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Anup Chetia
The pro-talk United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), which had signed a tripartite agreement on December 29 last year, has been formally disbanded 44 years after it was formed, a senior leader of the outfit said.According to a clause of the pact, ULFA shall abjure the path of violence, give up...
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The Assam police has registered a first information report (FIR) against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other leaders for wanton acts of violence on Tuesday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.The Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Jatra is currently in Assam and the alleged acts of...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party hopes to deepen its support among backward castes, especially the Extremely Backward Classes, in Bihar following the announcement of Bharat Ratna for former chief minister, the late, Karpoori Thakur, a leader who enjoys admiration from backward satraps of various...
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Police on Tuesday arrested Bineet Kotia, a partner in the firm responsible for handling the recreation zone of Harni lake near Vadodara, days after 12 students and two teachers lost their lives in a boat capsize tragedy, an officer said.The fresh arrest took the number of the persons in police...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday hailed the announcement that the country's highest civilian award 'Bharat Ratna' will be conferred to his late mentor Karpoori Thakur.In a statement, the Janata Dal-United president said it was a 'fulfilment of an age-old demand' by his party that will...
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Mumbai Police has issued orders banning the assembly of five or more persons and processions in the city till February 6 on information about the likelihood of breach of peace.Notably, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange has announced to stage massive protests in Mumbai from January 26 with his...
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Three men were arrested in Shahjahanpur on Tuesday for allegedly removing a flag from a mosque and replacing it with a saffron flag, a police officer said. In another incident in Tilhar, police booked five people and 12 others unidentified for allegedly desecrating a flag bearing the name of...
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JUST IN: Former chief minister of Bihar Karpoori Thakur has been conferred with the Bharat Ratna posthumously, a release from the Rashtrapati Bhawan said.'The President has been pleased to award Bharat Ratna to Shri Karpoori Thakur (posthumously),' the release said.Popularly known as Jan Nayak,...
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Local police were deployed in a village in Muzaffarnagar after an idol of Lord Ram was allegedly desecrated inside a Durga temple in a village here, officials said on Wednesday.The damaged idol was found on Tuesday morning in the Shahpur police station area, they said.Villagers staged a...
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'Illegal' roadside stalls in Naya Nagar area of Thane district which witnessed a communal clash two days back were razed by the civic body using bulldozers on Tuesday, officials said.A huge contingent of police personnel, including a Rapid Action Force (RAF) team, was deployed in the area to...
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'Lord Hanuman' queues outside the Ram Mandir this morning. Several people in Ayodhya were seen dressed up as gods or as characters from the Ramayan.
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Police try to control the crowd outside the Ram temple this morning when it opened to the public. Pic: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
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Pic and text: Saisuresh Sivaswamy
The 13-km long Rampath, the central avenue that leads to the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is always peppered with colourful characters. Today, it was Lord Shiva, while in the lead up to the consecration, there were several characters from the Ramayan. This young man, who says his name is Balaji...
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Iqbal Ansari
Iqbal Ansari, one of the main plaintiffs in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case, on Tuesday said the BJP has brought an end to the Ram temple issue. Speaking to PTI, he also said that now everyone should listen to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's advice to shun habit of fighting on small...
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Among the hundreds who had a darshan of Lord Ram on Tuesday morning, the first day the temple was opened to the public, were Priyesh Mohan Anjikar, Lalit Shrikhande and Vishal Acharya from Nagpur.I have been to Pandarpur in Maharashtra and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, and the happiness I...
17:20
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday visited Ayodhya to see arrangements at the Ram temple, which was opened for the people a day after the consecration ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Adityanath has reached Ayodhya by air to see arrangements at...
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Crowds outside Ram Mandir today
CISF DIG Shrikant Kishore on the arrangements at Ayodhya: We handled the biggest challenge at the Maharishi Valmiki International Airport. On January 9 when CISF took over there were only two flights at the airport and on January 21 we handled five scheduled departures, five scheduled arrivals...
