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Ram Janmabhoomi movement: Three sacrifices that can never be forgotten

Abhishek Banerjee -
Five hundred years of struggle went into Ram Janmabhoomi moment. There would be so many heroes that it is impossible to remember them all.
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News Reports

After digital billboards, Indian community take to the streets to celebrate Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan at Times Square in New York

OpIndia Staff -
Indians gathered in large numbers at iconic Times Square in New York to celebrate the Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan by PM Modi
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News Reports

TV actor Sameer Sharma found hanging from the kitchen ceiling, case of accidental death registered

OpIndia Staff -
After body of Sameer Sharma was recovered from his house, a case of accidental death has been registered by the Malad police
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News Reports

Maulana from All India Imam Association threatens that ‘believers of justice’ will demolish Ram Mandir and rebuild disputed structure

OpIndia Staff -
Maulana Rashidi stated that the Ram Mandir will one day be demolished and a disputed structure will be rebuilt.
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News Reports

Twitter user arrested by Maharashtra police for criticising the Uddhav Thackeray govt on social media

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai Police arrested Twitter user Sunaina Holey for posting against Maharashtra CM and his son, to be presented in court today
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Media

From being bigoted, kids are ‘hope of secularism’. The Wire’s Rohini Singh explains how

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire journalist Rohini Singh on Wednesday took to Twitter to share an image wherein she claimed that her child drew a mosque and a temple side by side and wrote an essay on tolerance.
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News Reports

J and K: BJP Sarpanch shot dead by unidentified terrorists, 2nd attack in less than 48 hours

OpIndia Staff -
No terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack on the BJP Sarpanch Sajjad Ahmed Khandey so far.
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Social Media

Hindu cricketer Danish Kaneria deletes tweet about Ram Mandir billboard in NYC after Pakistani Islamists flood his TL. Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
The former Pakistani cricketer had shared an image featuring Ram Mandir's digital image in a giant billboard at New York's Times Square before deleting it.
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News Reports

“Mandir Wahin Banayenge Lekin Tareekh Nahin Batayenge”: Watch how Uddhav Thackeray and Arvind Kejriwal mocked Ram Mandir

OpIndia Staff -
Uddhav Thackeray and Arvind Kejriwal amongst other 'liberals' have in the past mocked the 'Mandir Wahin Banayenge' slogan for the delay in construction of temple.
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News Reports

Former minister and BJP leader Manoj Sinha appointed as Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Manoj Sinha will assume charge as the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir soon.
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News Reports

Trump campaign’s video advocating re-opening of schools blocked by Twitter and Facebook for COVID-19 misinformation

OpIndia Staff -
Trump's twitter handle for re-election campaign blocked by Twitter briefly, allegedly for sharing 'misinformation' about coronavirus.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Massive fire in coronavirus dedicated Shrey Hospital in Ahmedabad leaves 8 dead, PM announces ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to next of kin

OpIndia Staff -
Shrey Hospital in Ahmedabad is a Coronavirus dedicated hospital.
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News Reports

Bengal police lathi charge Hindus for organising Ram pujas during the one-day lockdown on 5th August

OpIndia Staff -
Police lathi charged Hindus, pull devotees out of temples for organizing Ram Pujas on Ram Mandir Bhumi Pujan in West Bengal
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News Reports

The Wire shares article citing discredited ‘experts’ to falsely claim older mosques existed beneath the Babri structure, not a temple

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire cites 'experts' who had claimed no temple was found below Babri Masjid, but they were not present during ASI digging
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News Reports

Digital billboard featuring Lord Ram and Ram Mandir comes up at Times Square in New York

OpIndia Staff -
A large curved digital screen located at the iconic Times Square displayed the images of Lord Ram and the Ram Mandir
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Opinions

Ram Mandir, a symbol of cultural continuity: Northeast India and Sanatan Dharma

Guest Author -
After a decade long historical, political and legal dispute and with a Supreme Court intervention brought to closure in the matter of construction of Ram Mandir and, finally, Lord Rama shall get its abode to live
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News Reports

Meet K Parasaran, the 93-year-old ‘Pitamah’ of Indian laws who had said that logical end to Ram Janmabhoomi case was his last dream

