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Allahabad HC greenlights inspection of Shahi Idgah Masjid

NEW DELHI: On Thursday, the Allahabad High Court allowed an application seeking the appointment for a commission to inspect the mosque complex of the Shahi Idgah Masjid. The mosque was built in Mathura on the orders of Emperor Aurangzeb in the 1670s. This update puts the issue back on the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Masjid […]

In Sirathu, UP’s Dy CM Still A Precocious Kid Who Helped Father Sell Tea, Worked As Newspaper Hawker

SIRATHU(KAUSHAMBI): Tucked away inside an uneventful corner of Sirathu village, 73-year-old Dhanpati Maurya rubs her eyes in disbelief how her son, who once dutifully helped his father Shyamlal sell tea or worked as a newspaper hawker, has become a prominent figure in UP. For Dhanpati, the life is still about drying her sarees on a […]