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Temple Trust chief Champat Rai has resigned as the Ram Mandir donation embezzlement investigation widens, intensifying scrutiny over the handling of temple funds. Police say digital evidence contradicts key claims made by murder accused Siya Goyal in the investigation into realtor Ketan Agarwal’s death. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday message for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan…

Union minister Kiren Rijiju (File photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday drew a parallel between Rahul Gandhi and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal after the Congress MP expressed “regret” before the Madhya Pradesh high court over his remarks on Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s son, Kartikey Singh Chouhan.In a post on X,…

On the ongoing controversy over the Ram Mandir donation embezzlement row, Yogi Adityanath said that government took action against those accused immediately after the SIT submitted its report. NEW DELHI: A day after an FIR was registered over the alleged embezzlement of donations received at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi…

“Birthday wishes to Union minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Ji,” PM Modi wrote on X. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday received a community note on his X post after he wished Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on his birthday, days after the NEET retest, which was necessitated by the leak of the question paper…

Japanese PM Takaichi to undertake first official visit to India to take part in 16th India-Japan Annual Summit NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday confirmed the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to India as part of her three-day official visit to the country, noting that during her visit, the…

India’s Operation Amistad for Venezuela (Image courtesy: https://x.com/adgpi) NEW DELHI: India on Friday launched Operation Amistad (“friend” in Spanish) to support earthquake-hit Venezuela, with two Indian Air Force (IAF) C-17 aircraft carrying a field hospital unit and more than 35 tonnes of relief supplies.Announcing the operation in a post on X, external affairs minister Subrahmanyam…

The seer criticised the functioning of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and claimed that the temple’s affairs had not been managed in accordance with religious traditions. NEW DELHI: Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Jyotirmath on Friday questioned the FIR registered in the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, alleging that…

MEA auctions gifts received by dignitaries to public for the first time NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs has opened its Toshakhana collection to the public for the first time, auctioning around 300 gifts received by senior officials during international trips, with items ranging from Rolex watches to silver daggers and gold biscuits.The auction,…

The identities of six Indian armed forces personnel who laid down their lives during Operation Sindoor have been made public for the first time NEW DELHI: The identities of six Indian armed forces personnel who laid down their lives during Operation Sindoor, India’s military response to the Pahalgam terror attack in May last year, have…

Yesterday, eight people named in an FIR over the alleged embezzlement of temple donations were arrested. NEW DELHI: Champat Rai has resigned as general secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on moral grounds amid ongoing row over the alleged embezzlement of donations received by the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, news agency ANI…