OpIndia Staff -
K Parasaran once said that the logical end to Ram Janmabhoomi case was his last wish before he died
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News Reports

NDTV refers to Ram Janmabhoomi site as ‘disputed’, quietly edits posts after social media outrage

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV had uploaded posts on Facebook in which it had referred to Ram Janmabhoomi site as "disputed"
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News Reports

Kashmiris rejects Pakistan’s anti-India propaganda as hundreds come together to celebrate the first anniversary of abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
Bangus Awaam Mela was organised to commemorate the first anniversary of the Abrogation of Article 370 in the valley
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Crime

Kerala nun-rape case: Supreme Court dismisses discharge plea filed by rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal

OpIndia Staff -
Bishop Franco Mulakkal to face trial in the nun-rape case after Supreme Court dismissed his petition to discharge the case against him
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News Reports

Kashi Vishwanath and Krishna Janmasthan temples have to be liberated too: Senior BJP leader KS Eshwarappa

OpIndia Staff -
KS Eshwarappa also asserted that there will be temples at both Kashi and Mathura in the near future just like Ayodhya.
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Social Media

Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan: Illustrations, sculptures and paintings of Bhagwan Ram winning the social media

OpIndia Staff -
Many creative, and beautiful artworks have been made by artists for the occasion of Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan.
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News Reports

‘Efforts were made to eradicate Lord Ram’s existence, but it is his immense power that he continued to live in our hearts’: PM Modi’s...

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi who returned to Ayodhya after 29 years, performed the Ram Mandir's Bhoomi Pujan at 12.44.08 PM on 5th August
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News Reports

The brutal massacre of Karsevaks in 1990: On the day of the Bhoomi Pujan, let us remember who laid down their lives for it

OpIndia Staff -
The extreme sacrifices by the Karsevaks laid the foundation for the path to the Hindu reclamation of the Ram Janmabhoomi.
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Opinions

Memoirs of a Karsevak: A Karsevak recalls his memories of the Karseva to Ram Janmabhoomi in 1992

Ajay Sudame -
A Karsevak recalls his memories of the Karseva organised by Hindu organisations in 1992.
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News Reports

PM Modi visits Hanumangrahi temple, lays silver brick at Ram Janmabhoomi site to begin construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid a 40-kg silver brick to symbolise the beginning of construction of Ram Mandir
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News Reports

PM Narendra Modi and the journey from Ayodhya Andolan to Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan: Then and now

OpIndia Staff -
Now and then: Journey of PM Modi from Ayodhyan Andolan to Ram Mandir
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Opinions

India’s Functioning Systems Seen through Cracks in NYT Propagandist-in-Chief Basharat Peer’s narrative

Ashutosh Kulkarni -
Basharat Peer, in his latest piece in New York Times, sacrificed truth at the altar of political propaganda.
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Politics

Read about Raja Suhaldev, who was mentioned by PM Modi in his speech after Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan in Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
During his speech at the Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan ceremony, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a reference to Raja Suhaldev
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Social Media

Shekhar Gupta remembers how Gujarat edition of India Today had to be shut down after their Hindu-shaming coverage of Ayodhya movement

OpIndia Staff -
Gupta has shared that after their cover story called the demolition of the disputed structure at Ram Janmabhoomi as a 'national shame', the readership drastically decreased, and they were flooded with protest letters.
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Political History of India

Ram Janmabhoomi: An account of Hindu efforts to reclaim the sacred land and a tribute to the centuries old struggle

Guest Author -
In 1717, Jaisingh II purchased lands and established Jaisnighpura in all Hindu religious centres across North India including Ayodhya.
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News Reports

From ‘nothing new about Shilanyas’ to ‘I will not find Ram there’, Bhoomi Pujan ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya triggers a meltdown...

