New Delhi: Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who is on a visit to India, on Saturday went for damage control, saying he was not trying to equate the Babri Masjid demolition with the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks during his interaction with mediapersons after his arrival in New Delhi.
Speaking to CNN-IBN, the Pakistan minister pointed that he had also brought up Shia-Sunni issues in Pakistan as well as the 9/11 attacks, and had no intention to equate 26/11 with the Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya.
Malik further said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had told him that he could visit Pakistan only after concrete action was taken in connection with the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks by the neighbouring country. According to Malik, the Prime Minister admitted that the public opinion in India was such that he could not visit Pakistan until concrete action was taken over the 26/11 trial.
The Pakistan Interior Minister also talked about the controversy over what he told the Indian media on Friday about the death of Captain Saurabh Kalia in Kargil. The Pakistan minister said he wasn't insulting Captain Kalia by saying he didn't know if he was killed by a bullet or inclement weather....
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09:20 PM, Dec 15, 2012
New Delhi: Facing criticism over the slow pace of 26/11 trial in Pakistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday said attempts were being made to "fast-track" the case and wanted India to give "hard" and "substantive" evidence for the arrest of mastermind Hafiz Saeed. Malik, who met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday, later said an application to fast track the case had been moved in the Lahore High Court...
08:22 PM, Dec 15, 2012
December 6 is the 20th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. ...
09:45 PM, Dec 06, 2012
New Delhi: It's "absurd and laughable" to suggest that PV Narasimha Rao was indifferent to the December 6, 1992 demolition of Ayodhya's Babri Masjid and sequestered himself in his prayer room, a key aide to the then prime minister says of the events of the fateful day, whose repercussions are still being felt. "It is absurd and laughable. They cannot target anybody else, as only this (hitting at Rao) will...
06:11 PM, Jul 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will be hearing a Central Bureau of Investigation petition seeking restoration of conspiracy charges aganist senior BJP leader LK Advani, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and others in the Babri Masjid demolition case on July 25. The apex court had on March 4, 2011 issued notice to 21 people including LK Advani, Bal Thackeray, Kalyan Singh, Uma Bharti, Satish Pradhan, CR Bansal, MM Joshi, Vinay...
12:42 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Allahabad High Court's verdict on Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute. Here is a timeline of events 1949: Muslims allege that Hindus placed idols of Lord Ram inside the mosque leading to civil suits by both parties. The government proclaims the premises a disputed area and locks the gates. 1984: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad spearheads a movement to 'liberate' the birth-place of...
12:58 PM, May 09, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi along with Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and 18 others in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The notice was issued on a CBI petition seeking prosecution of 21 BJP and saffron leaders on the charges of criminal conspiracy to demolish the Babri Masjid. The CBI had moved the...
12:42 PM, Mar 04, 2011
Ramnathi: Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Friday said it would launch "final democratic struggle" for construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya if Centre did not hand over the entire complex for the temple construction. "We demand that entire complex at Ayodhya be handed over for the construction of Ram Temple and not just a small portion," VHP's International President Ashok Singhal said. Singhal was speaking at inauguration of the meeting of...
03:59 PM, Jan 07, 2011
New Delhi: As Uttar Pradesh turns into a fortress ahead of the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit verdict, at 3.30pm on Thursday, the nation's eyes will be fixed on Justices Sibghat Ullah Khan, Sudhir Agarwal and Dharam Veer Sharma as they pronounce the verdict on the decades-old Ayodhya row. Here is what are the questions before the judges: Whether the building has been constructed on the site of an alleged Hindu...
11:12 AM, Sep 30, 2010
New Delhi: Security has been tightened in all the sensitive areas of the country on Wednesday, a day before the much-anticipated verdict in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit case. The verdict will be delivered by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday at 3.30 PM. In Uttar Pradesh security has been tightened in and around the disputed site in Ayodhya. Searches are being carried out in...
03:40 PM, Sep 29, 2010
New Delhi: Three days till the Ayodhya verdict, and apart from the BJP, the Congress party too is waiting anxiously. Remember it was Rajiv Gandhi who allowed a pooja inside the masjid in 1986. And there was also a Congress government at the Centre when the masjid was taken down. So politically, what will the verdict mean for the ruling Congress? In newspapers on Tuesday, a big half page advertisement...
10:20 AM, Sep 21, 2010
Lucknow: The verdict in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute will be announced at 3:30 pm on September 24 by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court. The Lucknow bench will deliver the judgement on the Ram Janambhoomi title suit and decide who owns the 2.77 acres of disputed land on which Babri Masjid stood. While hearing the case on Wednesday the three-member bench comprising of Justice SU Khan, Justice...
04:22 PM, Sep 08, 2010
The Samajwadi Party chief says he sought the help of wrong forces to keep communal forces away from power at the Ce ...
01:07 PM, Jul 15, 2010
17 yrs and 48 extensions later, the Babri report has been submitted. ...
11:33 PM, Jun 30, 2009
RJD's Lalu Yadav blamed the Congress for the demolition of the mosque. ...
12:47 AM, Apr 20, 2009
![Babri Masjid report ready, still under wraps]( "Babri Masjid report ready, still under wraps")
New Delhi: An amount of Rs 9 crore has been spent on the Justice M S Liberhan Commission, which has been probing the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992 for the last 16 years. The one-man commission, which was set up a week after the mosque’s destruction by Hindu radical groups in Ayodhya on December 6, was given an extension for the forty-eighth time this week. But it is...
08:06 PM, Apr 01, 2009
Has the Samajwadi Party betrayed the Muslims of Uttar Pradesh? ...
01:08 AM, Feb 08, 2009
Has the Samajwadi Party betrayed the Muslims of Uttar Pradesh? ...
01:08 AM, Feb 08, 2009
With many voices wanting to be heard, party sends out a confused message. ...
12:02 AM, Feb 08, 2009
