Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:56:36 +0000

By Sharat Pradhan Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh has sought 35,000 paramilitary personnel for security duty from the centre as the state prepares to deal with any fallout of the much-awaited verdict in the volatile 125-year-old Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid legal dispute. A three-judge special bench of the Allahabad High Court, which concluded its hearing in the long [...]

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:56:53 +0000

By Sharat Pradhan Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has sought 35,000 paramilitary personnel as part of its contingency planning ahead of the much-awaited verdict in the volatile 125-year-old Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid case. A three-judge special bench of the Allahabad High Court, which concluded its hearing in the long pending case last month, will announce its [...]

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:18:37 +0000

Lucknow, Aug 18 (IANS) Eighteen years after the 16th century Babri Mosque was pulled down by violent Hindu mobs in the ancient temple town of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, a special court here will commence the formal trial in the case from Monday. This follows framing of charges against 23 accused by special court judge [...]

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:54:32 +0000

Lucknow, July 26 (IANS) A special bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday concluded the hearing related to ownership of a disputed land in Ayodhya to which Hindus and Muslims have made rival claims for over a century. The decision is likely to be delivered in September. While Hindus claim the land to be the [...]

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:42:28 +0000

Lucknow, July 15 (IANS) Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav Thursday apologised to Muslims for aligning with former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kalyan Singh, widely seen as a key figure in the demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya in 1992. “I must confess that it was a big blunder on my part [...]

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:50:43 +0000

Lucknow, June 29 (IANS) A special court hearing the Babri Mosque demolition case Tuesday ordered the then Faizabad district magistrate and some leaders of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to appear before it for framing of charges. The VHP and the BJP leaders are facing charges of criminal conspiracy [...]

Thu, 20 May 2010 15:07:15 +0000

Lucknow, May 20 (ANI): Former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and 20 other Bharatiya Janata Party and Sangh Pavivar leaders got a reprieve on Thursday with the Allahabad High Court rejecting a plea to revive criminal cases against them in the Babri Mosque demolition case. The Lucknow Bench of the court dismissed a [...]

Thu, 20 May 2010 12:50:46 +0000

Lucknow, May 20 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and 20 others got a reprieve Thursday with the Allahabad High Court rejecting a plea to revive criminal cases against them in the 18-year-old Babri Mosque demolition case. The Lucknow bench of the court dismissed a plea of the Central Bureau of Investigation [...]

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:21:35 +0000

Lucknow, April 29 (IANS) Anju Gupta, a senior police officer and key witness in the Babri Mosque demolition case, Thursday refuted the defence contention that Pakistan’s intelligence agency was involved in pulling down the 16th century mosque. During her cross-examination, Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Gupta maintained before the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) [...]

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:22:39 +0000

New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari says it’s not entirely correct to blame the then Congress government for initiating the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. In an exclusive interview to BBC Hindi Service, Gadkari said: “Some people might be involved in those riots but it would not be entirely correct [...]

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:22:34 +0000

Rae Bareli, April 23 (IANS) “The Babri mosque in Ayodhya was under greater threat from Hindu karsewaks than from the Pakistani ISI in 1992,” senior IPS officer Anju Gupta told a special CBI court here Friday. Replying to questions during the course of a cross-examination in the court, which is holding trial in the Ayodhya [...]

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:16:05 +0000

New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday sought the responses of the central and the Uttar Pradesh governments on a plea for easing restrictions on worship at Lord Rama’s makeshift temple at Ayodhya, built on the disputed site after the Babri mosque was demolished in 1992. Hearing a lawsuit by Janata Party chief Subramanian [...]

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:45:35 +0000

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear a plea for easing restrictions imposed by the authorities on worshiping at the make-shift Ram temple built at the demolished Babri mosque site in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya town. “We will consider your plea,” a bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice Deepak Verma [...]

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:41:16 +0000

New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chose not to comment on a senior police officer deposing Friday against party leader L.K. Advani in the Babri mosque demolition case, but the Congress and Left sharpened their attack on the BJP veteran. BJP spokesperson Ramnath Kovind told reporters here that the party will [...]

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:41:19 +0000

Lucknow, March 25 (IANS) Anju Gupta, a police officer who had told investigators that senior BJP leaders, including L.K. Advani, were euphoric after the 1992 Babri Masjid razing, will depose Friday before a special court hearing the 18-year-old demolition case. Gupta, a deputy inspector general of police (DIG), is currently attached to the Research and [...]

