BJP claim on Ram temple another lie: Congress

August 27th, 2009 MUZAFFARNAGAR - A unique temple in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district is dedicated to cattle. Devotees from far off places come to offer prayers for the well being of their animals.

May 22nd, 2009 AYODHYA - The convener of the 'religion protection organization', Mahant Gyandas, has triggered a fresh controversy in Ayodhya by saying that the Ram temple will be built in the city. He said a final decision about what approach to take for fulfilling the Ram temple dream will be taken in March 2010 when the saints from across the country will gather in Haridwar to take a dip in the holy Ganges on the occasion of 'Maha Kumb'.

May 9th, 2009 BILASPUR - The Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Saturday termed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government as the 'mother of all ills' and assured voters that the construction of a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya was still on his party's agenda.

April 22nd, 2009 AYODHYA - Construction of controversial Ram Temple is occupying centre stage in Ayodhya, which votes on Thursday. Reviving the issue, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said it will construct the temple at its site in Ayodhya.

April 17th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy prayed separately at the famous Lord Venkateshwara temple in Tirupati.

April 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Terming the BJP manifesto as being of "no value", the Congress on Friday said the right-wing is out of tune and raking up old issues like the Ram Temple and cow protection. "BJP has lost its way and is "not in tune" with India.

March 27th, 2009 AYODHYA - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vinay Katiyar reiterated the party's promise of constructing a temple dedicated to Lord Ram on the ruins of a razed mosque. Katiyar along with saints visited the city and denied that the party had put the controversial proposal on the backburner.

March 22nd, 2009 VRINDAVAN - A controversy has erupted in the Bankey Bihari temple here after the authorities installed a bullet-proof glass in front of the deity, which devotees say comes in the way of worshipping the deity of Sri Krishna. The administration said the glass shield has been installed in the wake of threats received by the temple.

March 15th, 2009 KOLKATA/BENGALURU - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said that it would construct a Ram temple in Ayodhya that has been a flashpoint of tension between both Hindus and Muslims for years. Denying that the party had put the controversial proposal on the backburner, senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi said that his outfit would make a new law to facilitate construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya if voted to power.

March 3rd, 2009 PATNA - Admirers of Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi are building a temple dedicated to the couple in Bihar. It will come up in a village in Kaimur district, about 150 km from here.

February 15th, 2009 SHIMLA - Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient monolithic temple in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district. 'We have discovered the remains of a rare, ancient monolithic Ardhnarishwar temple on the banks of the Beas river near the Panchvaktra Mahadev temple in Mandi town,' archaeologist O.C.

February 6th, 2009 NAGPUR - With general elections round the corner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said the party was committed to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya. The Congress termed the promise a lie.

February 6th, 2009 NAGPUR - Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls expected in April-May, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday sounded the Ayodhya bugle, saying a grand Ram temple would definitely be built in the Uttar Pradesh town where the 16th century Babri masjid once stood. BJP president Rajnath Singh, addressing the party national council meeting on the second day of the party conclave here, said that building a temple to Lord Ram was the party's 'nishtha and aastha (vow and aspiration)' and they were looking for an opportunity to build the temple at Ayodhya, where fundamentalists demolished the Babri masjid in December 1992.

January 15th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The daily rituals at 12th century Jagannath Temple in Orissa’s Puri city were delayed for over six hours Friday after a foreigner allegedly entered into the temple premises - an act seen as defiling the premises. The man who claimed himself to be Sebastian, 45, from Chile and a Hindu tried to enter the temple premises early Friday morning soon after the main gate opened, but was prevented by the policemen deployed there, the police said.

January 14th, 2009 PATNA - Muslims have joined hands with Hindus to lay the foundation of a new temple, dedicated to the sun god, in a Bihar town. The two communities got together to lay the foundation of a temple at Manikpur Bazar in Kurtha in Arwal district, about 80 km from the state capital.