The pilgrimage town's demographic and socio-economic indicators underline a lag with respect to the national average, and point to prospective policy options and areas that need attention
No law can prove a deterrent in the absence of institutions and capacity to enforce it, say experts. There is also a concern that any govt may repeal it as Parliament can't be prevented from doing so
Senior jurist and Vice Chancellor of NALSAR University of Law believes no excavation would have been ordered and the apex court's verdict might have been different had the mosque not been razed
NCP president Sharad Pawar is expected to meet his Congress counterpart Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Monday to discuss government formation
AIMPLB counsel Zafaryab Jilani said the members had collectively resolved to do so, since the order did not do justice to the Muslim parties
The Board asserted that under Shariah or Islamic law, the Muslims were restrained from accepting any compensation for mosque, whether in the form of land or other forms
"The land of the mosque belongs to Allah and under Sharia law, it cannot be given to anybody," AIMPLB secretary Zafaryab Jilani told reporters after a meeting of the board
He etched his name in the annals of history when a five-judge bench headed by him on November 9 brought an end to the Ayodhya land dispute
Soon after the verdict, the AIMPLB had expressing dissatisfaction with it and said the board was contemplating seeking a review of the judgment
Amid heightened security, members of the Muslim community on Friday offered prayers at various mosques in Ayodhya district, the first 'Jumma namaz' after the landmark verdict
More than three months after the reading down of Article 377, the Kashmir valley is frozen, now literally as well as figuratively
While designing the temple, Sompura planned for the main premises along with the disputed 2.77 acres of land
Justice Gogoi's name will also be remembered for heading a bench which gave clean chit to the Modi government twice
'Ramjanmabhoomi is a holy site for us and I am happy about the verdict', said eighty-three-year-old Ram Kishore Goswami
The seers submitted a new model of the temple, different from the model kept at Ayodhya's Karsevakpuram
The remarks came after Pak's Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood commented on the Indian Supreme Court's decision on Ayodhya, which he said was not in line with UNESCO's values of religious freedom
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He said the Jamiat had asserted that the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya case, based on evidence, will be respected by it
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"Nirmohi Akhara is also a trust so the members will decide on whether or not to join the government trust," Mahant Nritya Gopal Das said