Ayodhya

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a public event, in Navsari, Gujarat, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Centre for farmers; Congress abuse will help BJP: Modi

Modi attacked the Congress over its comments about his caste and said the Opposition party had no agenda except abusing him

23 Feb 2024 12:44 AM

View of the Ram Temple on the eve of its consecration ceremony, in Ayodhya, on Sunday. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Ram temple's opening to launch new era in India

Ayodhya's Ram Temple consecration fulfills a dream, sparking religious tourism

22 Jan 2024 12:00 AM

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. (PTI File Image)

AA Edit | What is Congress' narrative? ‘No’ to Mandir invite fine

The Congress dilemma: Assessing the strategic move behind skipping Ayodhya's Ram Temple consecration

13 Jan 2024 12:05 AM

The only claim that the Modi government can make is that national security concern was the reason for making the drastic changes in the status of Jammu and Kashmir. (Representative Image: DC)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC’s Art. 370 ruling has left key questions unanswered

Even Hindu-majority Jammu is not happy with the new UT status

14 Dec 2023 12:00 AM

The former Union home secretary and 1970-batch IAS officer has willingly parted ways with his life’s earnings, a whopping Rs 5 crores, donating them to his deity at the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya. (Representational Image: PTI)

Dilip Cherian | Ram Lalla to be recipient of one retired babu’s bhakti bonanza

Mr Narayanan’s inclination towards maintaining a low profile and shying away from public acknowledgement

30 Nov 2023 12:00 AM

Security personnel detain wrestler Sakshi Malik during wrestlers' protest march towards new Parliament building, in New Delhi, Sunday, May 28, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Shobhaa De | Will wrestlers, Rahul dent the ‘Glowing India’ story?

With the general election right around the corner, India is gearing up for Ram Rajya. Even if, on paper, we remain a secular nation

03 Jun 2023 12:05 AM

The UCC cannot, by its very definition, be a state subject. We can’t have different uniform civil codes; we can’t end communal and cultural heterogeneity in favour of state-level UCCs. (Representational image: image courtesy m.dailyhunt.in)

AA Edit | Bring in UCC nationally, stop the poll posturing

The only manifesto item pending from the BJP’s long-term list is the implementation of the UCC

08 Nov 2022 12:10 AM

The introduction of religion into politics by the BJP in 1989 cleaved India’s electorate in a way it had not been before, and gave the BJP unprecedented electoral rewards. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | How BJP’s line changed over civil liberties & social reforms

It may interest readers to know that from its formation till the 1984 general election, the BJP had no interest in Ayodhya

26 Oct 2022 12:00 AM

Farrukh Dhondy | The outbreak of communal riots in UK’s Leicester still a mystery

The riots, which police are out in full force to suppress, have been happening, in varying intensity, from Aug 28 till this week

24 Sep 2022 12:05 AM

Assam police on Thursday imposed curfew for an indefinite period in parts of central Assam. (Representative Image)

Curfew imposed in Assam's Sonitpur after clashes over Ram Mandir celebrations

The clash broke out after some local minority organisations raised objection to a bike-rally by Bajarang Dal activists in Thelamara area

06 Aug 2020 4:12 PM

BJP leader LK Advani leading Ram Rath yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya during 1990. (File Photo)

Down memory lane: The mood in Ayodhya back in December 1992

One day a car-load of “infiltrators” had been reportedly intercepted by kar sevaks beaten up and handed over to the UP police

06 Aug 2020 11:56 AM

Congress leader Digvijay Singh said the coronavirus attack on several key BJP leaders was consequence of not heeding to ‘Sanata dharm’. (DC Photo)

BJP leaders contracted virus for wrong bhumi pujan timing, says Digvijay

The very name of Lord Ram turns everything auspicious, counters Shivraj Singh Chouhan

04 Aug 2020 12:11 PM

Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray is not likely to attend the bhoomi pujan ceremony of the Ram Mandir. (PTI Photo)

Thackeray may skip Ram temple bhoomi pujan

Raut reiterated Shiv Sena’s contribution towards the Ram Mandir movement saying his party laid the foundation of the temple construction

04 Aug 2020 11:51 AM

Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will definitely go for Ram temple bhoomi pujan, said party MP Sanjay Raut. (PTI Photo)

Uddhav will attend Ram temple ceremony in Ayodhya: Raut

Raut reiterated that Thackeray keeps visiting Ayodhya and has done so before and after becoming the chief minister of Maharashtra

21 Jul 2020 3:04 PM

People wearing protective masks in to protect against the coronavirus pandemic walk along the Ramlala market in Ayodhya on March 14, 2020. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is planning to hold a massive congregation of religious seers on the occasion of Ram Navami at Ayodhya from March 25 to April 2 despite the threat of the coronavirus (Covid-19). (PTI)

AA Edit: Ram Navami meeting at Ayodhya is an invitation to disaster

And Narendra Modi is having to choose between the holy men at the core of his constituency and his responsibilities as PM

20 Mar 2020 12:42 PM

Uddhav Thackeray announces Rs 1 crore for Ram Temple construction from personal fund

Thackeray said that though he is no longer associated with the BJP, he is not separated from Hindutva

07 Mar 2020 6:40 PM

Uddhav Thackeray in Ayodhya today

Sources imply Thackeray might announce an “important” position on the construction of Ram temple

07 Mar 2020 12:53 PM

Uddhav Thackeray in Ayodhya last year. (Photo: AA)

Uddhav Thackeray set to visit Ayodhya on March 7

Mr Thackeray will offer prayers to Ram Lalla in Ayodhya and perform “aarti” on the banks of the river Sharayu, Mr Raut said.

26 Jan 2020 3:55 AM

Section 144 extended for security in Ayodhya till February 25

Under the prohibitory orders, people will have to take the permission of the administration for organising any programme in Ayodhya.

28 Dec 2019 10:16 AM

'We are going to build a grand temple of Lord Ram at the birthplace of Ramlalla, as promised by us in every manifesto. Some parties used to mock us on this promise, but now none can stop us from building the temple,' Rajnath said. (Photo: FIle)

'BJP will fulfil promise of building Ram Temple,' says Rajnath Singh

Singh said that some political parties used to mock the party for including the same promise in every election manifesto.

01 Dec 2019 6:04 PM

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