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:25:34 +0000

Rae Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 25 (ANI): Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Anju Gupta, who is on deputation with the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) in Delhi might record her testimony as a witness for the prosecution against senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani and other Sangh Parivar leaders in [...]

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:21:32 +0000

Gandhinagar, March 19 (IANS) A Gujarat police team will fly to London for Hanif Umarji Patel alias Tiger Hanif’s extradition hearing March 25 hoping to get custody of the 1993 Surat bombings alleged mastermind. Deputy Commissioner of Police Subhash Trivedi and inspectors J.M. Patel and R.H. Hadea will leave for London soon. “He is wanted in the [...]

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:07:45 +0000

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Two days after his expulsion, Amar Singh Thursday accused the Samajwadi Party of using him like a “dustbin”, but insisted he had no differences with Mulayam Singh Yadav. Amar Singh said he was being blamed for various decisions the Samajwadi Party took, including the controversial wooing of former Bharatiya Janata [...]

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:11:43 +0000

New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday sought the government’s stand on a plea for reviving a 1996 order of the Allahabad High Court to help Hindu pilgrims visit the make-shift Ram temple at Ayodhya, built at the site of the demolished Babri mosque. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice V.S. Sirpurkar [...]

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:25:43 +0000

New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) A day after Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa told people to “chop off hands” of those vandalising churches in the state, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sought to soft-pedal the remarks, saying they should be seen in the context of his government’s resolve to stop any violence. “It is not [...]

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:39:50 +0000

Lucknow, Jan 6 (IANS) Supporters of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh created a ruckus in Uttar Pradesh’s Faizabad district after the authorities disallowed him to enter the disputed site in Ayodhya with his security guards, officials said Wednesday. Following the objections of the authorities, Singh ultimately had to leave behind his security guards before [...]

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:29:25 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Sonia Gandhi praised contributions of all Congress prime ministers except P. V. Narasimha Rao in her speech Monday during the foundation stone-laying function of the Congress headquarters in Delhi to mark 125 years of the party’s formation. Making no mention of Rao in her 15-minute speech, she said Rajiv Gandhi [...]

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:31:19 +0000

Lucknow, Dec 21 (ANI): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has sought action against those responsible for the demolition of Babri mosque. Addressing reporters here on Sunday, Maulana Abdul Rahim Quraishi, spokesman of the AIMPLB, welcomed the findings of Liberhan Commission report that probed the demolition and demanded a criminal charge against all conspirators. “The [...]

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:49:24 +0000

Lucknow, Dec 20 (IANS) Other than not indicting former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) Sunday said it saw nothing wrong with the Liberhan Commission report on the demolition of the Babri mosque. Speaking at the conclusion of a day-long meeting of the board’s executive here, AIMPLB secretary [...]

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:03:13 +0000

Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 11 (ANI): The families of kar sevaks killed during the Babri Mosque demolition in Ayodhya, today slammed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani for deserting them. Ayodhya was the epicenter of a movement, where the Ram temple was to be built [...]

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:31:55 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Terming Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) position on demolition of the Babri mosque as a “national shame”, the Congress said Thursday that the opposition party was taking the country in a wrong direction “in the name of Lord Ram”. “Don’t make false arguments. You will regret it tomorrow. You are taking [...]

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:15:07 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) demanded Wednesday that all cases related to the Babri mosque razing must be clubbed before the Supreme Court and it should be urged to give an early verdict. Participating in the debate on the Liberhan Commission report in the Rajya Sabha, CPI-M leader Sitaram [...]

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:55:31 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allied groups of resorting to a “cold-blooded conspiracy” to demolish the Babri mosque in 1992. “The central theme is not Atal Behari Vajpayee, P.V. Narasimha Rao, factual inaccuracies or leakage (of the Liberhan report) but who broke the [...]

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:18:23 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Amid acrimony in the Lok Sabha, Home Minister P. Chidambaram held the Sangh Parivar responsible for the demolition of the Babri mosque in 1992 and dismissed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj’s contention that there was no conspiracy behind the incident. In his reply to the debate on the [...]

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:57:46 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday termed the Liberhan Commission report “perverse, baseless and ill-founded”, while the Congress blamed its political opponents for playing “divisive politics” and accused them of making false promises to protect the Babri mosque. At the end of the acrimonious two-day debate on the Liberhan report, [...]

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:54:43 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Congress admitted Tuesday that its leader and former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao was not alert enough to prevent the demolition of the Babri mosque. Participating in the debate in the Lok Sabha on the Liberhan Commission report, party MP Beni Prasad Verma placed the major share of the [...]

