highlights of the Supreme Court judgment in which it unanimously granted the entire 2.77 acre of the disputed Ram Janambhoomi-Babri masjid land in Ayodhya to deity Ram Lalla.
The carving work by artisans had been carried out uninterrupted since 1990 when Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party was Uttar Pradesh chief minister.
Almost $10 billion was invested in airport modernisation between 2005 and 2012.
Anita Guha, who played the role of 'Santoshi Ma' in the 1975 blockbuster Jai Santoshi Ma, died here following cardiac failure.
87-year old had been unwell for the past three months, says son Prem.
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'We all know that when the Babri Masjid was demolished, P V Narasimha Rao was prime minister.' 'He did not do anything to stop the demolition.'
'Gods of different religions haven't warred, so we shouldn't either.'
Modi took a leaf out of the epic Ramayana to drive home the point
The views are stunning, the skies are blue, the forests are lush and, wonder of wonders, thanks to the discipline of the tea estate, even man isn't vile, discover Renu Bahal Wadhwa and T C A Srinivasa Raghavan after a trip to Kerala's breathtakingly beautiful hill retreat.
"Nobody can do injustice to Ayodhya," he said, adding that the holy city is identified by Lord Ram.
Ajit Balakrishnan offers a New Year resolution for our policy-makers.
'We would try our best that the temple structure becomes visible in the next two years.'
'Our modern icons have assumed infallibility and think course correction or admission of a mistake as taboo.' 'Much will depend on the sagacity of the national leadership to show humility that our Gods showed.' 'Else, we are doomed in the coming year to divert our attention to firefighting rather than the task of nation building,' warns Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Forget Munnar and Manali, these places in India are worth your time.
"I am supporting the Hindu side," lawyer M C Dhingra, appearing for Shia Wakf Board, told the bench.
Modi said Nepal and India can benefit if they cooperate and work together for the promotion of five Ts: Tradition, Trade, Tourism, Technology and Transport.
The submission was vehemently opposed by senior advocate C S Vaidyanathan, representing deity 'Ram Lalla', who said: "This is totally unwarranted".
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They won the women's discuss throw and men's shot put respectively at the Afro-Asian Games.
Imran said Sita White had asked him and his wife, Jemima, ten days before her death if the couple would be the girl's guardians.
The counsel stated that from the pillar bases, artefacts, circular shrine, intersecting brickbat walls found in excavation, an inference can be drawn that the massive structure was a temple and not any Islamic structure.
More than 25,000 classrooms of between 10,000 to 15,000 schools were destroyed by the deadly earthquake.
In comments that could kick up a row, Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said the government at the Centre is of 'Ram bhakts' (devotees) and those who shout 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans.
'The appearance of idols of deities inside Babri was not a miracle. It was a planned and surreptitious attack to put them on the intervening night of December 22-23, 1949'
'Lord Rama is still in the same shape as he was before the disputed structure fell...'
'It is best that an amicable solution to the dispute is found outside the precincts of the courts of law,' says former Union home secretary Dr Madhav Godbole.
The domestic airlines industry is estimated to have posted losses to the tune of over Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) in the previous fiscal, nearly 18 per cent down from a year ago.
The couple got engaged in a simple temple ceremony on February 27.