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Sriramulu from Bengaluru was last in what seemed is a never ending line for darshan outside the Ram Mandir. I have been coming since Saturday but was unable to get darshan, he says. Yesterday he lost his Rs 40K mobile phone and shows us a replacement, a qwerty device. Today he feels the chances...
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Serpentine queues to the Ram temple entrance which snake out on the Rampath. As a result all vehicular movement on the road has stopped.
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As Ram Mandir lets in devotees for darshan, (after a brief pause at 2:30 pm) the crowds showing no sign of abating. Security outside the temple complex in Ayodhya has been further tightened. See alongside, security personnel from the Sahastra Seema Bal.
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RSS leader Anil Mishra was a yajman
Divine experience and a proud moment is how the 15 couples who were the mukhya yajman' for the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya described the grand event and said that the day will be forever etched in their memories. While the 14 couples, including Dalits, tribals,...
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See that crowd? These are actually several queues leading up to the Ram Mandir gates. But Indians do not believe in queueing up and consequently people lost their footing and fell and were nearly trampled upon. One devotee even fainted, while several complained that their belongings and footwear...
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A bhandara (free food service) for devotees at Ayodhya today. Yesterday, there were several more bhandaras all along Rampath. Most bhandaras serve khichdi and malpua.
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Ayodhya today: After the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony yesterday, a large number of Lord Ram devotees are reaching the Ram Janmabhoomi. Police and administration are on the alert to ensure comfortable continuous darshan for the devotees. Principal Secretary-Home Sanjay Prasad and Special DG-Law and...
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An idol of the new Ram Lalla was consecrated at the Ayodhya temple on Monday, a landmark event led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who also gave a clarion call to go beyond the grand mandir's construction to build the foundation of a strong, capable and divine India of the next 1,000...
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Govind Dev Giri Maharaj, who made PM Modi drink water with his hands and break his 11-day fast on the Pran Pratishtha day, got emotional and said I felt that I was helping a son who is the hero of my nation break his fast. Prime Minister Modi broke his 11-day Anushthan yesterday on the...
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Not all journeys to the divine end in happiness. Devanand Goswami has come from Siliguri, West Bengal, a journey that took him nearly three days by road and train. He came to Ayodhya expecting to find peace in contemplative meditation before Lord Ram at the new temple. He now says...
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Oil lamps on the Sarayu ghats in Ayodhya. Adnan Abidi/Reuters
Barabanki police near Lucknow urged people to not visit Ayodhya on Tuesday as there was a heavy rush of devotees at the newly opened Ram temple. The doors of the Ram temple was opened to the general public on Tuesday, a day after the consecration of the new Ram Lalla...
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A few personnel from the Rapid Action Force are still stationed at Ayodhya. Security is relaxed today. Four-wheelers are not allowed on Rampath, especially around the temple, but E-rickshiws and bikes are plying.
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A stall selling chatpata fast food. Pic: Rajesh Karkera
Among the many announcements flowing from the PA system on Rampath, this one caught our ears.Invitees who were put up at makeshift accommodation (NOT the VIPs) have made off with some 300 kambals (blankets).The administration humbly requests those who have made away with it to please return the...
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The Election Commission has announced the tentative date of the Lok Sabha polls. In a letter to district election officers, the EC said that the Lok Sabha 2024 polls will be tentatively held on April 16. The circular said the date was announced to enable EC officers to calculate the start...
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Struggling to cope with the huge crowds that have been thronging the Ram Mandir today, the Ayodhya police has announced that the gates to the temple have been shut till 2.30 pm.We request visitors from within India and outside who have come for darshan to please not come to the temple gates, the...
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Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday said that after a wait of almost 500 years Lord Ram came back to Ayodhya and it has been made possible by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Scindia made the remark while speaking to reporters in Gwalior a day after the Pran Pratishtha ceremony...
