Ayodhya (UP) | A priest of the famous Hanuman Garhi temple here has offered his residence on the premises of the 10th-century temple to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Mahant Sanjay Das of Hanuman Garhi temple, who is the heir to the temple’s head priest Mahant Gyan Das, said that the seers welcome Rahul Gandhi to the […]
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Ram Mandir to be ready by Jan 1, 2024: Amit Shah
Agartala | Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday that Ram Mandir would be ready by January 1, 2024. The Minister said this while flagging off BJP’s 8-day-long “Rath Yatra” in Tripura. He also claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would come to power after the Lok Sabha elections scheduled to be held next […]
UP cops face action for attempting to frame BJP leader in false case
Ayodhya | Four constables of UP Police have been suspended and a station house officer sent to lines for allegedly raiding and ransacking a BJP worker’s house and conspiring to book him in false cases under narcotic and arms laws. Ramesh Kumar Pandey, the BJP booth in-charge at Keshavpur Anjana village, said a team of Purakalandar […]
Artist playing ‘Ravana’ dies of cardiac arrest during Ramlila in Ayodhya
Ayodhya | An artist playing the role of ‘Ravan’ in a Ramlila function in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya district died on stage of cardiac arrest. This comes a day after a 50-year-old man playing the role of ‘Hanuman’ died during his performance in ‘Lanka Dahan’ episode of Ramlila in Fatehpur district. The 60-year-old artist, Patiram, was enacting […]
Ayodhya gets temple dedicated to Yogi Adityanath
Ayodhya | Even before the Ram temple reaches completion, Ayodhya now has a temple that is turning out to be a major tourist attraction. A temple dedicated to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has come up about 25 kilometres from Ayodhya on the Ayodhya -Prayagraj highway in Bhadarsa village. The temple is located near the […]
17-year-old boy kills his teacher as he wanted to end their intimate relationship, held
A student of class XII was arrested in UP’s Ayodhya on Monday for allegedly murdering his teacher. According to the police, the boy aged 17, was in an intimate relationship with the deceased. The two came close over the period of time. They were in relationship for last two years. The woman was married. DIG, […]
Raj Thackeray won’t be allowed to enter Ayodhya till he apologises: BJP MP
New Delhi | Opposing Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray’s proposed visit next month to Ayodhya, BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Tuesday said that he will not be allowed to enter the city till he tendered a public apology for humiliating north Indians. Calling it a protest for self-esteem, the BJP MP said […]
Uttar Pradesh: 4 of a family run over by train at unmanned crossing
Ayodhya | Four members of a family, including two children, who were all on a bike, were crushed to death by a speeding train at an unmanned crossing in Ayodhya. The four were crossing the railway tracks at Durgapur-Rampurva, the unmanned railway crossing in Maharajganj police station on Saturday. Police said the accident took place at […]
BJP MLA gets five years in jail in a 28-year-old case of forgery
Ayodhya (UP) | Indra Pratap Tiwari, popularly known as Khabbu Tiwari, BJP MLA from Gosaiganj in Ayodhya, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by a special court in a 28-year-old case of using a fake mark sheet to get admission in college. Special judge Puja Singh delivered the verdict on Monday and Tiwari, who was […]
Allahabad HC dismisses plea against Ayodhya mosque land allotment
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench on Monday dismissed a petition filed against the allotment of land in Dhannipur village in Ayodhya for the construction of a mosque, following the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. The petition had been filed by two Delhi-based sisters on February 3, claiming ownership of the […]