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:31:24 +0000

New Delhi, Dec.8 (ANI): Opposition parties led by Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday created ruckus in the Lok Sabha by resorting to loud sloganeering to disrupt Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram while making a statement over the Librehan Commission’s report related to Babri mosque demolition during the ongoing discussion. Amidst slogan shouting of “Jai Jai” [...]

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:44:10 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 8 (ANI): The discussion of the Liberhan Commission’s Report on the Babri Mosque demolition and the Action Taken Report (ATR) is expected to continue in Parliament for the second day today. On Monday, the debate on the report was all fire and brimstone with the government and the opposition trading charges against [...]

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:13:27 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of exploiting the Ayodhya issue for political purposes, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Monday said the party should regret orchestrating the issue. Participating in the debate in the Lok Sabha on the Liberhan Commission report, Khurshid, Congress MP from Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh, also [...]

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:55:36 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 7 (ANI): Both Houses of the Parliament on Monday witnessed a heated debate on the findings of Liberhan Commission of inquiry into the demolition of the Babri Mosque. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanded to bring leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who have been accused by the Commission to [...]

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:02:13 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 7 (ANI): Senior Communist leader Gurudas Dasgupta on Monday said the Babri Mosque demolition was meticulously planned and opined that it could not have been prevented. Initiating the debate on Liberhan Commission in the Lok Sabha, Dasgupta said: “I am ashamed to say that the demolition was a result of a meticulous [...]

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:47:01 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 7 (ANI): The Liberhan Commission’s Report on the Babri Mosque demolition and the Action Taken Report (ATR) is being discussed in Parliament, and preliminary information reveals that the debate is all fire and brimstone. Both the government and the opposition are determined to prove their points in the debate being held in [...]

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:30:12 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 7 (ANI): The Liberhan Commission’s Report on the Babri Mosque demolition and the Action Taken Report (ATR) on it, will be discussed in Parliament today. Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar has said the discussion would be held under Rule 193 that does not entail voting. The BJP and the Samajwadi Party are expected [...]

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:21:29 +0000

Gandhinagar, Dec 6 (IANS) Former Gujarat chief ministers Shankersinh Vaghela and Suresh Mehta were detained in Ahmedabad Sunday while they were on their way to lead a rally to protest against the policies of Narendra Modi government. The former chief ministers and ex-Congress MP Madhusudan Mistry were later released in the evening. Activists of Congress affiliated [...]

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:36:23 +0000

Ayodhya, Dec.6 (ANI): Curfew like situation prevailed in Ayodhya city on Sunday (Dec.6) on the 17th anniversary of the demolition of Babri mosque by Kar Sewaks (Hindu volunteers). Paramilitary personnel patrolled the streets and kept a tight vigil to ward off any untoward incidents. “We are fully prepared and have also deployed men on rooftops. And we [...]

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:04:29 +0000

Coimbatore, Dec.6 (ANI): The 17th anniversary of Babri mosque demolition in Ayodhya, which occured on Dec.6, 1992, saw demonstrations being staged by Muslim and Hindu groups at different places in Coimbatore city of Tamil Nadu. Thousands of Muslims in Coimbatore staged a demonstration asking the government to handover the disputed place in Ayodhya to their [...]

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:45:04 +0000

Ayodhya, Dec 6 (IANS) The 17th anniversary of the Babri mosque’s demolition Sunday evoked little response from the people of Ayodhya and remained a “private affair” in this ancient temple town as authorities had banned any public assembly on grounds of security. While the Vishwa Hindu Parisdhad (VHP) marked it as “Shaurya Diwas (Valour day)”, [...]

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:25:57 +0000

Ayodhya, Dec 6 (ANI): Security was beefed up at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh on the Babri demolition anniversary on Sunday. In 1992, on the same day, the disputed mosque was brought down by Hindu fanatics, as they believed it to be the birth place of Lord Rama. The event ending being one of the worst communal riots [...]

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:34:17 +0000

Gandhinagar, Dec 6 (IANS) Former Gujarat chief ministers Shankersinh Vaghela and Suresh Mehta and former Congress MP Madhusudan Mistry were detained in Ahmedabad Sunday while they were on their way to lead a rally to protest against the policies of the Narendra Modi government. Skirmishes between Congress workers and the police marked the arrest of [...]

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:51:00 +0000

Patna, Dec 6 (IANS) Bihar was on high alert Sunday on the 17th Babri mosque demolition anniversary and additional forces were deployed in communally sensitive areas to prevent any trouble, police said. Bihar police chief Anand Shankar said all senior police officials at district levels have been directed to monitor the situation and keep a close [...]

