| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
In the 2021 land dispute, the temple trust was accused of buying land worth ₹2 crore from Ravi Mohan Tiwari and Sultan Ansari for ₹18 crore, and Tiwari is related by marriage to former Ayodhya mayor Rishikesh Upadhyay.
land purchase scandal
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communal religion |
not checked |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
The temple's MoU with State Bank of India for counting offerings — requiring joint presence of trust and bank officials, a dress code, and monthly rotation of bank staff — was not being followed on any condition.
SBI MoU violations
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communal religion |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
According to the temple trust, ₹152 crore was spent on temple complex construction between 1 April 2025 and 28 February 2026, including ₹87 crore on the boundary wall alone.
construction spending
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communal religion |
not checked |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
Champat Rai was appointed general secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on 19 February 2020, and no term limit was ever fixed for him or other trust members.
trust term limits
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communal religion |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
In the Ram Mandir offerings theft case, only low-level employees ('small fish') have been arrested so far.
Ram Mandir offerings theft
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communal religion |
accurate |
80.0% |
| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
During a two-day anti-encroachment bulldozer drive in Rajkot, Gujarat on 23–24 February, officials spent ₹27 lakh on tea and snacks, including over 21,000 cups of tea and hundreds of plates of snacks.
Rajkot tea expenses
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governance economy |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
When Sabarimala's gold-clad dwarapalaka idols were sent to Chennai in 2019, official records described them merely as copper plates, and investigators allege the heavy old gold layers were stolen and replaced with thinner new plating.
idol gold swap
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communal religion |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
In the 2021 land dispute, the temple trust was accused of buying land worth ₹2 crore from Ravi Mohan Tiwari and Sultan Ansari for ₹18 crore, and Ravi Mohan Tiwari is related by marriage to former Ayodhya mayor Rishikesh Upadhyay.
land purchase scandal
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communal religion |
not checked |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
The trust's MOU with State Bank of India mandated joint presence of trust and bank officials for opening donation boxes, a dress code for counting staff, and monthly rotation of bank officials, but none of these conditions were followed.
donation counting rules
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communal religion |
not checked |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
According to the temple trust, ₹152 crore was spent on temple complex construction between 1 April 2025 and 28 February 2026, including ₹87 crore just on the boundary wall, and ₹4 crore on guest house maintenance in 11 months.
trust expenditure
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communal religion |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
In the Sarla Bhatt murder case in Kashmir, it took 36 years just for the chargesheet to be filed.
Sarla Bhatt case delay
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crime |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
In Delhi, an alleged scam of ₹600 crore took place in the procurement of government medical equipment and medicines, and an FIR has now been registered.
Delhi health scam
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healthcare |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
Ram Mandir Trust members, unlike governments elected for 5-year terms, were appointed for indefinite terms with no fixed tenure.
trust tenure rules
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communal religion |
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
New RBI rules for banks take effect from 1 July, under which a bank found mis-selling insurance, mutual funds, or other financial products must refund the customer's full money.
RBI mis-selling refund rule
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governance economy |
misleading |
80.0% |
| Navika Kumar |
2026-06-29 |
A court order in the Sabarimala case says the Devaswom board had malicious motive, deliberately described the gold-clad dwarapalaka idols as copper plates and concealed their true nature.
Devaswom board concealment
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crime |
accurate |
92.0% |
| Navika Kumar |
2026-06-29 |
Despite substantial cash already being recovered on June 5, no formal police complaint was registered immediately and the FIR came much later, implying an attempted cover-up by the trust.
FIR delay cover-up
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crime |
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| Aman Chopra |
2026-06-29 |
There is a difference between faith and administration; linking administrative irregularities to faith is wrong, but irregularities in the administration (of the temple) did occur.
temple administration lapses
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communal religion |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
The WHO says Europe's homes, offices, and schools were simply not designed to withstand this kind of severe heat.
building heat unpreparedness
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environment |
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
The Supreme Court has declined an early hearing on the offering theft case and given a date of July 13.
Supreme Court hearing
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crime |
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Trustee Gopal Rao, questioned in the SIT investigation and whose role in the offering theft has been described as suspicious, is still seen participating in the Ram Mandir aarti and remains active in the trust.
trustee Gopal Rao
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communal religion |
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
The remand was not sought so that the accused would not name the big fish of the offering theft during interrogation; the investigation is being kept limited to eight small thieves to shield senior trust officials.
cover-up allegation
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crime |
not checked |
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Police arrested all eight accused late on the night of June 28, produced them in court on Friday, and did not seek remand.
no remand sought
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crime |
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
On June 5 police picked up Avinash Shukla from his home with cash recovered, but the Ram Mandir Trust filed no complaint, police registered no FIR, and he was released; now the same Avinash Shukla is accused number one in the FIR.
delayed FIR
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crime |
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| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Police did not seek remand of the eight arrested thieves from the court, so the court sent all eight accused to judicial custody until July 13.
police remand lapse
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crime |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-29 |
Despite resigning, Champat Rai has been allowed to stay in his post until July 6, and has been given immunity from any action until the Ram Mandir Trust meeting on July 6.
Champat Rai immunity
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communal religion |
misleading |
55.0% |