| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
People with salaries of only ₹15,000-20,000 were buying large plots of land and building big mansions, allegedly funded by stolen temple offerings.
disproportionate assets
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crime |
not checked |
— |
| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
A mansion on the Ayodhya-Lucknow highway in Sohawal tehsil is being built with money from the theft of ₹80 crore in temple donations.
assets from stolen funds
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crime |
not checked |
— |
| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
The offerings made at the Ram Mandir — the temple for which kar sevaks gave their lives — were stolen.
temple offering theft
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crime |
not checked |
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| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-29 |
India's top cricketers have remained silent on the Shoaib-Lashkar controversy.
Shoaib-Lashkar controversy
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entertainment sports |
accurate |
60.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-29 |
Track-two talks with Pakistan reportedly took place in Colombo, in a room that included American officials, British officials, and ex-ISI people, and someone sent Indian participants there.
track-two Pakistan talks
|
pakistan security |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-29 |
The Supreme Court today declined to urgently list a plea seeking a CBI-led investigation into the Ram Mandir donation theft, so those demanding a CBI probe are going against the Supreme Court's decision.
Supreme Court plea rejection
|
communal religion |
misleading |
90.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-29 |
Acharya Pramod Krishnam was formerly with the Congress and then joined the BJP; the Prime Minister attended an event at his Kalki Dham where he is building a huge temple, yet Krishnam now has no faith in the SIT.
Krishnam SIT distrust
|
communal religion |
accurate |
72.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-29 |
Pramod Krishnam, a Hindu scholar who is now with the BJP, is demanding a CBI inquiry into the Ram Mandir donation theft, which is not the BJP's official line.
CBI inquiry demand
|
communal religion |
accurate |
68.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
The Maharashtra TET paper was leaked with the trail leading to Bihar; alleged mastermind Vijendra Gupta of Samastipur was previously named in the Bihar teacher recruitment exam, NEET UG 2024, and Odisha SSC JE paper leak cases, and the gang was caught trying to sell the paper for ₹1.5 crore.
TET paper leak
|
education |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
Going by Yogi Adityanath's record so far, he will not spare anyone and will certainly ensure the culprits are punished.
Yogi's punishment record
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governance economy |
not checked |
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
Ayodhya's lawyers today announced a boycott of the donation-theft accused, demanded an FIR against Champat Rai, Anil Mishra and Gopal Rao, and warned Champat Rai to leave Ayodhya within three days or face a major agitation.
lawyers' boycott
|
crime |
accurate |
95.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
The bank had an inkling of the theft; SBI had advised three months earlier that the counting staff be changed and had begun the process, but Champat Rai and Anil Mishra opposed it and no one was removed.
ignored bank warning
|
crime |
accurate |
80.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
Six of the eight arrested accused were on SBI's payroll, and police suspect that SBI employees Gagandeep and Ritesh Chaturvedi helped the six accused, putting both of them on the police radar.
SBI staff involvement
|
crime |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
Anukalp Mishra, Lavkush Mishra, Avinash Shukla, Karunesh Pandey and Ramashankar Mishra were all put on cash-counting duty on Anil Mishra's recommendation, and SBI employees assigned there were even tenants in Anil Mishra's house.
cronyism in staffing
|
crime |
accurate |
72.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
Most of the people deployed in counting the offerings were appointed on Anil Mishra's recommendation, and Anil Mishra is also accused of amassing assets disproportionate to his income.
counting staff appointments
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crime |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
For one and a half years the RSS top leadership had been asking Champat Rai to appoint professionals and build a system, but he kept stalling and blocked a finalized CEO appointment by claiming Nanaji Deshmukh had once vetoed that person's appointment in Chitrakoot.
blocked professionalization
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communal religion |
unverifiable |
60.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
Champat Rai turned the Ram Mandir into his personal showroom, allowing no one else in and keeping the locks, keys, accounts, and cleaning all under his own control to maintain his grip on temple management.
temple control
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communal religion |
not checked |
— |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
Instead of taking legal action against those who looted the offerings, Champat Rai started an investigation into how the theft news leaked and which temple employee informed the media.
leak investigation
|
crime |
inaccurate |
78.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
Police requested Champat Rai to immediately file an FIR but he refused, and even after the matter leaked on June 6, he stated on June 7 that no notable irregularity had occurred.
FIR refusal
|
crime |
accurate |
70.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
Champat Rai received evidence of theft from temple offerings on June 4, and on June 5 he personally went to the homes of people seen on CCTV putting bundles of currency notes into their pockets.
theft cover-up
|
crime |
accurate |
80.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
Champat Rai promoted Tinnu Yadav from driving trust vehicles to being his personal driver, then to temple sevadar, entrusting him with supervising the counting of offerings, and Tinnu Yadav also held the keys to the donation boxes.
donation box access
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crime |
accurate |
88.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
When the government announced the Ram Mandir Trust members on February 5, 2020, Champat Rai's name was not on the list, but at the trust's first meeting 14 days later on February 19 he was made General Secretary.
trust appointment
|
communal religion |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
Although Mohan Bhagwat did not name Champat Rai, his remarks to RSS volunteers about ego and the Ram Mandir were a warning clearly directed at Champat Rai.
Bhagwat warning
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communal religion |
not checked |
— |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
Police have recorded Champat Rai's statement, are preparing to question Anil Mishra and Gopal Rao, and the eight arrested accused in the case have been sent to jail until July 13.
donation theft probe
|
crime |
accurate |
80.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
The Ram Mandir Trust's quarterly meeting, originally scheduled for July 11, has been moved up to July 6, and in this meeting the resignations of Champat Rai and Anil Mishra will be formally accepted.
trust meeting
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communal religion |
misleading |
80.0% |