OpIndia Staff -
The liberal intelligentsia is having a hard time digesting the fact that the dream of millions of Hindus of a Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is finally turning into a reality
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News Reports

Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan: Shiv Sena’s advertisement on Babri Masjid demolition triggers controversy

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena publishes advertisement hailing the Babri Masjid demolition quoting Balasaheb Thackeray on its mouthpiece Saamana
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News Reports

‘I, Narendra Damodardas Modi, on behalf of my country and its people’: Read what the PM’s ‘Sankalpa’ at Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan meant

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi today did the Shilanyas and Bhoomi Pujan for the proposed Ram Mandir at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya.
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News Reports

Islamists, ‘liberals’ attack cricketer Mohammad Kaif for urging haters to not spew venom over Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammad Kaif was attacked by Islamists for urging people who were spewing venom over the Bhoomi Pujan to spread the message of love and dignity instead.
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News Reports

Sushant Singh Rajput case: Center accepts Bihar Police request for CBI enquiry, SC refuses interim relief for Rhea Chakraborty

OpIndia Staff -
Centre informed Supreme Court that the it has accepted Bihar govt's request for CBI inquiry into Sushant Singh Rajput death case
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Families of Kar Sevaks burnt alive in Godhra welcome the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
The relatives of the victims and those who survived the blaze in Godhra claim that their sacrifice have finally borne fruits
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Social Media

Islamists trend ‘#ReturnBabriLandToMuslims’ and ‘#BabriZindaHai’ on the day of Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan

OpIndia Staff -
Well, one feels bad to see these radical Islamists so perturbed, but, the absoluteness of the Ram Mandir is undisputable
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News Reports

Live: Prime Minister Modi does Bhoomi Pujan of Bhavya Ram Mandir at Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay the foundation of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya on 5th August 2020
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News Reports

Bhoomi Pujan for Ram Mandir in Ayodhya brings closure for a sister who had lost her brothers Ram and Sharad Kothari for the cause...

OpIndia Staff -
Ram and Sharad Kothari were killed in police firing ordered by the former UP CM Mulayam Singh in November 1990.
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News Reports

On the historic day of Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan, Islamists suffer a meltdown

OpIndia Staff -
Rana Ayyub and Arfa stated that it is not the country they knew and they do not recognise it anymore.
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Political History of India

Was Narsimha Rao complicit in the demolition of Babri Masjid by Karsevaks? His personal doctor doesn’t think so

OpIndia Staff -
His detractors within the Congress party claim PV Narasimha Rao was complicit in the Babri Masjid Demolition.
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Social Media

Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan: Asaduddin Owaisi hallucinates, claims demolished disputed structure is ‘alive’

OpIndia Staff -
Asaduddin Owaisi has been venting out his anger in Congress leaders too, for supporting the Ram Mandir.
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Political History of India

Watch: Footage from November 1990 when Mulayam Singh Yadav ordered firing upon Karsevaks with casualties believed to be in hundreds

OpIndia Staff -
Mulayam Singh Yadav as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh ordered firing upon the Karsevaks who had gathered at Ayodhya.
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News Reports

Watch: Mesmerizing photos and videos of Ayodhya Nagri ahead of Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan

OpIndia Staff -
Ayodhya Nagri has been decorated with all the glory and grandeur ahead of Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan.
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News Reports

Signs of time to come? Union Law Minister RS Prasad shares image of Constitution of India first drafted by Dr BR Ambedkar with Lord...

OpIndia Staff -
RS Prasad, Union Minister of Law and Justice, on Wednesday took to Twitter to share an image of the Constitution of India originally drafted by Dr BR Ambedkar with sketch of Lord Ram on it.
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News Reports

‘Situations do not last forever’: All India Muslim Personal Law Board issues a menacing threat on the eve of Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan

OpIndia Staff -
Comparing Babri Masjid to Turkey's newly converted mosque 'Hagia Sophia', the Muslim Personal Board said, "Babri Masjid was and will always be a Masjid".
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News Reports

Veer Savarkar’s prophecy ‘The day Hindus unite, Congress leaders will wear janeu over the coat’ comes true as they celebrate construction of Ram Mandir

OpIndia Staff -
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Kamal Nath and Manish Tewari have posted tweets, welcoming the Bhoomi pujan ceremony and extending their support for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya
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Entertainment

Hussain Haidry rues inaction by ‘progressive non-Muslims’ for not protesting against the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
Hussain Haidry lamented that people should have hit the streets and stalled the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
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Entertainment

Aditya Thackeray finally breaks his silence on the death of Sushant Singh Rajput and allegations of ‘cover-up’: Here is what he said

Jhankar Mohta -
Aditya Thackeray has given statement days after reports linked him to the death of Sushant Singh Rajput
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