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Budget Session: Govt to bring motion on Ram Temple in both houses on Jan 10

In Lok Sabha, under rule 193, BJP MPs Satya Pal Singh and Shrikant Shinde will raise a discussion on the construction of Ram Temple and Pran Pratistha of Ram Lalla

'What was the need of Pran Pratistha': Swami Prasad Maurya in UP Assembly

Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya said that the Bharatiya Janata Party is doing drama and trying to project that there was no Ram Lalla before this govt

IndiGo passengers singing bhajans, playing Dholak, video goes viral

IndiGo faces criticism as a video of travellers singing a Ram Bhajan mid-flight, joined by a person playing a dholak, goes viral on X

Vegetarian KFC to open in Ayodhya, government ready to offer space

A full "vegetarian KFC" to open in Ayodhya as the government is ready to offer space. Tourism has surged in the state after the inauguration of the Ram Temple

Court to hear plea seeking ASI survey of Gyanvapi basements on Feb 15

A Varanasi court on Tuesday fixed February 15 for the hearing of a petition seeking a survey of all closed basements in the Gyanvapi mosque complex by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). According to the petition, there are "secret cellars" inside the basements and it is necessary to survey them to reveal the entire truth of the Gyanvapi mosque. Lawyer Madan Mohan Yadav said acting District Judge Anil Kumar has fixed February 15 as the next date of hearing on the petition. The petitioner, Rakhi Singh, is a founding member of the Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh and is one of the parties in the Maa Shringar Gauri case, which led to the survey of the complex by the ASI. In the petition, she asked for all closed cellars in the Gyanvapi mosque complex, adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple, to be surveyed by the ASI, her advocate Anupam Dwivedi said. A map of the closed basements has also been included in the petition.

Anurag Thakur flags off first Aastha Special Train from Himachal to Ayodhya

Union Minister Anurag Thakur flags off first Aastha Special Train from Himachal Pradesh to Ayodhya to take pilgrims to the newly built Ram Temple

KFC welcome to operate near Ayodhya's Ram temple with vegetarian menu

Ayodhya does not permit serving liquor and meat within its defined 'Panch Kosi Marg.' This area is a 15 km pilgrimage circuit around the temple town

Will forget other things if Gyanvapi, Mathura freed: Ram Mandir treasurer

"The country's future should be good and if we get these temples (Gyanvapi and Krishna Janmabhoomi) peacefully we will forget about all other things," Dev Giri Maharaj said

After Ayodhya, SpiceJet plans to connect more tourist, religious places

After Ayodhya, SpiceJet plans to expand its business over the next two years and increase connectivity between various tourist and religious destinations including Lakshadweep, the airline's chief Ajay Singh said. The domestic carrier has also plans to operate seaplanes and is awaiting infrastructure development for water ports, the CMD told PTI in an interaction. "I think this is the time to expand. SpiceJet will do its utmost to expand its business over the next two years. We want to connect many tourist destinations, religious tourism, medical tourism, places like Lakshadweep," Singh said in reply to a question on company's expansion plan. According to Sing, the airline already has the licence to operate seaplanes and plans are in the works to connect several locations through seaplane services. On February 1, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, and Minister of State V K Singh jointly inaugurated SpiceJet's direct fli

Ram Mandir draws 250k devotees in 11 days, collects Rs 11 cr in offerings

Donation surge witnessed with Rs 8 crore in cash and Rs 3.5 crore via cheque and online contributions

Gyanvapi management moves HC on ruling to allow 'puja' in mosque's basement

The Gyanvapi management committee moved the Allahabad High Court on Thursday challenging a Varanasi court order that has allowed Hindu prayers before idols in a cellar of the mosque. The counsel for the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, S F A Naqvi, said they have requested an urgent hearing in the matter. The mosque committee moved the high court within hours of the Supreme Court refusing to hear its plea against the Varanasi district court's order and asking it to approach the Allahabad High Court. In the appeal filed before the high court, it has been pleaded that the Hindu side's suit itself is barred by order 7 rule 11 of the Civil Procedure Code, Naqvi said. The plea has also alleged that the main purpose behind filing the suit was to create a controversy over the functional Gyanvapi mosque where regular namaz is offered. A caveat was also filed by the Hindu side regarding the matter. The Varanasi court ruled on Wednesday that a Hindu priest can perform prayers before the

