities have lauded Indians for maintaining peace after the Ayodhya verdict and also hoped that the “shrieking” media does not “overdo their melodramatic analysis” and inflame passions. Celebrities like Diya Mirza, Priyanka Chopra and Arshad Warsi took to micro-blogging site Twitter to share their views after the Allahabad High [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:05:59 +0000

Mumbai, Sep 30 (IANS) Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray Thursday said he was glad the Ayodhya matter “ended” with the Allahabad High Court’s judgment that the spot where the Babri mosque in Ayodhya stood before it was razed by Hindu mobs in 1992 was indeed the birthplace of Ram. “I am glad that the long pending [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:49:06 +0000

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday appealed to people to maintain peace and tranquility and to show respect for all religions and religious beliefs in the highest traditions of Indian culture. In a statement, he also asked people to be “vigilant” and not let “disruptive elements” succeed in disrupting peace [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:40:52 +0000

Lucknow/New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) A 125-year-old Hindu-Muslim dispute that repeatedly frayed India’s secular fabric was sought to be settled Thursday with a court ruling that the place where the Babri mosque in Ayodhya stood before it was razed by Hindu mobs in 1992 was indeed the birthplace of Ram revered by millions. A three-judge [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:26:12 +0000

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Appealing for maintaining peace in the wake of the Ayodhya verdict, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday asked the people to show respect for all religions and religious beliefs in the highest traditions of Indian culture. The Allahabad High Court Thursday ruled that the spot in Ayodhya where a makeshift temple [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:20:09 +0000

Mumbai, Sep 30 (IANS) Most Mumbai residents welcomed the Allahabad High Court’s Thursday ruling that the spot in Ayodhya where a makeshift temple was built hastily after razing the Babri mosque in 1992 was indeed where Hindu god Ram was born. The court also ruled that the land around the disputed site would be divided into [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:44:09 +0000

Lucknow, Sep 30 (IANS) Stating “we will not surrender”, the Sunni Waqf Board said Thursday that it would appeal in the Supreme Court against Thursday’s verdict of the Allahabad High Court on the Ayodhya land dispute.”We will not surrender, we will appeal for declaration and possession of the entire land”, where the Babri mosque stood [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:11:32 +0000

Lucknow, Sep 30 (IANS) In a judgement much awaited by India, the Allahabad High Court Thursday ruled that the spot in Ayodhya where a makeshift temple was built hastily after razing the Babri mosque in 1992 was indeed where Hindu god Ram was born, lawyers said.By a majority decision, the Lucknow bench of the [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:52:34 +0000

Lucknow, Sep 30 (IANS) Ravi Shankar Prasad, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and lawyer for one of the litigants in the Ayodhya land dispute, Thursday urged Muslims to help build a grand temple for the Hindu god Ram at the site where a makeshift temple now stands.Addressing reporters outside the premises of the [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:24:09 +0000

Srinagar, Sep 30 (IANS) Curfew has been imposed in Kashmir Valley to preempt any violence that could follow the verdict in the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri mosque title suits by Allahabad High Court expected Thursday afternoon. “Curfew has been imposed in the entire Srinagar city, Ganderbal, Kangan, Bandipora, Sumbal, Sopore, Baramulla, Handwara, Kupwara, Trehgam, Badgam, Anantnag, Qoimoh, Bijbehera, Kulgam [...]

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:29:03 +0000

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court will Thursday give its verdict on the Ayodhya land row. Here are the claims and counter-claims of the contestants in the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi dispute: Birthplace of Hindu god Ram: - Hindu litigants say the disputed site in Ayodhya is the birthplace of Ram. - Muslim [...]

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:00:35 +0000

Mumbai, Sep 28 (IANS) Urging people to maintain peace and calm after the Ayodhya verdict Sep 30, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan Tuesday said tight security measures enforced in the state last week would continue. “We are maintaining alert and all precautionary measures have been taken to maintain peace in the state,” Chavan said in Nagpur. Chavan [...]

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:48:00 +0000

New Delhi, Sept.27 (ANI): Senior Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Monday rejected the charge of the BJP, the RSS and the VHP that his party was deliberately stalling the hearing of the verdict of the Babri Masjid title case. Singh countered the charge by saying that lawyer Mukul Rohtagi, who had convinced a bench [...]

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 06:19:37 +0000

By Asit Srivastava Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 25 (IANS) Idols of Lord Rama, Gautam Buddha, Lord Mahavir, an image of Makkah-Madina, a picture of Prophet Zarathustra…No matter which faith you belong to, chances are you will find your god at the Satyar temple here . The temple in the Hanuman Garhi area has emerged as a symbol [...]

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:55:27 +0000

Ayodhya, Sep. 24 (ANI): Reacting to the Supreme Court’s deferment of the Babri mosque verdict, residents in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya city said that they just want to live in peace and harmony. Radhey Shyam Gupta, a local shopkeeper, said that Ayodhya has seen and faced many incidents that saw the city get torn apart. According to Gupta, [...]