Ahmedabad: In an unexpected turn of events BJP leader L.K. Advani, the original rathyatri, has broken his silence on the Ayodhya title suit verdict just five days before it’s due to be delivered. Advani has also stirred a controversy by visiting Sohrabuddin fake encounter accused former home minister of Gujarat Amit Shah at Sabarmati Jail. “I was satisfied to know that the Babri verdict will come out on September 24....
11:11 PM, Sep 18, 2010
Lucknow: A week from now the verdict will be out in one of the country's most contentious cases, the Ayodha land title dispute. As security tightens across UP, both parties to the dispute have called for restraint. A three-judge bench comprising of Justice SU Khan, Justice Sudhir Agarwal, Justice DV Sharma will deliver the verdict at 3:30 PM on September 24. The battle over Ayodhya has gone on for decades....
07:31 AM, Sep 18, 2010
On India at 9, CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai speaks to a panel of experts on the issue. ...
11:54 PM, Sep 17, 2010
For the city's youth, the Babri Masjid - Ram Janmabhoomi dispute is a waste of time. ...
09:16 PM, Sep 17, 2010
The three-judge Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court will deliver the verdict on September 24. ...
09:01 PM, Sep 17, 2010
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has refused to defer the September 24 verdict in the 60-year-old title suit Ayodhya title dispute case. The Court announced that the verdict would be announced on September 24 while dismissing three petitions asking for postponement of the verdict. The first petition had been filed by Ramesh Chandra Tripathi asking to defer the verdict in view of reports in the media that...
03:18 PM, Sep 17, 2010
Lucknow: Nirmohi Akhara, a Hindu charitable trust and one of the original contestants to the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, on Friday filed a petition in Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court asking for a time of 10 days to reach a compromise formula on the dispute. The Akhada which runs many temple trusts across the country filed an affidavit seeking deferment of the verdict in the title suit case...
01:53 PM, Sep 17, 2010
New Delhi: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court will take up the petition for postponing the Ayodhya verdict on Friday. Political activity is already gaining momentum with all sides appealing for calm. The judgment day will be a crucial one in a 16-year-long wait for a verdict on who owns the land on which the Babri Masjid once stood. A three-judge special bench of the Lucknow court will...
07:21 AM, Sep 17, 2010
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday appealed for calm ahead of the verdict in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit dispute. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni asked the disputing parties to respect the judgement in the case. "The Ayodhya verdict should be respected by all. The issue cannot be resolved unless all parties accept the verdict. The Government appeals to all sections of society to maintain peace and calm....
06:19 PM, Sep 16, 2010
Lucknow: Allahabad High Court is poised to make another attempt to settle the Ayodhya title suits through a compromise on Friday but one of the parties to the 60-year-old case moved the court on Thursday, objecting to any deferment of the verdict slated to be pronounced on September 24. Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM), through its counsel HS Jain, on Thursday filed an objection before the Officer on Special Duty...
05:55 PM, Sep 16, 2010
New Delhi: Ahead of the verdict in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri masjid title suit, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said that the row can be resolved if Muslims allow a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. "A nation's identity is based on Ram. There is a lot of suspicion in society. Issues can be solved by building Ram temple. If a Muslim supports building temple, no one...
02:34 PM, Sep 14, 2010
Lucknow: Two applications were filed on Monday before the three-judge bench of the Lucknow High Court seeking postponement of the Ayodhya verdict. One application seeks the case to be settled through arbitration. The other, seeking a postponement, has been filed by a group of six prominent persons of Lucknow comprising a multi-faith group. It seeks a postponement of the verdict in public interest given concerns over a violent backlash. It...
07:29 PM, Sep 13, 2010
An effort to unearth what drives the youth of Ayodhya, religious debate or development. ...
02:46 PM, Sep 11, 2010
There is more to this sleepy central Uttar Pradesh town than communal violence and Ram janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. ...
12:05 PM, Sep 10, 2010
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has sought 35,000 paramilitary personnel for security duty from the Centre as the state prepares to deal with any fallout of the much-awaited verdict in the volatile 125-year-old Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid legal dispute. A three-judge special bench of the Allahabad High Court, which concluded its hearing in the long pending case last month, will announce its verdict on September 17. Before the high court are three fundamental questions:...
05:03 PM, Aug 31, 2010
Lucknow: Eighteen years after the 16th century Babri Mosque was pulled down by violent Hindu mobs in the ancient temple town of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, a special court here will commence the formal trial of the case from Monday. This follows framing of charges against 23 accused by special court judge VK Tyagi on Tuesday, a court official said. Charges against top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Vishwa Hindu...
01:26 PM, Aug 18, 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
Lucknow: Anju Gupta, a senior police officer and key witness in the Babri Mosque demolition case, on Thursday refuted the defence contention that Pakistan's intelligence agency was involved in pulling down the 16th century mosque. During her cross-examination, Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Gupta maintained before the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Rae Bareli that the mosque was under greater threat from Hindu karsewaks than Pakistan's Inter-Services...
08:20 PM, Apr 29, 2010
Rae Bareli: The ghost of Ayodhya is still following senior BJP leader LK Advani. Nearly two decades after the Babri Masjid demolition Advani's role in the entire event continues to be in question. His then PSO Anju Gupta reiterated at a trial court that the BJP's lohpurush (iron man) not just instigated but also celebrated the Babri demolition. She had made the statements before the Libherhan Commission as well. ...
09:55 PM, Mar 26, 2010
Rae Bareli: A senior police officer on Friday told a special court that senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani gave a provocative speech in Ayodhya moments before the Babri Masjid was demolished by sangh parivar activists. "On December 6, 1992, Advani made a spirited speech from Ram Katha Kunj Manch (dais), barely 150-200 metres from the disputed site which charged the people,” said Anju Gupta, a 1990-batch...
05:24 PM, Mar 26, 2010
