| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
At Mumbai's largest Muharram procession, a man was distributing poisoned capsules to Shia Muslims claiming they were painkillers; police grew suspicious after a boy who ate one complained of vomiting and stomach pain.
Muharram poison plot
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communal religion |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
Police arrested a man at Mumbai's Muharram procession who was found with 3,000 capsules and 50 kg of zinc phosphide, a rat poison.
Muharram poison plot
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communal religion |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
More than 15 countries have their own versions of the Ramayana and about 2,000 temples worldwide are dedicated to Lord Ram, yet no country has a controversy over temple offerings like the one in India.
global Ram temples contrast
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
After these events, many people across the country are debating whether they should stop donating cash and jewellery to temples and instead donate fruits or help the poor.
temple donation debate
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-29 |
The Kothari brothers from Kolkata were shot dead by Uttar Pradesh police on 2 November 1990 because they were kar sevaks marching to the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya.
kar sevak killings 1990
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| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-29 |
The Congress-leaning lawyer's explanation of the Supreme Court's refusal (attributing it to court vacations) is the usual spin doctoring.
panelist spin accusation
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| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-29 |
The Supreme Court said there is no immediate need for an urgent hearing and that the matter can be listed after the court vacations; if the court had felt there was an urgent need it would have acted today.
Supreme Court plea rejection
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communal religion |
accurate |
80.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-29 |
The SIT has already submitted a 150-page preliminary report in the Ram Mandir donation theft case.
SIT preliminary report
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communal religion |
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
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communal religion |
misleading |
90.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-29 |
Champat Rai has already resigned from the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust, and Anil Mishra has also resigned.
Trust resignations
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communal religion |
accurate |
92.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-29 |
The SIT investigating the Ram Mandir donation theft comprises the Divisional Commissioner of Lucknow, an Inspector General of Police, and a Special Secretary (Finance).
SIT composition
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communal religion |
accurate |
95.0% |
| 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
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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
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communal religion |
accurate |
68.0% |
| Arnab Goswami |
2026-06-29 |
The political temperature in Uttar Pradesh is at boiling point; what started as a temple donation theft case in Ayodhya has exploded into an all-out high-stakes political war.
Ram Mandir donation theft
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
The Bhagwant Mann government surrendered before the Akal Takht today: 87 MLAs including Punjab ministers appeared before it, the government agreed to amend the sacrilege law, and the Akal Takht directed that its objections be rectified within one month.
sacrilege law standoff
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communal religion |
inaccurate |
80.0% |
| 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 |
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| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
Champat Rai, a Bijnor native, was formerly a chemistry teacher who was jailed during the Emergency, joined the RSS, was sent to work in the VHP when the temple movement began in 1989, and was named an accused by the CBI after the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992.
Champat Rai background
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communal religion |
misleading |
70.0% |
| 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
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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 |
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| 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% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
Champat Rai and Anil Mishra were first asked to resign, and two new names have been finalized as their replacements; the decision has already been made.
trust resignations
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communal religion |
inaccurate |
80.0% |
| Rajat Sharma |
2026-06-29 |
The RSS top leadership has decided that Champat Rai will be removed from the Ram Mandir complex and transferred far away from Ayodhya with a new responsibility.
Champat Rai removal
|
communal religion |
misleading |
60.0% |
| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
The Ram Mandir was built not with trust or government money but with donations from ordinary Hindu devotees.
temple funding source
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communal religion |
not checked |
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| Anjana Om Kashyap |
2026-06-28 |
The SIT investigation has found major security lapses at Ram Mandir: employees were not frisked after duty, dress codes were not enforced, CCTV monitoring was not properly reviewed, and some employees blocked cameras while thefts took place behind them.
temple security lapses
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