Ayodhya,   The cost of construction of the grand Ram temple is expected to be around Rs 1,800 crores.

Champat Rai, general secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, told reporters that this was a revised estimate.

He said this after a meeting of the trust on Sunday e

Lucknow,  An embellished Krishna idol, rare brass Ram idol standing in 'Abhay mudra', handcrafted Padmanabhan Swami memento, and a Bharat Mata is not something you would expect in the office of a chartered accountant (CA), filled with stacks of files.

The Lucknow-based CA-turned-curator Ashish Ve

New Delhi,  Forum of Academics for Social Justice has written a letter to the Vice Chancellor of Delhi University (DU) Professor Yogesh Kumar Singh and Registrar Dr. Vikas Gupta, demanding that before commencement of the admission process for SC, ST, OBC quota in UG, PG, PhD courses in DU colleges, subject wise data of

Varanasi,  Prohibitory orders under Section 144 have been imposed in Varanasi, ahead for the verdict by the district judge on the maintainability of the suit seeking worshiping right at Shringar Gauri and other deities in Gyanvapi mosque compound, filed by five women plaintiffs.

Varanasi Commissioner of

New Delhi,  A police team, which went to arrest an auto-thief in north Delhi on Sunday, got embroiled in controversy when it fired and hit him in his jaw, instead of his leg, as he pulled out a weapon on seeing them.

The incident happened behind Lakshmibai College.

The thief, identified Ri

New Delhi,  The Customs officials seized 12 kg gold worth Rs 5.4 crore from a group of 23 Sudanese passengers who had arrived at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai from Dubai.

The official said that the group of 23 Sudanese gathered and attempted to clear the green channel by cre

New Delhi,  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday arrested a resident engineer of a private company based in Gurugram and three other persons including the bribe giver in an alleged bribery case of Rs 15 lakh.

A senior CBI official said that a case was registered against Anil Kumar Singh, t

Bhopal,  Prominent Hindu seer -- Shankaracharya of Jyotish, Dwarka and Sharda peeth -- Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati died at his ashram in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district on Sunday.

The 99-year-old seer -- perhaps the oldest surviving Shankaracharya, passed away following prolonged illness.