AYODHYA: The first Navratri festival at the Ayodhya temple after the consecration of Ram Lalla idol is all set to turn into a grand occasion.

AYODHYA: A Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) jawan was shot at under mysterious circumstances at the Ram Temple complex here on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Tata Power on Saturday said it has collaborated with the Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) to deploy charging points in and around the city on crucial routes to accelerate the adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs).

NEW DELHI: South Africa cricketer Keshav Maharaj visited the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on Thursday after linking up with the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) camp ahead of the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

AYODHYA: The Ayodhya administration is gearing up for the next big event of the year after the consecration ceremony held in January.

AYODHYA: Actor Priyanka Chopra along with her husband Nick Jonas, daughter Malti Marie and other relatives visited the Ram temple in Ayodhya, on Wednesday.

AYODHYA: After the consecration of Shri Ram temple in January, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is all set to revamp the 84 Kosi Parikrama in Ayodhya.

AYODHYA: Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Monday visited Ayodhya for darshan of Lord Ram Lalla at Ram Janmabhoomi temple.

AYODHYA: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh subsidiary ‘Krida Bharti’ will organise ‘Run-for-Ram' half marathon in Ayodhya on March 10.

SEOUL: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke of shared cultural heritage and longstanding people-to-people relations as he met Hong Tae-yong, Mayor of Gimhae City in South Korea on Wednesday.

BENGALURU: Karnataka BJP has demanded a comprehensive probe over the alleged threat to burn down the train returning from Ayodhya.

KARNATAKA: Union Minister for Coal, Mines and Law, Pralhad Joshi on Friday condemned Thursday’s incident where a group of men got into an argument with passengers and threatened to burn down a train returning from Ayodhya in Karnataka. He stated that the accused who issued the threat should be “booted into prison.”

BENGALURU: Karnataka BJP on Friday raised the issue of "threat to burn down the train returning from Ayodhya" in Legislative Council (LC).

VIJAYANAGARA: A man has been arrested on Friday on the charges of threatening to burn down train returning from Ayodhya to Hospet Railway station in Karnataka.

LUCKNOW: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has requested Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to provide land in Ayodhya for a guest house for Uttarakhand.

AYODHYA: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, accompanied by his cabinet and other state govt officials, will visit the Ram temple here on Thursday.

LUCKNOW: Chief Ministers of 12 BJP-ruled states along with deputy CMs of three states are scheduled to visit Ayodhya on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Divine superpower gave strength to kar sevaks to demolish the disputed structure in Ayodhya without using any tool which paved way for the construction of a grand temple at the birth place of Lord Ram, said Sadhvi Rithambara, who was present when the Babri Mosque was razed to the ground on December 6, 1992.

AYODHYA:The security forces in Ayodhya are on high alert despite no specific intelligence alert, but the police is taking no chances and all precautions are being taken to avoid any untoward incident.

NEW DELHI:  The BJP on Friday said that unveiling of the Adi Shankaracharya statue at Kedarnath by Prime Minister Narendra Modi or ongoing works at Varanasi and Deepotsav at Ayodhya are 'giant strides towards cultural rejuvenation'.

AYODHYA: As the construction work of the grand Ram temple in the city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh is going on in full swing, its foundation work is likely to be completed in November 2021 and from December 2023, devotees will be able to worship 'Ram Lala' in the new grand temple dedicated to Lord Ram.

AYODHYA: As Ayodhya gears up to witness a grand 'Deepotsav' on Wednesday evening, elaborate security arrangements have been made in the holy city with a seven-tiered system.

AYODHYA:  The Deepotsav celebrations in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya district began on a grand scale on Monday evening.

AYODHYA: A delegation from Sri Lanka has presented a rock from the epical 'Ashok Vatika' for the Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya.

AYODHYA:  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the Delhi government would arrange free-of-cost travel for senior citizens from Delhi to Ayodhya.

 BENGALURU: The first batch of five trucks carrying granite stones to be laid at the foundation of Ram temple has been dispatched from Karnataka's Sadahalli village and will reach Ayodhya in eight days.

AYODHYA:  The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided that nine lakh diyas (earthen lamps) would be lit in Ayodhya during 'Deepotsav' this year, while an additional 45 lakh 'diyas' would be lit in the homes of the beneficiaries of the BJP government's schemes.

AYODHYA:  One person was killed and three injured when assailants opened fire inside a Durga Puja pandal in Ayodhya's Faizabad Kotwali area, according to the police.

AYODHYA:  Eight ancient idols were stolen from a century-old temple in Ayodhya.

AYODHYA:  The seers in Ayodhya are up in arms over the inclusion of film actors in the Ram Lila planned during the Navratri in October.

AYODHYA:  Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh will kick-start their fourth 'Tiranga Yatra] in Ayodhya on Tuesday.

CHANDIGARH: Councilor Shakti Prakash Devshali has requested Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav to start a direct train service from Chandigarh to Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Ayodhya.

LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath government this year on Diwali will light up 7.5 lakhs 'diyas' on the Ghats of Saryu river in Ayodhya.The state government plans to break its 2020 record when it had lit up 5.5 lakh diyas (earthen oil lamps) during 'Deepotsav'.

