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
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday appealed to the rulers of erstwhile princely states to come forward in strengthening the unity among people irrespective of caste and religion. "I appeal to you to come forward for the purpose of ensuring unity among all sections of society", Bhagwat said while addressing a conclave of rulers of the erstwhile princely states of Gujarat and Rajasthan in Vadodara. ...
12:20 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Swami Vivekananda is a perfect role model for today's youths as his thoughts are still relevant and a guiding force for world, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said here on Monday. ...
12:45 PM, Apr 01, 2013
On a day when Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was inducted into BJP's Parliamentary Board, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat raked up the issue of Ram Mandir in Ahmedabad, expressing the desire for a "glorious" temple at Ayodhya. "We will have to build good, honest and true Hindus in Bharat, because, now the whole world will be following Hindus. "In near future, we are taking up mass recitation of 'Vijay Mantra'...
02:58 AM, Apr 01, 2013
The RSS chief while speaking at a gathering of the VHP at the Mahakumbh hinted at support to Narendra Modi as the PM candidate of the BJP, saying, "everyone is speaking the same thing about who should be the PM". Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts whether the Kumbh Mela should be used for politics. ...
11:49 AM, Feb 08, 2013
The Sangh Parivar on Thursday broke its silence on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as a potential prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). At the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Dharam Sansad at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, several Sants and Sadhus also echoed the Modi-for-PM slogan. Even more significantly, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat signaled the Sangh's desire to back the Gujarat Chief Minister for...
10:19 PM, Feb 07, 2013
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday hinted at support to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying, "everyone is speaking the same thing about who should be the Prime Minister". ...
05:24 PM, Feb 07, 2013
The RSS has defended the VHP's call for a Ram temple at Ayodhya. RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat made the statement at the Maha Kumbh where the VHP Dharma Sansad is expected to come out with a statement renewing its demand for the construction of a Ram temple at Ayodhya on Thursday. ...
01:10 PM, Feb 07, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is set to play a national level role within the Bharatiya Janata Party. This comes after Modi met BJP President Rajnath Singh on Sunday in Delhi to discuss the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. ...
01:11 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Expressing displeasure over the incidents of rape and harassment of women in the country, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said the organisation will support strong laws and steps needed to stop such incidents. "There is need for strong laws and steps to deal with the incidents and the perpetrators of rape," Bhagwat, whose comment that rapes took place in "India" but not in "Bharat" had created a controversy, told...
01:21 AM, Jan 14, 2013
Why politicians make anti-women statements. IBN7's managing editor Ashutosh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
06:10 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Farhan Azmi, son of Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi, has apoligised for his father's sexist comments and said that he is not a supporter of RSS leader Mohan Bhagwat and self-styled godman Asaram Bapu. ...
01:38 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Bihar records lower number of rapes than most other major states and urban India accounts for just over 10 per cent of the total number of rapes perpetrated in the country. ...
03:24 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Janata Dal-United leader Shivanand Tiwari on Monday said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi were "two sides of the same coin", attracting censure from the BJP which asked the JD(U) leadership to "restrain" Tiwari. ...
09:59 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh, a known RSS baiter, has equated the saffron outfit with the Taliban. Singh alleged that there was not much difference between RSS and the Taliban as both are fundamentalist. ...
06:31 PM, Jan 07, 2013
The Janata Dal United has taken on the Bharatiya Janata Party over comments made by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat over rapes and the role of women in society. JDU leader Shivanand Tiwary on Monday compared Bhagwat with Akbaruddin Owaisi of the MIM, who is in the dock over a hate speech, saying that they both are products of similar ideologies. "The RSS ideology is propagated among Hindus and MIM's amongst...
04:26 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Under fire over his 'India and Bharat' comment, the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat got another jolt over an alleged comment on the role of women in society. "A husband and a wife are involved in a social contract. The wife has to take care of the household work and the husband has to meet her needs and protect her. If the wife violates the contract, the husband can disown her,"...
05:51 PM, Jan 06, 2013
After RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's remarks that rapes were prevalent in India and not in Bharat, the VHP on Saturday blamed the 'western model' of lifestyle for growing incidents of sexual assault on women including rape, saying cities were losing the values. ...
08:58 AM, Jan 06, 2013
After creating a furore with his India-Bharat remark on increasing rapes in the country, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has once again kicked up a controversy by saying that women must restrict themselves to household work. In a speech in Indore, Bhagwat said that a husband and a wife are bound by a social contract where the wife has to take care of the household chores and the husband's...
08:22 AM, Jan 06, 2013
A BJP party leader has defended RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's remarks on rape, and said that western culture and bikini-clad women in advertisements have a role to play in crimes against women. BJP member Sheshadri Chari made the remarks during CNN-IBN's India @ 9 show. He was speaking to Rajdeep Sardesai and said that both women and men need to observe the 'Lakshman-rekha'. ...
08:34 AM, Jan 05, 2013
