Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has stirred another controversy with his comment on Babri demolition by questioning people's rationale of insisting on making the Ram temple at a specific location and asking them how they knew where exactly Lord Ram was born.


'How do you know where Ram was born?' asks Aiyar


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A five-Judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has been constituted to hear the title suit in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Ayodhya case, which will begin hearing on January 10.


SC constitutes 5-judge Constitution bench for Ayodhya


Six tribal youths agitating against the Citizenship Amendment Bill were injured in police firing in Tripura as normal life was crippled in Mizoram on Tuesday following an 11-hour shutdown called by the North-East Students Organization (NESO).


Citizenship Bill protest: 6 tribal youths hurt in police firing in Tripura, normal life hit in Mizoram


Security has been beefed up in Rohtak and Sirsa towns in Haryana ahead of the judgment of a CBI court against Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the murder case of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.


Security beefed up in Sirsa, Rohtak ahead of murder case judgment


Successive governments in Kerala have been pressing the various Union governments  demanding the famed Sabarimala temple be elevated to that of a national pilgrim centre but instead is now the focus of an avodable type of international after a Supreme Court directive that women of all ages be permitted into the pre-12th century shrine that attracts the world's largest pilgrimage.


Sabarimala aimed for national pilgrimage centre tag, instead gets wrong type of international attention (News Analysis) (Lead, correcting byline)



Sabarimala aimed for national pilgrimage centre tag, instead gets wrong type of international attention (News Analysis)


Facing widespread ridicule after two of its invitees made unscientific claims during their lectures, the Indian Science Congress (ISC) has decided to go for a policy change, which will include stipulating a process of selection of speakers and vetting the content of their speech.


Will change policy on speakers, says science congress after 'Kaurava' gaffe


Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday said he will mediate to make the "Thripitakaya", an ancient Buddhist scripture in Sri Lanka, as a World Heritage, a day after he declared it as a national heritage.


Sirisena seeks to make ancient Buddhist scripture world heritage


The Income Tax (IT) department has slapped a notice on some of the major Durga Puja organisers here, seeking details about their expenditure in 2018 and asked them to report on Tuesday, an official said on Monday.


IT department seeks details from Durga Puja organisers


Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Monday that the central government had not sanctioned any funds for the construction work to start on the Indian side of the Kartarpur corridor.


No funds from centre, work yet to start: Amarinder on Kartarpur corridor


China on Monday said UN officials were welcome to visit its restive region of Xinjiang if they followed all the Chinese rules and procedures.


China says UN officials welcome to visit Xinjiang


Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that his Janata Dal-United (JD-U) had nothing to do with controversial issues such as building a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya and triple talaq.


JD-U has nothing to do with Ram temple, triple talaq: Nitish


China has passed a new law that seeks to "Sinicize" Islam within the next five years, the latest move by Beijing to rewrite how religion is practised in the country, the media reported on Sunday.


China passes law to make Islam 'compatible with socialism'


The Kerala Police has registered 1,286 cases in which 37,979 people are accused following the widespread violence that followed the entry of two women to the Sabarimala shrine, police chief Loknath Behra said on Saturday.


37,979 people accused, 1,286 cases filed in Kerala


The bullet-ridden bodies of two Rohingya men were found on Saturday near a refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, the police said.


2 Rohingya bodies found near camp in Bangladesh


The BJP on Saturday warned the Kerala government to be ready to face the "constitutional consequences" for the violence unleashed against its workers and leaders in the state over the Sabarimala issue.


Be ready to face 'constitutional consequences' of violence, BJP warns Kerala CM


Helicopter and cable car services to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine were suspended on Saturday due to heavy snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district.


Helicopter, cable car services to Vaishno Devi shrine suspended


The UN's fundamental position on equal rights for women applies across the board to all religions and in the case of Sabarimala, since the Supreme Court has ruled on women's right to enter it, the world body encourages respect for rule of law, according to an official here.


UN's position on women's equal rights applies to all religions: Official


The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday it had asked India for "clarification" over its recent repatriation of a group of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, the second such return in three months, AKI reports


UNHCR 'seeking clarification' from India over Rohingya return


Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Friday called on the people of Kerala to restrain from violence and wait for the Supreme Court's decision on the review petition on Sabrimala temple row.


Sabrimala violence: Sri Sri calls for non-violence, says traditions should be respected


The Travancore Devasom Board (TDB) -- custodians of the Sabarimala temple -- on Friday decided to seek an explanation from Kantararu Rajeeveru, the temple tantri, as to why they conducted a "purification ritual" on Wednesday, said a TDB official.

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