
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

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

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

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

Two decades is almost a third of the journey that independent India has covered since 1947. It's been a long journey, chequered with events that ...

12:39 PM, Dec 06, 2012

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

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

6 December 1992. Ayodhya burned, while NaRao fiddled (at a puja)(i). Flash forward 20 years. Today, in the heart of Hyderabad, once celebrated ...

11:22 AM, Dec 06, 2012

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

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

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: 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

New Delhi: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has apparently not complied with the directives of Central Information Commission (CIC) to make public its detailed report on the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya. Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra had directed the ASI to either disclose its report of the disputed site or in case, the disclosure has been prohibited by the Allahabad High Court through its order, the copy...

11:17 AM, Apr 08, 2012

Ayodhya: The Ram temple was clearly not on the agenda of those who voted in this Hindu pilgrim town in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections. Ordinary men and women showed much more interest in development issues than the temple, which has ceased to be a talking point even among the saffron-clad sadhus here. For many, the makeshift temple hurriedly built after the razing of the Babri mosque...

03:08 PM, Feb 10, 2012

New Delhi: The Babri Masjid demolition is just an incident and there is nothing famous or infamous about it, the Supreme Court said on Monday while listing Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea for levelling charges of criminal conspiracy against senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and 18 others to March 27. "What is famous about it. It was an incident which happened...

04:29 PM, Jan 16, 2012

New Delhi: Ahead of the 19th anniversary of the Babri mosque demolition, security in twin towns of Ayodhya and Faizabad has been tightened. This year's anniversary on December 6 will coincide with Muharram's 10th day, which is also observed as a day of mourning by a section of Muslims. "To maintain peace and communal harmony, we are in touch with people of both the communities," SSP RK Chaturvedi said. Senior...

07:29 AM, Dec 06, 2011

Hyderabad: Police in Hyderabad have sounded a high alert ahead of December 6, the anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid which is coinciding this year with 'Yaum-e-Ashoora', the 10th day of 'Muharram'. Security has been stepped up across the Andhra Pradesh capital, especially in the communally sensitive Old City. Police have deployed additional forces to maintain peace in view of calls by various Muslim organisations to observe the...

11:46 AM, Dec 05, 2011

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday admitted two more petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict of three-way division of the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya. A bench of justices Aftab Alam and RM Lodhat tagged the petitions with the main case on which it had stayed the operation of the September 30, 2010, verdict of the high court. The latest petitions have been filed by Akhil...

04:50 PM, Aug 08, 2011

Indore: VHP on Monday claimed the Ram mandir will be built at Ayodhya despite the legal hurdles involved. "A time will come when Muslim fraternity will itself ask Hindus to construct Ram mandir at Ayodhya," VHP international president Ashok Singhal told reporters. Singhal's comments came in the backdrop of the recent status quo granted by the Supreme Court on the disputed site of the Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid in Ayodhya and stay...

11:15 PM, May 16, 2011

New Delhi: Various parties to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit on Monday expressed satisfaction over the Supreme Court order staying the Allahabad High Court direction for tripartite division of the disputed land. The counsel for various parties, including Lord Rama Lalla Virajman, Hindu Maha Sabha and Sunni Waqf Board, expressed satisfaction over the apex court's interim order saying that none of the parties had sought division of the 2.77...

08:51 PM, May 09, 2011