The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has a proposal for the residents of Shahnawan, a village barely 10 km from Ayodhya.It has offered to build the ‘Babri Masjid’ there, but in turn wants the disputed site in Ayodhya to be handed over to Hindus to build the Ram temple.
‘Growth’ isn’t Always a Good Thing’
September 25, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
BY PRAFUL BIDWAI
IN a recent media interaction, Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh hinted that he might reshuffle his Cabinet. We don’t know what its shape will be. But it’s near-certain that he’ll replace Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) junior minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh with someone more pliable and pro-industry. Read more »
One last chance for Ayodhya settlement: SC
September 25, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
The Supreme Court has stopped the Allahabad high court from delivering its much-awaited verdict on the case over the ownership of the disputed site at Ayodhya on Friday, making a tiny room for a last-gasp attempt for a highly improbable negotiated settlement to the temple versus mosque tangle.
6,541 communal clashes between ’01 & ’09
September 25, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
As the country awaits the ruling of the Allahabad high court on the Ayodhya title suit with unease and foreboding, it is instructive to note that a whole generation has grown up since the cycle of violence associated with the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute that started in 1990.
Experts speak of satellite towns to ease pressure on metros
September 24, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
The future of metropolitan India lies in the creation of completely new urban centres, coupled with development of satellite towns around existing metros as one cannot run away from the fact that development is bound to happen, said experts in urban development.
Give and Take on Ayodhya
September 24, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
BY FIROZ BAKHT AHMED
THERE’S a mysterious lull before the declaration of the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid verdict from the Allahabad High Court, now postponed to September 28. However, the voices of sanity and reason implore that it would be best for Indian Muslims gracefully to offer the disputed patch of land in Ayodhya to their Hindu brethren for Ram Mandir, rather than allowing the issue to be misused by politically ambitious elements in both communities.
Govt directs hotels to follow pollution control standards
September 24, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
BY MICHAEL FISHER | NT
In an attempt to check the air and water pollution and waste management in the hotel industry, the Goa State Pollution Control Board has decided to subject the hotels to pollution control standards by charging them a pollution NOC fee.
India, Pak back to square one on J&K
September 24, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
Forget those tennis volleys; the verbal salvoes have returned. India and Pakistan have moved back to their 20th century positions on Kashmir, virtually erasing a decade of incremental progress that had brought the contentious issue off the boil and closer to resolution.
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Ayodhya’s verdict: This is Ramjanmabhoomi
September 24, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
While the Supreme Court has postponed until September 28 its hearing on a plea to defer the Allahabad high court’s verdict in the Ayodhya title suit, in the pilgrim town itself, there’s no dispute: The place was, and is, Ramjanmabhoomi for its Hindus.
18 years on, have we learnt the lessons of Ayodhya?
September 24, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
The Babri Masjid was demolished on December 6, 1992. The act triggered weeks of communal riots and a decade of distrust between Hindus and Muslims, culminating in carnage in Gujarat in 2002. Now, the ghost of the Babri Masjid has been stirring again.