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Nirmohi Akhara disgruntled

THE Supreme Court judgment has denied the Nirmohi Akhara, which was managing the puja since 1885 in the outer courtyard of the disputed area,
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Zafaryab Jilani.

‘We are baffled by the order’

Interview with Zafaryab Jilani, advocate for the Sunni Central Waqf Board.
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Youth Congress workers at a protest against the current economic slowdown in New Delhi on October 9.

The Congress: Slow take-off

The Congress, which has made unexpected gains in Maharashtra and Haryana, appears to be not in a hurry to seize the moment.
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Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIM President.

Asaduddin Owaisi: Muslims are looking at alternatives

Interview with Asaduddin Owaisi, president, AIMIM.
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A view of Ayodhya city as seen from the roof of the Hanumangarhi temple on October 17.

Ayodhya case: Other Muslim parties reject waqf board proposal for settlement

Muslim litigants in the Ayodhya dispute have categorically rejected the conditional proposal for a settlement made by the co-litigant the Sunni Centra
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Inauguration of the electoral verification programme at the Collector camp office in Vijayawada on September 1.

Hidden agenda in voter verification?

“If you fail to get your voter ID cards verified with the Aadhaar number during this period, it will become invalidated,” says a message from a Booth
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A view of the Supreme Court of India. The Ayodhya case hearings went on in the court for 40 straight days and concluded on October 16.

Sunni Waqf board files conditional plea to settle Ayodhya case

In a dramatic development, the Sunni Central Waqf Board, the main Muslim litigant in the Ayodhya case which claims ownership of the land where the Bab
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Inauguration of the electoral verification programme at the Collector camp office in Vijayawada on September1.

Hidden agenda in voter ID verification?

“If you fail to get your voter ID cards verified with the Aadhaar number during this period, it will become invalidated,” says a message from a Booth
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The scene on the ever-busy Delhi-Noida link road a few days ago.

U.P government’s ‘adopt a stray cow’ scheme gets good response

Adopt a cow/bull/buffalo and earn a monthly income. That is the bright idea of the Uttar Pradesh government to generate employment for people and solv
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O.P. Singh, Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh.

U.P. government starts drive to identify illegal migrants

The Uttar Pradesh government has announced a drive to identify foreigners, verify their papers and deport/jail them if found illegal. It has also deci
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A waterlogged road following heavy rainfalls in Patna on September 30.

Patna reels under floods

Patna has been under several feet of water since September 28 following heavy rains and the rising water table in the Ganga.
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At a special camp to link Aadhaar with voters ID, in Chennai on April 12, 2015. This was later discontinued in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling.

Concerns over linking Aadhaar to voter ID and social media accounts

The move to link the voter ID with Aadhaar and the attempts, through PILs, to bring social media accounts also under its ambit stir up the right to pr
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