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:11:03 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) The 17th anniversary of the Babri mosque demolition saw both protests as well as celebratory marches by different groups in the capital Sunday. Staging a protest at the Jantar Mantar near the central business hub of Delhi, members of the All India Babri Masjid Rebuilding Committee (AIBMRC) demanded that the [...]

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:47:59 +0000

Chandigarh, Dec. 5 (ANI): RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said that the Sangh has no reason to regret the Babri mosque demolition that happened 17 years ago and it would continue with the Ram temple movement. “We want the Ram temple to be built there and we have been working towards the construction of the [...]

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:20:22 +0000

Chandigarh, Dec 5 (IANS) On the eve of the Babri Masjid demolition anniversary, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said Saturday that the Hindu group has “no regrets” about the razing of the mosque in Ayodhya 17 years ago. Speaking at the Chandigarh Press Club, the RSS chief, responding to a question on whether [...]

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:55:37 +0000

Ayodhya, Dec 5 (ANI): On the eve of the 17th anniversary of the demolition of Babri mosque in Ayodhya, some Muslims organizations here recalled the event that resulted in horror in various parts of the country. Recalling, Azmad Ullah, a local, whose brother and nephew were killed in riots following the event demanded that mosque [...]

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:22:53 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 5 (ANI): The Liberhan Commission’s Report on the Babri Mosque demolition and the Action Taken Report (ATR) on it, will be discussed in Parliament on Monday and Tuesday. Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar said the discussion would be held under Rule 193 that does not entail voting. Kumar further said the Business Advisory [...]

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:49:46 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 4(ANI): Union Home Ministry on Friday advised all the states to be on high alert on the eve of the 17th anniversary of the demolition of Babri mosque. The demolition of the historical mosque in 1992 sparked one of the worst religious riots since country’s independence in 1947. A Government spokesman said that [...]

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:26:23 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 4 (ANI): Union Government on Friday asked all state governments to be on high alert on December 6, the day on which the Babri Mosque structure at Ayodhya was demolished in 1992. In a communication, the Union Home Ministry said: “It is possible that some misdirected elements may wish to disturb communal peace [...]

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:32:18 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The Congress said Thursday that a court verdict or comprehensive settlement accepted by all stake-holders were the only possible solutions to the Ayodhya dispute. Answering a questions on the promise of the then prime minister Narasimha Rao’s government to rebuild the Babri Mosque following its demolition Dec 6, 1992, party [...]

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:30:59 +0000

Lucknow, Dec 3 (IANS) Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vinay Katiyar Thursday said he will make certain “startling revelations” about the razing of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya Dec 6, 1992, on the 17th anniversary of the incident Sunday. “While some people would hail Dec 6 as ‘victory day’ and others would condemn it [...]

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:20:18 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party (SP) Thursday said it would observe the anniversary of the Babri Mosque demolition Dec 6 as a “black day”, and accused the Congress-led central government of giving a clean chit to former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao as an “expression of gratitude”. Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav [...]

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:39:07 +0000

By Sharat Pradhan Ayodhya, Dec 3 (IANS) The Liberhan Commission report might be creating ripples in the corridors of power in New Delhi. And preparations for the 17th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Mosque Dec 6 might also be in full swing. Yet, back on ground zero, all appears to be quiet. Everything appears to [...]

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:49:42 +0000

New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The Liberhan Commission report on the 1992 Babri mosque demolition will be discussed in the Lok Sabha Dec 9 and 10, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj said Wednesday. She said the the decision was taken at the business advisory committee of the house and added that the [...]

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:14:27 +0000

New Delhi, Nov.30 (ANI): The scheduled parliamentary debate on Liberhan Commission’s report over Babri mosque demolition on Monday evening was postponed for next week due to non-availability of its Hindi version for parliamentarians. The debate was previously schedule to be held on Tuesday (Dec.1). The decision in this regard reportedly came after Samajwadi Party [...]

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:08:40 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) The Congress Thursday refuted accusations of bias in the Liberhan Commission report in not blaming the party-led government headed by P.V. Narasimha Rao for the Dec 6, 1992 demolition of the Babri mosque. “The Liberhan Commission did not say that the Rao government was directly or indirectly responsible for the demolition,” [...]

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:54:32 +0000

Kolkata, Nov 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday demanded a statement from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the central government’s role on the day the Babri mosque was razed in Ayodhya. Pointing out that Manmohan Singh was the number two man in the then P.V. Narasimha Rao government, BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar told [...]