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The crowds on Rampath represent huge business for shops and establishments, that’s a given. At least one print publication has seen the marketing potential in the crowds and has undertaken a direct sampling exercise. Ashish has been handing out 5000 free copies of Hindustan Times,...
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With the darshan of the Ram Temple behind us last night, we thought we would take a look at second most important temple in Ayodhya, the Hanuman Garhi temple.A day after the consecration and the biggest congregation of VVIPs in Ayodhya ever, the fervour, the excitement, in Ayodhya is...
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Soumya Vishwanathan
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the police to respond to appeals filed by four convicts in the case of murder of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan challenging their conviction and life sentence. A bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Manoj Jain issued notice to the police on the...
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A close-up of the besan ka laddus made in pure ghee.
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As you step out the Ram temple after darshan you collect a cloth bag of prasad, writes Saisuresh Sivaswamy in Ayodhya.This is what the bag contains: A booklet on Ayodhya Darshan; booklet on archana by Devraha Baba and Devraha Hans Baba; booklet on Ram Janambhoomi; another booklet on Ram...
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A day after the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said what we saw in Ayodhya will be etched in our memories for years to come. In a post on X, Modi shared a video montage of the ceremony in which a new idol of the Ram Lalla was...
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Capturing the historic moment through his lens, actor Anupam Kher after attending the grand Pran Pratishtha ceremony in Ayodhya shared a video of his spiritual experience. Taking to Instagram, Kher treated fans with a new video from Ram Mandir on Tuesday morning and captioned it, This moment...
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That's the chaos inside the Ram Mandir when the media group in Ayodhya was taken into the complex last night. Amid major shoving and jostling Ram Lalla could barely be seen.
10:30
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, who attended the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony of Ram Lalla at Ayhodhya's grand Ram Mandir, met with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after the event. Devotees celebrated with enthusiasm the historical moment of the 'Pran Pratishthan'...
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan today shared pictures from his visit to the newly-built Ram temple in Ayodhya.In the pictures posted on his official account on X and Instagram, Bachchan can be seen standing with folded hands in front of the new Ram Lalla idol, which was consecrated at the Ayodhya...
09:54
As many as 1,088 farmers committed suicide in eight districts of the Marathwada region in central Maharashtra in 2023, a report from the divisional commissioner's office revealed.The figure has gone up by 65 compared to 2022, an official said.Of the 1,088 suicides in 2023, Beed recorded the...
09:36
A Namibian cheetah has given birth to three cubs at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, weeks after three cubs were born to another feline. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav shared the news on X, saying, Kuno's new cubs! Namibian Cheetah named Jwala has given birth to three...
09:03
Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar released a special cover of the Postal Department on the 'Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple' after the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya.The governor said that the Postal Department has been serving the people for more than 150 years and has also been playing a...
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A day after the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya, a heavy rush of devotees throng at the main gate of Shri Ram temple to offer prayers on Tuesday. Devotees have gathered in large numbers since 3 AM to offer prayers and take darshan of Shri Ram Lalla on the first morning...
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A glimpse of Ram Lalla idol at Ram temple in Ayodhya./Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Monday night said the Ram Lalla idol consecration at the newly built temple in Ayodhya was a historic event and announced that places connected with the Hindu deity in the state will be developed as popular tourist spots. Talking to reporters, he...
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A total of Rs 33 lakh in unaccounted cash and property documents valued at Rs 450 crore were seized after the premises linked to a promoter of a realty firm in Chennai were searched by the Enforcement Directorate, officials said on Monday. As per the officials, the searches were...
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Chhattisgarh's tableau depicting 600-year-old tribal tradition of community decision making prevailing in Bastar will be on display at the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. According to an official statement, in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's views that India is the mother of...
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A pro-vice chancellor of Jadavpur University was injured as he was caught in a scuffle between Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad members and security guards of the varsity on Monday, after the authorities stopped live-streaming of the consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya inside the...
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