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Over Rs 1.3 crore has been raised for a Babri Masjid-style mosque initiated by suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir in Murshidabad. Cash and online donations continue to pour in as the project becomes a major political flashpoint ahead of Bengal’s elections

Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir announced a Quran recital by 1 lakh people in February, following his foundation-laying of a Babri Masjid-style mosque in Murshidabad, amid a backdrop of Gita chanting by five lakh voices in Kolkata

The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation is targeting April 2026 for the rollout of the Dhannipur mosque project, pending ADA and FCRA approvals. Land constraints, funding gaps and design changes continue to delay the long-awaited project allocated after the 2019 Supreme Court verdict

Former Babri Masjid litigant Iqbal Ansari says peace and brotherhood prevail in Ayodhya after the 2019 Supreme Court verdict. As UP remains on high alert on the demolition anniversary, he highlights the city’s development and acceptance of the Ram temple ruling.

West Bengal's Trinamool Congress suspended Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir for proposing to build a ‘Babri Masjid’ in Murshidabad, citing gross indiscipline and communal politics; Kabir plans to resign and launch a new political outfit ahead of December 6

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's remarks claiming Nehru wanted to fund Babri Masjid with public money drew sharp criticism from Congress, SP, TMC, and NCP leaders, who accused him and the BJP of twisting history and distracting from pressing national issues

It is perplexing why the lower courts continue to entertain petitions on religious structures despite the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act

It may bring prosperity to a minuscule political group, but the nation — Hindus, Muslims and all other religious groups — will suffer at the end

The recent revision on NCERT textbooks is deeply problematic and smacks of narrow-mindedness

AIMIM chief says children should know that a functioning masjid was "desecrated" in 1949 and then demolished by a mob in 1992

Zufar Farooqui, the chief trustee of the Indo Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) Trust responsible for constructing the mosque in Ayodhya's Dhannipur village, stated that preparations are underway for the scheduled commencement of work in May

Police forces were deployed at sensitive places in the city in view of the calls by some Muslim organisations to observe black day.

The IICF is a trust formed to build a mosque and other community facilities including a hospital on the five-acre plot at Dhannipur in Ayodhya as mandated by the Supreme Court in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid verdict

Hyderabad MP stressed that the country needed a third alternative apart from BJP and Congress.

The Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) has given clearance to the mosque complex layout in Dhannipur village in a recent board meeting.

A Special CBI Court in 2020 acquitted the 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case.

On 30th anniversary of demolition of Babri Masjid at Ayodhya, the Hyderabad MP tweeted that desecration and demolition of Babri Masjid is a symbol of injustice.

The nationwide crackdown on the Popular Front of India (PFI) has turned the spotlight on the radical Islamic outfit responsible for several violent attacks, indoctrination, armed training and funding terrorist activities. Though the organisation has an explicitly toxic agenda and a history of carrying out political murders, the previous attempts at prosecuting its leaders did […]

Hyderabad: Ever since a court in Varanasi ordered a videography survey of the Gyanvapi mosque, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has been expressing the apprehension that another Babri Masjid will happen. The MP from Hyderabad faulted the order of the lower court saying it violates The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 and was passed without […]

While scores of Muslims are in awe of its work, a significant section believes it has reduced Islam to a set of rituals