Kolkata: Amid an internal discord over seat-sharing within the INDIA bloc, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday batted for the idea of regional leaders spearheading the fight against the BJP in specific regions, suggesting that Congress independently contest 300 Lok Sabha seats. Banerjee, the chief minister, also accused the CPI(M) of striving to control the…
Ayodhya: The Ram Temple brightened the evening sky in Ayodhya with a dazzle of lights, as did several other temples in the city, which was descended upon by lakhs of visitors for the much-awaited consecration on Monday. The night sky in the temple town was streaked by firecrackers’ flash, giving one an impression of Diwali….
Mumbai: Sixty-year old Vilas Bhavsar from Jalgaon in north Maharashtra had vowed in 1992 not to wear any footwear until a grand Ram temple is built in Ayodhya. On Monday, after the new Ram Lalla idol was consecrated at the Ayodhya temple, at an event led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bhavsar wore footwear for…
New Delhi/Chennai: The Supreme Court on Monday termed “atrocious” the reasons given by the Tamil Nadu Police while rejecting an application by a local temple in the state’s Dindigul district seeking permission for almsgiving (annadanam) in connection with the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha event. The bench presided by Justice Sanjiv Khanna was hearing a pea…
New Delhi: Emphasising that the wait and promise of five centuries was fulfilled on Monday with the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Home Minister Amit Shah said many generations sacrificed so much waiting for this moment, but no “fear and terror” could shake the resolve to build the temple again at Shri…
Nagaon (Assam): During a law and order crisis, everyone can go to the birthplace of Vaishnav saint Srimanta Sankardeva, only ”Rahul Gandhi cannot go”, the Congress leader said in Assam’s Nagaon on Monday. Gandhi was stopped at Haibargaon en route to the sattra (Sankardeva’s birthplace) where he along with senior Congress leaders and supporters staged…
New Delhi: The grand opening of the Ram temple in Ayodhya may help the town attract at least 50 million tourist a year — higher than religious tourism hotspots of Golden Temple and Tirupati Temple — as massive spend on infrastructure such as airports will put the once out-of-the-way town in Uttar Pradesh on the…
Ayodhya: The new Ram Lalla idol was consecrated at the Ayodhya temple on Monday, an event watched by lakhs of people on television at their homes and in temples across the country. Army helicopters showered flower petals on the newly constructed Janmabhoomi temple as the consecration took place. “The extraordinary moment of the consecration of…
Ayodhya: Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed Pran Pratishtha rituals as Ram Lalla’s idol was unveiled for the world at Ayodhya Ram Temple on Monday UP Governor Anandiben Patel, CM Yogi Adityanath, and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat also forms part of ‘Prana Pratishta’ at the ‘garbh griha’ (sanctum sanctorum) of the temple as PM Modi performs…
Nagaon: High drama prevailed in Assam’s Haiboragaon on Monday after authorities did not allow Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to visit the Sri Sri Sankar Dev Satra temple in Bordua near here. Gandhi and other Congress leaders were stopped at Haiboragaon and not allowed to proceed further. The former Congress chief was scheduled to visit and…
