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Security personnel guard the Gyanvapi mosque after the survey by a commission, in Varanasi on May 17.

All India Muslim Personal Law Board asks the Central government to clarify its position on the Places of Worship Act, 1991

Taking a grim view of the recent developments at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board has asked the Central govern

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The Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi.

Varanasi civil court removes Chief Advocate Commissioner Ajay Kumar Mishra from the Gyanvapi mosque survey panel

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Members of right-wing organisations outside the Qutb Minar demanding the renaming of the monument, in New Delhi on May 10.

Hindu groups protest outside Qutb Minar, demand renaming of the monument to Vishnu Stambh

Members of Hindu groups protested outside the Qutb Minar complex in Delhi today, demanding that the world heritage site be handed over to Hindus since

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Heavy police deployment at the Gyanvapi mosque entrance gate.

Court-appointed Advocate Commissioner undertakes survey of the Gyanvapi mosque to ascertain the presence of Hindu deities inside the mosque

The mandir-masjid tussle took a dramatic turn on May 6 when a court-appointed Advocate Commissioner, accompanied by a battery of lawyers and represent

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At a protest against SBI’s new pension scheme, in Madurai on November 15, 2019.

The rot within: The many woes of SBI

State Bank of India, India’s largest bank, is plagued with a host of problems, mostly relating to wages, perks and pensions, and the latest addition t

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The Laxmi Narayan temple at Haat village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district which is believed to have been built by Adi Shankaracharya.

Vanishing village victim of hydro electric power project

A tiny village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district is getting wiped out because it has been chosen as the site for dumping debris generated by work on t

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Farmers gather to listen to BKU leader Rakesh Tikait in Tikunia, on October 12. They were participating at the antim ardas (last prayers) for the farmers killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence of October 3.

Lakhimpur Kheri could prove to be BJP’s Achilles heel

If the reactions on the ground in Lakhimpur Kheri are any indication, mere withdrawal of the farm laws will not be enough to placate the farmers. Two

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi arrive for a meeting with senior party functionaries, in New Delhi on October 26, 2021.

Congress in disorder, hit by dissension and leadership issues

With internal dissension and a floundering leadership, the Congress is in a state of disarray, unable to mount an effective counter-attack to the BJP’

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'Why is the government running away from inquiry?': Pawan Khera on the recent Rafale deal disclosures

Interview with Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera.

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The Kashi Vishwanath temple and the adjacent Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, a file photograph.

Allahabad High Court stays lower court order directing the ASI to conduct a survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi

The Allahabad High Court has today imposed a stay on a Varanasi Civil Court order directing the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a comp

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Chief Minister Adityanath during the launch of the new population policy in Lucknow, on July 11.

U.P. government’s population policy proposals deny subsidies and other benefits to parents with more than two children

If a proposal in the population policy unveiled by the Uttar Pradesh government on July 11, World Population Day, becomes law, those having more than

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Pushkar Singh Dhami (centre) with BJP leaders, in Dehradun on July 3.

Pushkar Singh Dhami becomes the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

The “ripped jeans” controversy and kumbh becoming a superspreader of COVID-19 finally resulted in the Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat lo

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