| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-06-30 |
All members of the Ram Mandir trust are Hindus, the eight accused currently in jail are Hindus, and the trust members facing allegations are also Hindus.
accused religious identity
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communal religion |
not checked |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
The Sabarimala temple, where the theft occurred, is administered by the government-constituted Devaswom Board.
Devaswom Board control
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communal religion |
not checked |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
To stop such dishonesty, the administration, structure, and management systems of temples must be fundamentally reformed.
temple administration reform
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communal religion |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
About 20 years later, in 2019, it was decided to re-plate the dwarapalaka (gatekeeper) idols with a fresh layer of gold.
idol re-plating decision
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communal religion |
not checked |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-30 |
In 1998-99, industrialist Vijay Mallya donated a total of 30.291 kilograms of gold to the Sabarimala temple.
Mallya gold donation
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communal religion |
not checked |
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| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-30 |
The controversial video being circulated shows the man at around age 39, whereas he is now approximately 52-53 years old, i.e. the video is roughly 13 years old.
godman video age
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communal religion |
unverifiable |
60.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-30 |
The 'godman' at the centre of the current controversy is telling lie after lie to cover earlier lies, is trapped, and is trying to save his job.
godman controversy
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communal religion |
not checked |
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
In Kutch, Gujarat, authorities removed illegal encroachments from 89 sites on government land, including 27 religious structures, 49 commercial places and 13 other buildings, after claims that they were waqf properties were disproved.
waqf encroachment removal
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communal religion |
misleading |
72.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
In Bengal, police served a notice at Humayun Kabir's home requiring him to appear at two different police stations within two days over inflammatory speeches he gave on June 8 at Shaktipur and June 26 at Rejinagar, and three organizers of the event have been arrested.
inflammatory speech case
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communal religion |
accurate |
95.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
At his Bareilly event for the cow-as-national-mother campaign, only four people in a crowd of hundreds raised their hands as supporters, after which Swami Abhimukteshwaranand angrily abandoned the programme midway.
cow campaign flop
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communal religion |
unverifiable |
60.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
The anchor opines that the new trustees should have banking, finance and administrative capability, that a professional CEO should run the temple administration on the Tirupati model, and that an independent chief vigilance officer should be appointed.
temple administration reform
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communal religion |
not checked |
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
In the first round on July 6, Champat Rai and Anil Mishra will be removed from the Ram Mandir trust and, with one seat already vacant due to a death, three new trustees will be appointed.
trustee removal
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communal religion |
not checked |
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
The temple complex has a 15-foot-high, 4-kilometre-long wall, three-layer security, and 1,600 CCTV cameras including automatic number plate recognition and face recognition cameras.
temple security infrastructure
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communal religion |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
The administration transferred Ayodhya radio operations officer Arjun Dev to Gorakhpur; he had been posted in Ayodhya for 17 years, was responsible for monitoring all 1,600 CCTV cameras in the temple campus, and was a close friend of accused Tinnu Yadav.
CCTV officer transfer
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communal religion |
accurate |
75.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
Today Faizabad police, with court permission, interrogated Avinash Shukla in jail for about two hours; ₹8 lakh had been recovered from his house on June 5.
jail interrogation
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communal religion |
misleading |
68.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
Champat Rai has unilateral control over the temple trust because most trust members are very elderly or live far away, leaving Champat Rai and Anil Mishra to run all trust affairs and change rules at will.
trust governance failure
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communal religion |
misleading |
60.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
For about one and a half years the RSS and VHP repeatedly asked Champat Rai to build a proper system and appoint experts, but he remained adamant and refused.
ignored reform demands
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communal religion |
unverifiable |
60.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
Mint Corporation of India staff stayed about one and a half months at the temple for valuation of gold and silver, but Champat Rai had them removed, saying their cost was too high and they were not needed.
Mint valuers removed
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communal religion |
accurate |
60.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
The cash theft began during the Kumbh Mela, averaged ₹5-6 lakh per day, and by the time the matter surfaced on June 4 an estimated more than ₹4 crore had been stolen.
theft scale estimate
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communal religion |
unverifiable |
60.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
The reportedly missing diamond jewellery, gold and silver donations were found safe in Champat Rai's room, where he had kept them with full written accounts.
jewellery found safe
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communal religion |
inaccurate |
90.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
The SIT collected evidence over five days, confronted Subhash Srivastava and Tinnu Yadav, and interrogated about 70 people.
SIT investigation
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communal religion |
accurate |
72.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
Champat Rai initially did not want to hand the culprits over to police and argued they should be forgiven and moved to other work since the money had been recovered.
shielding of culprits
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communal religion |
accurate |
78.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
About ₹80 lakh, including 1,100 US dollars, was recovered from the counters' homes, more was found in their bank accounts, and a total of about ₹1 crore has been recovered so far.
stolen cash recovery
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communal religion |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
The theft was exposed when a cleaning worker found bundles of currency notes in the bathroom attached to the counting room, after which Champat Rai reviewed the CCTV footage and saw people pocketing notes.
theft discovery
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communal religion |
accurate |
82.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-30 |
The thieves were tipped off about a planned surprise frisking, hid the stolen money in bags in the bathroom before leaving, and the frisking found nothing on anyone.
tipped-off frisking
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communal religion |
accurate |
82.0% |