The Congress leadership will boycott the Ram Mandir’s ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22. If Anand Ranganathan’s book Hindus in Hindu Rashtra is to be believed, “Governments of just 10 states control more than 1,10,000 temples.” Of these, the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government, of which the Congress is an alliance partner in the state, alone controls 36,425 temples …
The Supreme Court on Friday transferred the Gyanvapi case from Civil Judge to District Judge in Varanasi. In its interim order, the apex court said, the district judge of Varanasi shall first decide the maintainability of civil suits filed by Hindu plaintiffs upon transfer of prayers. The apex court said security forces shall continue to protect the ‘Shivling-like’ structure found …
Puja committees in West Bengal are looking for unique ways to pump in euphoria in people for the much-awaited Durga Puja festival in October, which has been a low-key affair amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic since last year. A club in Baguiati near Kolkata decided to decorate the Durga idol with a 20-gram golden mask while holding a syringe, thermal …
