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LK Advani, MM Joshi Requested Not to Attend Ram Temple Event: Ayodhya Trust Official

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LK Advani, MM Joshi Requested Not to Attend Ram Temple Event: Ayodhya Trust Official

LK Advani, 96, is the founding member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, veteran BJP stalwarts who spearheaded the Ram Temple agitation in the early 1990s, have been “requested not to come” to Ayodhya for the consecration ceremony of the temple next month because of their advanced age, Ram Temple Trust general secretary Champat Rai said on Monday. They have accepted the trust’s request, he added. “Both are elders of the family and considering their age, they were requested not to come, which was…

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Rajya Sabha Suspends 45 MPs, Lok Sabha 33 Following Turbulent Parliamentary Session

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Rajya Sabha Suspends 45 MPs, Lok Sabha 33 Following Turbulent Parliamentary Session

Before initiating the action, Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankar said Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge refused to meet him in the chamber. New Delhi: Rajya Sabha on Monday evening suspended 45 MPs from the Upper House of Parliament for the remainder of the Winter Session, barely hours after the Lok Sabha suspended 33 over the Opposition’s incessant protests demanding a statement from home minister Amit Shah on last week’s security breach. The government’s move prompted allegation from the Congress that the former intended to “bulldoze” legislations in the Parliament without the…

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The Politics of the Plate: BJP’s “Jhatka” Call Challenges Assumptions about Food, Faith, and Modernity

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The Politics of the Plate: BJP's "Jhatka" Call Challenges Assumptions about Food, Faith, and Modernity

Firebrand BJP leader from Bihar made his supporters take the pledge that they will henceforth not spoil their ‘dharma’ by eating halal meat. Union minister and firebrand BJP leader Giriraj Singh on Sunday urged meat-eating Hindus to consume only ‘jhatka’, the flesh of animals slaughtered by a single blow of the blade. Singh also made his supporters in his Begusarai parliamentary constituency take the pledge that they will henceforth not spoil their ‘dharma’ by eating halal meat. Talking to reporters, he said, “I admire the Muslims who make it a…

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Following Mathura Mosque Survey, Hindu Group Seeks Similar Action for Agra’s Shahi Jama Masjid

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Following Mathura Mosque Survey, Hindu Group Seeks Similar Action for Agra's Shahi Jama Masjid

Hindu group on Friday demanded a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Agra right after the prayers were held, creating a tense situation in the largely Muslim-dominated area. The demand of the groups came after the Allahabad High Court allowed a primary survey of the Shahi Idgah complex adjacent to the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura. According to police sources, a large group of people who are part of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha distributed sweets near the Jama Masjid, despite the administration’s advice to avoid…

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Authorities Raze Meat Shops in Madhya Pradesh Following Prohibition

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Authorities Raze Meat Shops in Madhya Pradesh Following Prohibition

The action in Ujjain came after Chief Minister Mohan Yadav asked authorities to clamp down on selling of meat in the open. Ten shops selling meat illegally in Ujjain and the Bhopal houses of three persons allegedly involved in the attack on a BJP functionary were bulldozed by the Madhya Pradesh administration, officials said on Friday. The action in Ujjain came after Chief Minister Mohan Yadav asked authorities to clamp down on selling of meat in the open, they added. The shops were demolished in Ujjain’s Nagjhiri area during the…

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15 MPs face suspension following accusations of threatening security

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'If intruders were Muslim...': 15 MPs Face Suspension Following Accusations of Threatening Security

Lok Sabha security scare: MP Kapil Sibal said the government should suspend everybody if it didn’t want the Opposition. The Opposition on Thursday slammed the BJP government at the Centre for suspending 15 opposition MPs — 14 in Lok Sabha, one in Rajya Sabha — over their demand for a statement by home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday’s security breach. DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, who is among the suspended MPs, accused the government of sparing Pratap Simha but expelling Mahua Moitra “without even the inquiry being complete”. Pratap Simha is…

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Article 370: India disputes criticism from Muslim nations

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Article 370 - India disputes criticism from Muslim nations

India rejects the statement issued by the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, MEA said in a statement. New Delhi: India’s Ministry of External Affairs, in strongly worded remarks, slammed the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), an international grouping of Muslim nations, for criticising the Supreme Court’s recent verdict upholding the Central government’s decision to revoke Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi, in an oblique reference to Pakistan, said the grouping released the statement at the behest of an “unrepentant promoter of cross-border terrorism”,…

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Parliament in Chaos: Intruders Storm Lok Sabha, Jump from Gallery, Spray Gas

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Parliament in Chaos: Intruders Storm Lok Sabha, Jump from Gallery, Spray Gas

Lok Sabha security breach: Two intruders jumped from the visitors’ gallery and ran amock inside the Lok Sabha spraying some gas. In a major security breach in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday – the 22nd anniversary of the Parliament attack – two intruders jumped into the Lok Sabha from the visitors’ gallery and started running around the House. The proceeding of the Lok Sabha was suspended and the MPs started coming out of the Lok Sabha. There was a commotion as the intruder — wearing a blue jacket — was…

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Hindu Temple Management in Mangaluru Refuses Permission to Muslim Vendors

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Hindu Temple Management in Mangaluru Refuses Permission to Muslim Vendors

The Muslim traders have been allegedly prohibited from installing their business stalls at a temple fair in Karnataka’s Mangaluru. The Street Vendors Association expressed their discontent over the situation and asked the government and district administration to look into the allegations made by Muslim vendors. The religious fair, called ‘Shahsthi Mahotsava’ is scheduled between December 14 and 19 at the Kudupu Sri Anantha Padmanabha temple in Mangaluru city of Dakshina Kannada district. The temple is under the Muzrai department of the Karnataka government, which handles the accounts of the temples.…

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As Farmer Protest Escalates, Authorities Clear Jalandhar-Pathankot Highway, took leaders into custody

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As Farmer Protest Escalates Authorities Clear Jalandhar-Pathankot Highway took leaders into custody

Sources say police had information that farmers could march towards Gurdaspur to obstruct AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and CM Bhagwant Mann’s rally. Protesting farmers and police came face to face in Mukerian on Saturday when the latter used force to lift the dharna from the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway and detained a large number of farmer leaders and activists. The farmers have been demonstrating in front of the Mukerian sugar mill since Friday to press for their demands. The district administration had appealed the protesters to lift the blockade on Friday…

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