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Tag: Ram temple

Posted inIndia

India stamps its authority over crown jewel state

by Sumit Sharma July 30, 2020August 1, 2020

It’s never easy being a jewel in the crown, and the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has proved to be no exception. Medieval Mughal Emperor Jahangir once described it as a paradise on earth. More recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it was “the crown jewel of India”. Yet the state and its people […]

Posted inIndia, South Asia

Modi plays temple politics, minorities set to play key election roles

by Kanchan Srivastava January 30, 2019February 18, 2020
Hindu activists mark the 24th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, on December 6, 2016. Photo: AFP / Narinder Nanu
Posted inFrance, India, South Asia, World

India’s ruling party back to temple politics ahead of 2019 elections

by Sagarneel Sinha November 27, 2018
A man garlands a model of a Ram temple during a procession marking the 24th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid Mosque in Ayodhya, in Amritsar on December 6, 2016. Photo: AFP / NARINDER NANU
Posted inIndia, South Asia

The Ram temple issue has diminishing returns for the BJP

by Kanchan Srivastava October 31, 2018February 18, 2020
India's Water Resources minister, Uma Bharti, one of the BJP leaders facing charges over the 1992 Babri mosque demolition case, leaves court in Lucknow, on May 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Pawan Kumar
Posted inIndia, South Asia

BJP veterans charged over 1992 Babri mosque demolition case

by E Jaya Kumar June 1, 2017February 18, 2020
A paramilitary soldier stands guard outside the High Court in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, in September, 2010. Tens of thousands of police were put on the streets as the court ruled on a centuries-old religious dispute between Hindus and Muslims. Legal rows surrounding the 16th century Babri mosque, which was attacked by Hindu activists in 1992, continue to rumble on. Photo: Reuters / Adnan Abidi
Posted inIndia, South Asia

India’s fractious Babri mosque-Ram temple legal rows roll on

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2017February 18, 2020
A model of the proposed Ram temple, which Hindus want to build on the site of the demolished Babri Mosque, is pictured in Ayodhya in 2010. Photo: Reuters
Posted inIndia, South Asia

India’s chief justice wants to ‘mediate’ in temple row

by Asia Times staff March 22, 2017February 18, 2020

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