AYODHYA(UP):A petition filed before President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, by Padma awardee Mohammad Sharif, has evoked a prompt response.
The President's secretariat informed that Sharif's July 19 petition has been forwarded to UP chief minister's office for necessary action.

LUCKNOW/AYODYA: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday reviewed the medical and health infrastructure in Ayodhya in view of the expected third wave of the Covid pandemic.

AYODHYA: President Ram Nath Kovind is expected to visit Ayodhya towards the end of August to offer prayers at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple.
The President is expected to be in the state from August 27-29.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed the development plan for Ayodhya as Uttar Pradesh government officials made a presentation which encompassed various aspects of Ayodhya's development.

NEW DELHI:"Ayodhya title dispute has legal issues, which should be addressed through a legal system," said Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, the Chief Justice-designate. He spoke to IANS on pressing legal issues and the road ahead especially on issues pertaining to access to justice for the people in rural areas.

AYODHYA: Six people were killed and two seriously injured in a Uttar Pradesh road accident in Ayodhya on Tuesday, involving two roadways buses, a DCM truck and a trailer.

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Archery Association (UPAA) will organise a national-level archery tournament in Ayodhya in August this year.
This will be the first national level archery event to be organised in the holy city.

MUMBAI: Actor Akshay Kumar will be heading to Ayodhya soon for the mahurat shot of his upcoming film "Ram Setu".
The actor will reach Ayodhya on March 18 along with the film's director Abhishek Sharma and creative producer Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi. It was the Dwivedi who came up with the idea of shooting the mahurat shot at Ayodhya,

AYODHYA: The Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has purchased an additional 7,285 square feet land, adjacent to the proposed complex.

LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath government has said that the proposed airport in Ayodhya will become functional early next year.
According to the government spokesman, the state government has released over Rs 321 crore for the land acquisition for the project.

BENGALURU: Prominent members of the Christians community in this tech city have collected Rs 1 crore as donation for the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Ashwath Narayan said on Sunday.

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will soon be visiting Ayodhya to review the progress of the developmental works that are being carried out to provide world-class facilities to the people coming to the city.

LUCKNOW: Two Delhi-based sisters have moved the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, claiming the ownership of the five-acre land allotted to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board for the construction of a mosque in Ayodhya, in accordance with the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case.

AYODHYA:The process for starting the construction of a mosque in the Dhannipur village in Ayodhya began on Tuesday.
The members of the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) that will oversee the mosque construction, unfurled the national flag on the occasion of Republic Day on Tuesday morning and this was followed by plantation of tree saplings by the chief trustee and the member trustees of the IICF.

LUCKNOW: Well-known singer Sonu Nigam on Monday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the latter's official residence in Lucknow.
The Chief Minister gifted the singer a coin launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a book on Kumbh Mela.

AYODHYA: On the 71st anniversary of India as a Republic, the foundation will be laid for the much-awaited mosque in Ayodhya on the five acres of land mandated by Supreme Court following the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid final verdict.

AYODHYA: In an unexpected development, Mahant Paramhans Das of Tapasvi Chhavni Ayodhya, has written a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind listing his seven demands.

LUCKNOW:Even as the world turns the spotlight on Ayodhya for the magnificent Deepotsav celebrations, the Yogi Adityanath government is working at a furious pace to develop 'Navya Ayodhya' -- a coordinated model of Vedic and modern city.

NEW DELHI: Paying tributes to India's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 145th birth anniversary at the 'Statue of Unity' in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the extension of the 'yagya' (mission) of reclaiming our cultural heritage at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh this year was started by Patel by ordering the reconstruction of the Somnath temple in Gujarat.

AYODHYA:Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath plans to develop the temple town of Ayodhya as an eco-friendly tourist point as it expects footfalls to manifold once the grand Ram Temple is functional.

LUCKNOW:The annual 'Deepotsav' programme in Ayodhya on the eve of Diwali, will not be scaled down due to the prevailing pandemic situation. The event, in fact, will be held on a grander scale this year, even though there will be minimal public participation.

AYODHYA:A bus carrying students from Prayagraj to Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh met with an accident in Ayodhya on Wednesday morning.

AYODHYA: A bus carrying students from Prayagraj to Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh met with an accident in Ayodhya early on Wednesday. Twenty-five students, the bus driver and a police constable were injured.

AYODHYA:Lucknow Customs in an overnight operation on Friday intercepted three truckloads between Faizabaad and Barabanki and took possession of around 65,000 kg of foreign origin Areca nuts which were being smuggled from Myanmar and Bangladesh

NEW DELHI:Not wanting a repeat of the political embarrassment it faced when party leaders spoke in different voices after abrogation of Article 370, the Congress is planning to formalise its strategy on the Ayodhya verdict to speak in one voice.

NEW DELHI:"Ayodhya title dispute has legal issues, which should be addressed through a legal system," said Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, the Chief Justice-designate. He spoke to IANS on pressing legal issues and the road ahead especially on issues pertaining to access to justice for the people in rural areas.