Ayodhya: The 64-year-old practice of performing rituals at the disputed site in Ayodhya on Ram Navami may face a halt in 2013 as district administration has decided not to allow any religious activity in the area.
Only court appointed priest, Acharya Satyender Das, has been allowed to perform religious activities on the 67 acre land, which had been taken over by the Centre.
However, for the last 19 years, locals associated with the Ram Janma Bhoomi Seva Samiti have been performing prayers at the disputed site on Ram Navami, which falls on April 19, 2013.
On January 28, 2013, Supreme Court had ordered status quo on 67 acre land adjacent to the disputed site here and restrained any kind of religious activity in the area....
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11:02 PM, Apr 15, 2013
BJP leader Uma Bharti, who was appointed party vice president on Sunday, said the best way to find a solution to the Ayodhya dispute was through talks. ...
06:12 AM, Apr 01, 2013
From a VHP platform, BJP chief Rajnath Singh on Wednesday raked up the Ayodhya issue saying his party is committed to the construction of the Ram temple. The new BJP president made the declaration moments after former VHP chief Ashok Singhal bragged about the demolition of Babri masjid in the early 1990s during the campaign for construction of Ram temple. ...
09:05 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Ayodhya: The Ram-janambhoomi issue looms so large in this semi-urban Assembly constituency that locals maintain they vote for the BJP time and again though they are well-aware that development has taken a backseat over the years in the temple town. The area around the Ramjanambhoomi is always bustling with people, from nearby towns as well as far flung areas, who come to Ayodhya for a darshan of Lord Ram. The...
01:19 PM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: There is no end in sight to the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute which is the longest legal battle in India. After the Supreme Court on Monday decided to stay Allahabad High Court verdict of dividing the 60 sq feet by 40 sq feet disputed land in Ayodhya, where once stood the Babri Masjid and which Hindus claim as the birth place of Lord Rama, into three parts,...
03:47 PM, May 09, 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: Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court to pre-empt any ex-parte order on the Ayodhya title dispute. In the caveat, the Hindu Mahasabha has asked the court not to pass order on any appeal against the September 30 Allahabad High Court verdict without hearing it. The organisation has filed the caveat through its national president Swami Chakrapani. General Secretary of Hindu Mahasabha Indira...
06:12 PM, Oct 11, 2010
The Congress backs any bid to resolve Ayodhya dispute through talks but Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has told CNN-IBN the party should stay out and allow courts to settle it. Sibal has questioned the basis of the Allahabad High Court judgement in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit case. Commenting on the judgement Sibal raised the question if the right to pray at the certain place gives...
05:44 PM, Oct 05, 2010
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday said that it wants a negotiated solution of the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit verdict. "Congress will support any initiative which is taken to resolve Ayodhya issue through negotiation," said Congress spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi in New Delhi after a meeting of the Congress Working Committee. The Congress Working Committee met on Tuesday in New Delhi to discuss the Ayodhya verdict where Union Home Minister...
03:33 PM, Oct 05, 2010
New Delhi: Three days after the Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit dispute, one of the key litigants in the Ayodhya issue, Nirmohi Akhara's Mahant Gyan Das and Mohammad Hashim Ansari met in Ayodhya on Sunday. The first sign of a possible compromise on the Ayodhya issue. Ansari says it is better to solve the issue with talks. Ansari has proposed Out-Of-Court settlement between both...
03:05 PM, Oct 03, 2010
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Sept 30th, 2010: Sitting inside the newsroom of a TV channel, watching the drama of India's biggest and longest legal battle unfolds, I watched with ...
04:46 PM, Oct 02, 2010
Lucknow: It's been the most talked about judgement in recent times. Two days after the judgement was read out in the Ayodhya case, Justice S C Aggarwal, one of the two judges who delivered the mjaority judgement, has spoken on camera for the first time. He said he was under no pressure and refused to be drawn into any controversy over the content of the judgement. The judgement involved dividing ...
11:21 AM, Oct 02, 2010
Lucknow: It's been the most talked about judgement in recent times. Two days after the judgement was read out in the Ayodhya case, Justice S C Aggarwal, one of the two judges who delivered the majority judgement, has spoken on camera for the first time. He said he was under no pressure and refused to be drawn into any controversy over the content of the judgement. The judgement involved dividing...
11:13 AM, Oct 02, 2010
The decision is not a great sign and has made many people sad, says Mulayam. ...
01:07 PM, Oct 01, 2010
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh has raised questions on the Ayodhya verdict saying the judgement has been delivered based on faith and not on legalities. "The Ayodhya verdict is out. I am not happy. The decision is not a great sign and has made many people sad," said Mulayam. But the Congress party appears to be in a quandary as to how to respond. The party is keen...
12:55 PM, Oct 01, 2010
New Delhi: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday decided by majority that the land under the central dome of the demolished Babri Masjid is the Ram Janmasthan. While delivering its verdict in the contentious 60-year-old Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit case the three-judge special bench comprising of Justice Sibghat Ullah Khan, Justice Sudhir Agrawal and Justice Dharam Veer Sharma ruled that the 2.77 acres of land...
08:29 PM, Sep 30, 2010
Lucknow: The Sunni Wakf Board said Thursday it will move the Supreme Court against the Allahabad High Court order dividing the disputed land in Ayodhya among three parties and said they were not going to surrender it. "We will appeal against the division of disputed land among three parties," Board lawyer Zafaryab Jilani told reporters here. "HC's formula of one-third land is not acceptable to the Waqf Board and it...
07:53 PM, Sep 30, 2010
Lucknow: Mohammed Hashim Ansari, 90, the oldest litigant in the Ayodhya land dispute Thursday welcomed the High Court verdict and said a final decision on it will be taken by the Sunni Wakf Board. "I welcome the court decision. I appeal to all Muslims in the country not to get upset over the decision as our fight has now become tough," said Ansari. 'Verdict opens up 'chance for reconciliation' The...
06:32 PM, Sep 30, 2010
Lucknow: In its much-awaited verdict of the Ayodhya title suit the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has given the verdict by which the land will be divided in three parts between Ram Lalla, Sunni Wakf board and the Nirmohi Akhara. KN Bhatt, lawyer for Ram Lalla said that the suit is barred by limitation. Both Justice Agarwal and Justice Khan agreed. They said that the Sunni Wakf Board...
06:03 PM, Sep 30, 2010
Lucknow: The three-judge special Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court ruled by majority that the disputed land in Ayodhya be divided into three parts and be distributed among the Sunni Wafk Board, Nirmohi Akhara and the party for 'Ram Lalla'. The High Court ruled that the land on which the idol of Lord Rama was installed belonged to the Hindus and part of the land under the central dome of...
04:18 PM, Sep 30, 2010
