India

In a unanimous verdict, the Supreme Court on Saturday paved the way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, while directing the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque.

Citing a media report in this regard, Jairam Ramesh asked if it was only to make PM Modi's government look good on GDP growth rates.

The historic judgment of the Supreme Court directed the Centre to form within three months a trust which will build a temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. The court upheld the ASI report, which concluded that a temple existed at the disputed site.

As per rituals, Lord Ram dons different coloured clothes on different days of the week. However, this code will be broken for Sunday’s celebrations after the SC verdict.

While Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had said pilgrims coming from India would not need passports to travel via the corridor, the Pakistan Army had contradicted his statement — leading to much confusion.

Kolkata IMD said that the cyclone’s landfall process has started. The cyclone has begun entering the landmass, but the entire process will take three hours to complete before the eye of the storm lies over land.

He said however that he cannot speak more about the verdict which was pronounced by the 5-judge Constitution bench that had a marathon hearing of 40 days from August 6 to October 16.

On November 9, the Supreme Court of India settled the decades-old Ayodhya title dispute.

Imran Khan, who congratulated the Sikh community on the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, said the historic opening of the Kartarpur corridor is a testimony to Pakistan's commitment to regional peace.

Syed Ahmed Bukhari said Muslims in the country want peace and they had already said that they would accept whatever judgment the apex court delivers.

Justice Nazeer was also the part of the five-judge bench in the 'triple talaq' matter but had delivered a minority verdict along with then Chief Justice of India JS Khehar.

It is learnt that Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi wanted to be out along with the four judges giving them a break from the hectic schedule in the run-up to the judgement pronounced today morning.

The arguments in the matter were the second longest after the landmark Keshvanand Bharti case in 1973 during which the proceedings for propounding the doctrine of basic structure of the Constitution continued for 68 days.

In an unanimous verdict, the top court cleared the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque.

Chief Secretary DK Tiwari directed all the district administrations to keep security forces in 'alert-mode'. The chief secretary directed the DCs and SPs not to give permission for any religious or social functions as of now.

Days before the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya land dispute, Kameshwar Chaupal says the Ram Temple should be built at the site with cooperation of all religions and sects.