After consecration ceremony, 2.5 mn devotees visited Ram temple in 11 days

After the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple on January 22, around 25 lakh devotees visited the temple in the past 11 days and the amount of offerings and donations has crossed Rs 11 crore. According to Prakash Gupta, office in-charge of the temple trust, in the last 11 days, about Rs 8 crore rupees were deposited in the donation boxes, while the amount received through cheque and online is around Rs 3.50 crore. He said that in the temple's sanctum sanctorum, where the deity is seated, four big size donation boxes have been kept near the 'darshan path' in front of the sanctum sanctorum, in which the devotees are donate the amount. Besides, people also donate at 10 computerised counters. He said that the temple trust employees are appointed at the donation counter and they submit the account of the donation amount received in the trust office after the counter is closed in the evening. A team of 14 people, which includes 11 bank employees and three from the temple trust, counts

250 mn people lifted out of poverty over past decade: President Murmu

Murmu said the government believed that the grand edifice of a developed India would stand on the four strong pillars of youth power, women power, farmers and the poor

Special Aastha trains for Ayodhya from Tatanagar to visit Ram temple

Indian Railways to run special trains to Ayodhya from Jharkhand to visit Ram Lalla's temple. The trains will leave on two days - January 29 and February 19, 2024

Ram temple in Ayodhya can withstand once-in-2,500-year quake: Scientists

The CSIR-CBRI also vetted soil investigation schemes, foundation design parameters, excavation schemes and recommendations for foundation and structure monitoring

Governance of Lord Ram source of inspiration for Constitution makers: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya brought crores of people together and asserted that the collective strength of the country was visible around the time of the event. In the first Mann Ki Baat broadcast of this year, Modi said the governance of Lord Ram was a source of inspiration for Constitution makers. "And that is why on January 22 in Ayodhya I had talked about 'Dev to Desh' and 'Ram to Rashtra'," he said. The consecration ceremony in Ayodhya has brought crores of people of the country together, he said. "Everyone's feeling is the same, everyone's devotion is the same. Ram is in everyone's words, Ram is in everyone's heart," Modi said. During this period, many people sang Ram bhajans and dedicated them to Lord Ram, while on January 22 evening the whole country lit 'Ram Jyoti' and celebrated Diwali, he noted. "During this time, the collective strength of the country was visible which also forms the basis of our p

Ayodhya's youth to grab boom in job opportunities post-Ram temple opening

When the Supreme Court had paved the way for construction of Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya in its historic verdict in 2019, Dileep Pandey worked as a tailor in a cloth firm in Delhi. A native of Ayodhya, Pandey returned to his home when the first wave of Covid-19 struck in 2020. Sensing an opportunity in Ayodhya itself, he has decided never to return to Delhi. Pandey currently operates a small tour and transport firm facilitating people's visit to Ayodhya from different parts of the country. With the inauguration of the newly-constructed Ram temple on January 22, Pandey (28), now aims at expanding the business in view of the swelling number of devotees visiting Ayodhya. "I currently have three mid-size vans that visitors can hire to travel around Ayodhya. With the rise in the number of devotees, I plan to take a loan to buy two SUVs for them," said Pandey. Though keen in studies, he dropped out from the first year of a college in Ayodhya in order to start a job. "Ayod

ASI findings on Gyanvapi will be accepted by country, world: Prahlad Patel

Madhya Pradesh minister Prahlad Patel has said that the findings of ASI about Gyanvapi mosque will be accepted by the country and world, referring to the claim by the lawyer representing the Hindu litigants that the mosque was built after razing a temple. The MP minister of panchayat rural development and labour told reporters in Jabalpur that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which carried out a survey at the mosque on the Supreme Court's direction, is renowned not only in the country but across the world. If anyone does the work of looking at history through the prism of history, it is ASI. Hence, the country and the world will accept its facts. The ASI's report presented before the court will enhance everyone's knowledge, he said on Friday. Patel, who is a former Union minister for tourism and culture, said that ASI's retired officers go abroad for archaeological conservation and research work. ASI has an important contribution to the archaeology of the world, he ...

ASI report on Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi not judgement: Mosque committee

The Gyanvapi masjid committee on Friday said the ASI survey of the mosque, which Hindu side lawyers claim was built on the remains of a pre-existing temple, is just a report and not a judgment. The Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee said they are studying the ASI survey report after which they would make comments. Mohd Yasin, secretary of the committee which manages the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, said, "This is just a report and not a 'faisala' (judgment). There are several kinds of reports. It is not the final word on the issue." He said they would present their views when the Supreme Court hears the matter relating to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. The Act mandates that the "religious character" of a place, except the Ram temple in Ayodhya, cannot be changed from what existed on August 15, 1947. Responding to the latest developments, BJP leader and Union minister Giriraj Singh on Friday said Muslims should hand over the Gyanvapi mosque site to Hindus, a

Ram temple, G-20, Bharat Ratna: Top quotes of Prez Murmu's R-Day address

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday praised the recent inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya during her Republic Day Eve address to the nation