When activist and documentary filmmaker Ruchira Gupta saw the first dome of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya come down just after noon on 6 December […]
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Wife’s religion does not merge with husband’s after marriage: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court disagreed on Thursday with the Bombay high court’s ruling that a woman’s religion merges with her husband’s faith after marriage and requested […]
25 Years after Babri Masjid demolition, VHP organises ‘Day of Bravery’ while muslims observe ‘Black Day’ in Ayodhya
Bajrang Dal members in the city were booked for breaching prohibitory orders. Ayodhya: While the Muslim community in Ayodhya today demanded that the government reconstruct the Babri […]
Reprisal for Love Jihad? Muslim man burnt alive over ‘Love Jihad’ in Rajasthan
The attacker, identified as Shambhu Lal Regar, was arrested after a series of video clips purportedly show him hitting and stabbing a man, burning the […]
Mani Shankar Aiyar stokes fresh row, calls Modi a ‘Neech Aadmi’
After Chaiwala dig in 2014 and Aurangzeb barb that backfired on the party, senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has triggered another row. Aiyar, who […]
60% of Modi’s speech was about Congress, not future of Gujarat: Rahul Gandhi
Gujarat election 2017: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been criticising the Congress and the party’s policies in his home state. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday […]
‘Beti Bachao, Bahu Lao’ Hindu outfit plans campaign to counter Love Jihad
Hindu Jagran Manch (HJM), affiliated to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), plans to convince in six months 2,100 educated Muslim girls to marry Hindu boys. Announcing […]
India must ‘Cherish and Nurture’ its Muslims: Obama to Modi
India needs to “cherish and nurture” its Muslim population, which is integrated and considers itself Indian, former US president Barack Obama said on Friday. It […]
Congress fields most candidates with criminal cases, BJP has more crorepatis in Gujarat elections: ADR
An analysis of affidavits of 923 candidates by ADR shows that Congress has 31 (36%) candidates having criminal cases whereas ruling BJP which has fielded 22 […]
Delhi hospital declares twins dead, family finds one alive on way to last rites
The newborn twins, born pre-mature, had been declared dead by a Max hospital in Shalimar Bagh. The parents, however, found later that one of the […]