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Contested Place of Worship: History and context of the Gyanvapi Mosque imbroglio
The resurrection of a medieval episode of Mughal ruler Aurangzeb's desecration of one particular temple in the ancient city of Kashi (Varanasi) makes it necessary to revise the sequence of developments that precede the edifice that stands as Gyanvapi mosque, adjacent to the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple situated on the western banks of river Ganga.
Assam flood: 18 dead; over 8.39L hit in 32 districts
According to the officials of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) the fresh deaths were reported from Cachar (2), Nagaon, and Hojai districts while one person is missing in Cachar district. An ASDMA release said 8,39,691 people, including 1,45,126,children, of 3,246 villages in 32 districts have been affected. It said that a total of 24,749 stranded persons have been evacuated with the help of disaster response forces and volunteers.
Quad Summit's focus will be Indo-Pacific region: Foreign Secretary
"One of the primary focuses of the Quad is the Indo-Pacific region and naturally when the leaders sit together they would talk about developments in the Indo-Pacific region, challenges in the Indo-Pacific region and the areas of concern," he said in a special media briefing, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Tokyo from May 22 to 24.
Gyanvapi Masjid Row: how it has played out since 1991
Thirty years later in 2021, the Allahabad High Court stayed proceedings in the Kashi Vishwanath Mandir-Gyanvapi Masjid case in a Varanasi court, suspending a controversial archaeological survey of the premises to determine whether a Hindu temple was partially razed to build the 17th-century mosque.
India reports 2,323 fresh Covid cases, 25 deaths
In the same period, 25 new fatalities were reported which increased the overall death toll to 5,24,348. The active caseload of the country marginally declined to 14,996 cases, accounting for 0.03 per cent of the country's total positive cases. The recovery of 2,346 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,25,94,801 Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.75 per cent.
J&K delimitation commission order comes into effect
"In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 62 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019), the Central Government hereby appoints the 20th day of May, 2022, as the date on which the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Order No. 1, dated the 14th March, 2022 and Order No. 2, dated the 5th May, 2022, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (iii), vide numbers O.N. 6 (E)
India's spiritual civilisation has never been threatened: Ajit Doval
India may not have been an economically very big country in the past and has suffered many ups and downs in centuries but its spiritual civilisation was never threatened by any other country, he said. Speaking at the occasion of a book launch -- 'Ganga', by the Draupadi Dream Trust, he said that when a state becomes a nation, it has several tangents and components but civilisation and culture play a bigger role in making a state as a nation.
Assam floods: 14 people dead, over 8 lakh affected
Assam State Disaster Management Authority officials said that the four deaths were reported from Cachar (2), Nagaon, and Lakhimpur districts. The Army, the Assam Rifles, the National Disaster Response Force, and the State Disaster Response Force, along with the district administrations, are working round the clock to rescue the stranded people and to provide relief to the marooned citizens.
Ascertainment of religious character of place of worship not barred by 1991 Act: SC
A bench, headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices Surya Kant and P.S. Narasimha said: "Ascertainment of religious character is not barred under Section 3 (of the Places of Worship Act, 1991)." It told senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, representing the masjid committee: "Suppose there is a Parsi temple and there is a cross in the corner of the area. Does the presence of Agyari make the cross Agyari or Agyari Christian? This hybrid character is not unknown in India."
Time to reject fake narratives on martyrs in Kashmir
Martyrdom is an integral part of Islamic culture, faith reaffirmed by death in its cause. Militants were quick to adopt martyrdom as a way of indoctrination, fuelling belief in viewing death as a means of achieving paradise. This helped in recruitment, fundraising and action, a unity with religion and ummah, the community. In Kashmir, Pakistan gave this irrational belief a diabolical twist.
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