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In memoriam Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti applies tilak on a photo of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader late Ashok Singhal at the VHP office in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Ayodhya verdict: Keep calm and tweet

The offline calm maintained by restrained citizens was palpable on Twitter too. The tone in which most Indians spoke was...

10 Nov 2019 7:47 AM IST

The New Year in 1993 came with a new set of riots. January was the month of burnings. The wood scrap-yard in Kurla depot, Kapadia nagar and Hall Road were burnt. Bottles were filled with petrol and fired with rags or sent like rockets from one locality to another.

1992 riots signalled Bombay's transformation to Mumbai

For a Bombay-bred girl, this was the first-hand experience of violence up-close.

10 Nov 2019 7:43 AM IST

The scale of violence that swept the city was massive: People were killed inside homes and shops; many were burnt to death in taxis or in public places; shops were looted and establishments belonging to Muslims were targeted.

Ayodhya verdict: A temple won't heal wounds

The riots changed the cosmopolitan character of Bombay, sharpening the divide between Hindus and Muslims.

10 Nov 2019 7:39 AM IST

Babri Masjid dispute: A brief recall

Most of the concerned organisations, in a welcome move, have asked the communities to keep calm.

10 Nov 2019 7:35 AM IST

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi addresses the inaugural function of Constitution Day celebrations, in New Delhi, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. (Photo: PTI)

Second of 3 core promises by BJP done

The first appeals were kept boiling in the apex court for a decade. Mentions were made before one Chief Justice after...

10 Nov 2019 7:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

No place for bitterness, fear in new India: PM Modi

In a series of tweets in Hindi and English, Mr Modi also asserted that the judgment clearly illustrates that everybody...

10 Nov 2019 7:17 AM IST

PM Modi celebrated Diwali in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir with Indian Army troops. (Photo: File | ANI)

Supreme Court verdict bolsters PM's Hindu image

Modi had also urged people of the country not to construe the Ayodhya verdict as a matter of victory or loss.â€

10 Nov 2019 7:14 AM IST

Senior Counsel K Parasaran

'Bhismacharya' won it for Ram Lalla

The tradition of the Bar has been to stand & argue, and I'm concerned about the tradition.

10 Nov 2019 7:12 AM IST

The Prince of Arcot, Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali, has welcomed the Supreme Court of Indias verdict on long-pending Babri Masjid-Ramjanambhoomi dispute.

Nuanced verdict brings closure: Prince of Arcot

India today is a diverse and pluralistic society: multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic, multi-religious and multi-cultural.

10 Nov 2019 7:08 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (Photo: PTI)

Ayodhya verdict: It's Modi or Yogi's name everywhere

While all roads leading to the temple were deserted, a man dressed up as Lord Hanuman walked past, chanting Jai Shri...

10 Nov 2019 6:59 AM IST

BJP senior leader L.K. Advani (Photo: PTI)

Ayodhya verdict: Sidelined LK Advani says he's blessed

Advani wholeheartedlyâ€ welcomed the historic judgementâ€ .

10 Nov 2019 6:52 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru University was set up to offer the highest level of research and academic opportunities to students from all over the country and from every tier of the socio-economic structure.

Divided opinion in JNU on Supreme Court ruling

Another female student too refused to comment on the apex court's verdict.

10 Nov 2019 6:41 AM IST