Babri Masjid Demolition

Mulayam was involved in Babri Masjid demolition: Beni Prasad Verma

Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma has once again attacked Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. This time he has accused Mulayam of being hand in glove with the BJP during the attempt to bring down the Babri Masjid in the early 1990s. He says he has been forced to make the revelation after Mulayam publicly praised BJP leader LK Advani. Beni Prasad had recently apologised after a similar outburst against ...
11:13 AM, May 15, 2013

Babri case: SC pulls up CBI for delay in challenging HC order The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought an explanation from the Centre for the delay in filing appeal against senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani and others in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The apex court also pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for delay in challenging Allahabad High Court's ruling which upheld the dropping of conspiracy charges against Advani and others in the case. The SC...  
12:34 PM, Apr 02, 2013

Babri Masjid: SC asks CBI to explain delay in challenging HC order The Supreme Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to explain as to why there was a delay in filing the appeal against the Allahabad High Court order in the Babri Masjid demolition case which upheld dropping of conspiracy charges against Bharatiya Janata Party and Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders. ...  
12:16 PM, Feb 07, 2013

'Shah Jahan had no right to spend crores on building Taj Mahal'
by IANS
On a day when Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav expressed his admiration for the Taj Mahal to foreign delegates at the Jaypee Palace hotel in Agra, his cabinet member and Parliamentary Affairs and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Azam Khan spoke about razing the 17th century architectural wonder. ...  
03:38 PM, Jan 28, 2013

Religious violence leading to extremism in India: Malik 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. ...  
08:22 PM, Dec 15, 2012

Rehman Malik clarifies Babri, 26/11 remarks Clarifying his controversial remarks on Babri Masjid, visiting Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik said he never compared the 26/11 attacks with the demolition. "I was simply talking about the ugly events such as Mumbai and so many others," Malik said in a press conference, after his meeting with Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. ...  
03:13 PM, Dec 15, 2012

Malik equates Babri demolition with 26/11 terror attack Stoking a potential controversy, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday night alluded to Babri Masjid demolition, equating the incident with the Mumbai terror attack. Malik said nobody wants to see the recurrence of incidents like Bombay blasts, Samjhauta blasts or Babri Masjid issue. ...  
11:13 PM, Dec 14, 2012

Man arrested for uploading sensitive photo on FB A 20-year-old man was arrested on charge of uploading an objectionable picture on social networking site Facebook, police said on Saturday. Pintu Sahu was taken to custody by Brahmani Tarang police on Friday for posting an objectionable picture on his Facebook account, police added. ...  
05:33 PM, Dec 08, 2012

FTN: Eyewitnesses recall the destruction of Babri Masjid Exactly twenty years back, on December 6, 1992, the Babri Masjid was demolished by a frenzied crowd of Hindu right wing forces. In the communal clashes that followed, thousands were killed across the country. ...  
11:19 AM, Dec 07, 2012

FTN: Are Babri demolition images forever etched in public memory?

Exactly twenty years back, on December 6, 1992, the Babri Masjid was demolished by a frenzied crowd of Hindu right wing forces. In the communal clashes that followed, thousands were killed across the country. ...
11:59 PM, Dec 06, 2012

The Last Word: What impact has Babri demolition had on Indian politics?

December 6 is the 20th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. ...
09:45 PM, Dec 06, 2012

Babri demolition: SC directs expeditious hearing The Supreme Court on Thursday directed a Rae Bareily court to expeditiously hear Babri Masjid demolition case against senior BJP leader LK Advani and 19 others against whom charge of criminal conspiracy was dropped by the trial court. ...  
03:48 PM, Dec 06, 2012

Babri demolition: SC directs expeditious hearing The Supreme Court on Thursday directed a Rae Bareily court to expeditiously hear Babri Masjid demolition case against senior BJP leader LK Advani and 19 others against whom charge of criminal conspiracy was dropped by the trial court. ...  
03:48 PM, Dec 06, 2012

Babri demolition: SC directs expeditious hearing The Supreme Court on Thursday directed a Rae Bareily court to expeditiously hear Babri Masjid demolition case against senior BJP leader LK Advani and 19 others against whom charge of criminal conspiracy was dropped by the trial court. ...  
03:48 PM, Dec 06, 2012

Babri demolition: SC directs expeditious hearing The Supreme Court on Thursday directed a Rae Bareily court to expeditiously hear Babri Masjid demolition case against senior BJP leader LK Advani and 19 others against whom charge of criminal conspiracy was dropped by the trial court. ...  
03:48 PM, Dec 06, 2012

Babri Masjid demolition rocks Lok Sabha The Babri Masjid demolition rocked the Lok Sabha on Thursday with some members demanding action on the report of Liberhan Commission which probed its demolition 20 years ago. ...  
12:25 PM, Dec 06, 2012

Photojournalists recall covering the Babri demolition Twenty years after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, CNN-IBN recalls one of the most tragic events in the history of the country, through the lens of a photographer. December 6, 1992 was a day that India will never forget as the Babri Masjid was demolished. ...  
11:50 AM, Dec 06, 2012

Babri demolition: UP still prone to communal tension Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh is a town which saw no communal riot even during the demolition of the Babri Masjid, which happened just a few kilometres away. 20 years after the demolition, CNN-IBN travelled to the neighbourhood of UP's temple town of Ayodhya to find out why peace was shattered there, much like in at least eight other major cities across the state, in 2012. ...  
10:27 AM, Dec 06, 2012

Babri Masjid case: SC to hear plea against Advani
by IANS
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hold hearing in December on the CBI's plea challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict discharging BJP leader LK Advani, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray and 19 others in the Babri Masjid demolition conspiracy case. A bench of Justice HL Dattu and Justice CK Prasad directed the listing of the matter in December's first week. The apex court on March 4,...  
08:48 AM, Aug 25, 2012

'Narasimha Rao prayed when Babri was demolished' New Delhi: Yet another book has levelled an allegation that P V Narasimha Rao had connived at the demolition of Babri Masjid claiming that the late Prime Minister had sat in a puja when the kar sevaks began pulling it down and rose only when it was over. The charge relating to the demolition on December 6, 1992 has been made by eminent journalist Kuldip Nayar in his soon-to-be released...  
05:59 PM, Jul 05, 2012