The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) will intensify its Hanuman Shakti Jagran yatras to ensure that it remains at the centre stage of Ayodhya temple politics.
The VHP launched its Hanuman yatras in August but failed to evoke any public response.

The Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh is now working at a furious pace to consolidate Muslim support in its favour.
The party is elated at the response it received from Muslims after Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav publicly criticised the Ayodhya verdict and said that the judgment was based on “faith and not on facts”. According to sources, Samajwadi Party leaders will now fan out into districts and hold meetings with local Muslims.

The high-powered committee of saints and seers, including VHP leaders, which met Wednesday in Ayodhya, rejected the idea of a division of the disputed Ram Janambhoomi land, and said they (Ram Lalla Virajman, one of the plaintiffs) would challenge the high court verdict in the Supreme Court. They appealed to Muslims to hand over their share for construction of the temple.

The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has decided to challenge the Allahabad high court verdict on the Ayodhya title suits in the Supreme Court.

The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has decided to challenge the Allahabad high court verdict on the Ayodhya title suits in the Supreme Court. A unanimous decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the board’s working committee here on Saturday. The Nirmohi Akhara, a party in the title suit case, has also announced its decision to challenge the high court verdict in the Supreme Court.

The Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Maulana Syed Ahmad Bukhari, on Thursday lost his cool and physically assaulted a local journalist who asked him some questions related to the Ayodhya dispute.

Defiance is a term rarely heard in the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) but the ongoing panchayat elections amply indicate that a quiet defiance is raising its head in the ruling party.

Twenty-two persons were injured in separate incidents of violence that marred the first phase of panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh. Violence was reported from Gonda, Ferozabad, Agra and Balrampur districts.

UP tourism is now ready to market the new identity of Lucknow, hitherto known as the City of Nawabs.
According to UP Tourism officials, the state capital will now be known as a City of Memorials.

The proposed formula for an out-of-court settlement on the Ayodhya issue now includes a temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi site and a mosque outside the disputed land but within the Panch Kosi Parikrama area.