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:37:33 +0000

Chandigarh, Nov 25 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani’s counsel Satya Pal Jain Wednesday said the findings of the Liberhan Commission into the 1992 Babri mosque demolition were “vague and uncertain”. “The findings of the commission are vague and uncertain. They are targeting L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and other leaders without [...]

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:08:29 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 25(ANI): Union Home Ministry on Wednesday drew attention to a telecast made on a news channel and reiterated that the Ministry has absolutely no role in the leakage of the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Mosque demolition case. “Barkha Dutt, Group Editor of NDTV 24X7, categorically stated that “we will [...]

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:09:01 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Despite holding him guilty for the Babri mosque demolition, Justice M.S. Liberhan has praised Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani for cooperating with the commission. “Persons like Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and (Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh’s) K.S. Sudarshan appeared voluntarily and gave their statements despite their busy schedule and also [...]

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:07:29 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The former counsel to the Liberhan Commission Wednesday described as “vile” attacks on him by judge M.S. Liberhan in the report indicting Hindutva activists for the 1992 Babri mosque razing. Emphasising that he would not like to “dignify” Liberhan’s charge that he forestalled the submission of the 1,029-page report, Anupam [...]

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:31:36 +0000

Lucknow, Nov 25 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday alleged a Congress-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) “conspiracy” behind what she termed as a “systematic leakage” of the Liberhan Commission report that probed the 1992 demolition of the Babri mosque. “It was this very Congress-BJP secret nexus that led to the demolition of the Babri Masjid [...]

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:09:08 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday accused the Liberhan Commission of “political bias” for giving a virtual clean chit to the Congress government of 1992 over the Babri mosque demolition. The CPI-M said in a statement that it desired to know what action the government of Prime Minister Manmohan [...]

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:19:13 +0000

Lucknow, Nov 25 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday slammed the Centre for adopting delaying tactics over the presentation of the Liberhan Commission Report on the Babri Mosque demolition case. Addressing the media, a day after the tabling of the Liberhan Report in parliament, Mayawati said: “The [...]

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:45:04 +0000

Lucknow, Nov 25 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati warned Wednesday that her government would take “strict action” against anyone creating law and order problems over the Ayodhya temple-mosque row. Reacting after the report of the Liberhan Commission that probed the Babri mosque razing was tabled in parliament Tuesday, Mayawati hit out at both the [...]

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:24:27 +0000

Lucknow, Nov 25 (ANI): The Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC), a Muslim forum that opposes the construction of the Ram temple at the spot of the demolished Babri mosque in Ayodhya, has welcomed the tabling of the Liberhan Commission Report. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, Zafaryab Jilani, Convenor of BMAC, said: “With this report, one [...]

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:25:44 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Attacking the government for “leakage” of the Liberhan Commission report on the 1992 Babri mosque demolition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday sought Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s resignation and demanded a joint parliamentary panel probe into it. It termed Liberhan’s report, which indicts top party leaders, as “ill-founded”. Senior BJP [...]

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:18:01 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The following is the sequence of events in brief leading up to the razing of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya on Dec 6, 1992, as recorded in the Liberhan Commission report tabled in parliament Tuesday: 1528 - Founder of Mughal dynasty, Babar, asked his commander Mir Baqi to set up a [...]

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:15:20 +0000

Chandigarh, Nov 24 (IANS) Justice M.S. Liberhan, whose report on the 1992 Babri mosque demolition was tabled in parliament Tuesday, sought “privacy” as he was hounded by the media even when he went to an optician’s shop here. He maintained that he had clearly said everything in his report. “Please respect my privacy. I can assure [...]

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:45:46 +0000

Chandigarh, Nov 24 (IANS) A former counsel to the Liberhan Commission Tuesday alleged that the indictment of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the Babri mosque dmolition was “outrightly illegal”. Hours after the Liberhan panel report was placed in parliament, Anupam Gupta said this had been done “deliberately” to shift the focus away from [...]

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:30:19 +0000

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh Tuesday justified the 1992 razing of the Babri mosque and said he suspected a “political conspiracy” behind the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry that has indicted all the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders for its catastrophic event. Unrepentant over the mosque destruction that sparked [...]

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:07:06 +0000

Chandigarh, Nov 24 (IANS) The former counsel to the Liberhan Commission alleged Tuesday that the indictment of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the Babri mosque razing was “outrightly illegal”. Hours after the Liberhan report was placed in parliament, Anupam Gupta said this had been done deliberately to shift the focus away from Bharatiya [...]