Babri Masjid

Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena Lawmakers May Visit Ayodhya Soon

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Wednesday June 5, 2019

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and 18 newly elected parliamentarians from the party are likely to visit Ayodhya, which is in the news over the Ram temple dispute,before the monsoon session of the Lok Sabha begins later this month.

Pragya Thakur Faces Notice For Alleged Violation Of 3-Day Campaign Ban

India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Debanish Achom | Sunday May 5, 2019

A notice has been sent to Malegaon blast accused Pragya Thakur by the Bhopal district election officer over a complaint that she continued to campaign during the three-day period when she was banned by the Election Commission for her speech on the Babri Masjid demolition, news agency ANI reported today.

Lok Sabha Polls 2019: Pragya Singh "Shameful" Candidate Choice By BJP, Says Javed Akhtar

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday May 2, 2019

The award-winning screenwriter and lyricist said the nomination of Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, showed how little they thought of the people of Bhopal

Pragya Thakur Barred From Campaigning For 3 Days Over Babri Masjid Remark

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday May 1, 2019

Malegaon blast accused Pragya Thakur - who is taking of Congress's Digvijay Singh from the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat - has been barred from campaigning for 72 hours for her hugely objectionable statement on Babri Masjid demolition.

General Elections 2019: After Filing Poll Papers, Pragya Thakur Explains Why She Joined Politics

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Wednesday April 24, 2019

BJP leader Pragya Thakur, who raised controversies with her comments on the Babri Masjid demolition and the death of 26/11 hero Hemant Karkare, explained why she joined politics as she filed her election papers in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal seat.

Pragya Thakur Facing Charges, BJP Fields "Dummy Candidate" From Bhopal

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Tuesday April 23, 2019

A day after police registered a complaint against Pragya Singh Thakur - the BJP's pick for Bhopal - over her remarks on the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992, outgoing parliamentarian Alok Sanjar today filed his nomination from the seat as a "dummy candidate".

Pragya Thakur To Face Charges For Babri Remark, FIR Ordered

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday April 22, 2019

BJP candidate Pragya Thakur will be charged for saying she was "proud to be part of the Babri mosque demolition". An election officer has ordered a First Information Report against her.

Elections 2019: "Proud" Of Babri Masjid Demolition, Says BJP's Pragya Thakur, Gets Notice

India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday April 21, 2019

BJP candidate Pragya Thakur has been issued a notice -- her second in a day -- for her controversial remarks to a television channel in which she appeared to have supported the demolition of Babri Masjid.

As Ayodhya Mediation Begins, Many Hope For End To Decades-Old Dispute

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Wednesday March 13, 2019

The three-member mediation panel appointed by the Supreme Court met with stakeholders for the first time in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad town today. The Supreme Court had last week referred the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case for court-appointed and monitored mediation and expressed the view that the proceedings should be conducted with ...

Supreme Court Orders Mediation In Ayodhya Case: Highlights

India News | Edited by Anuj Pant | Friday March 8, 2019

The Supreme Court will today give its judgement over a formal mediation in the Ayodhya case, as a roadmap to solve the 60-year-old Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute.

"Can't Undo What Babur May Have Done": Top Court In Ayodhya Hearing

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday March 6, 2019

The Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute is not an issue of land but one of "sentiment and faith", the Supreme Court said today as it heard the response of various petitioners to its suggestion that mediation should be considered.

Calls For Ram Temple In Ayodhya Reverberate At Kumbh Mela

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Thursday January 31, 2019

The massive Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, formerly Allahabad, is turning into an echo chamber for powerful Hindu groups to push for a Ram temple in Ayodhya. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad is organising a two-day meeting to discuss how they can work for early construction of the temple at the disputed site in the Uttar Pradesh town. In a separate event, an in...

"February 21": Hindu Religious Leader Sets Date For Ayodhya Temple

India News | Reuters | Thursday January 31, 2019

Ram temple issue: A powerful priest said on Wednesday he would lead a group of followers to start building a temple on the ruins of a 16th-century mosque in Ayodhya, which could violate a court order and raise religious tensions in an election year.

Mehbooba Mufti Hails Court Decision On 3-Member Bench For Ayodhya Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday January 6, 2019

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to constitute a three-member bench for hearing the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute case.

In 60-Second Hearing, Supreme Court Defers Ayodhya Case To January 10

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday January 4, 2019

In a 60-second hearing today, the Supreme Court deferred the Ayodhya temple-mosque case and said a bench would decide on January 10 when to take up the case. The decision on the title suit, pending for six decades and at the heart of India's most politically divisive row, comes amid demands to speed up the plan to build a Ram temple at the site whe...