The Latest Breaking News from Inauguration

During the recent inauguration of a lift irrigation project at Periyapatna by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, a technical malfunction had the authorities fuming and squirming. For, the mechanism to pump water to 150 lakes as envisaged under the project failed to switch on at the key moment of inauguration, much to…

This week started off with the inauguration of the Ram Mandir by the dear leader, and our usual suspects could not stop fawning over it. So, we decided to take a trip down memory lane. 

It isn’t surprising that a large section of the western commentariat is ill-equipped to grasp the exuberant and deep resonance of the Indian populace with the Ram Mandir inauguration in Ayodhya. The inability to do so is often a case of lack of frames; the blinkered view missing most of…

As sections of the Indian press adopted a celebratory tone in the run-up to the pran pratishtha ceremony, ad rates surged, pages on Ayodhya turned daily, and there were special media campaigns for the Ram Mandir inauguration led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Ram Temple on Monday amid loud cheers and hoards of prominent personalities from across the country making it to different rows on the temple’s premises in Ayodhya. 

Editorial: The inauguration of the temple erased divisions between politics and religion in a theoretically secular state

The temple inauguration marks the culmination of a decades-long dispute over a site Hindus believe is the birthplace of the god Ram. Critics call the temple a monument to India's eroding secularism.

Although the State government had not declared a public holiday, some schools in Bengaluru declared a holiday on Monday on account of the inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Several others organised live screening of the ceremony in schools. 

Pakistan expresses concern over the inauguration of Ram temple in Ayodhya, citing growing majoritarianism in India.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new Ram temple in Ayodhya, fulfilling a promise in an election year. The controversial temple stands on ...

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called upon people to reaffirm their commitment to the secular credentials of the nation and its Constitution by declining to be a part of the inauguration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya.