New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple Trust was holding a crucial meeting in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday to appoint a new General Secretary, fill three vacant positions in the Trust and deliberate on shortlisting and finalising the name of Chief Executive Officer (CEO).However, a decision regarding the selection of Temple Trust CEO, the first in its history, is unlikely given the humongous number of applications for the post.The Trust had invited applications for the…
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New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Amid the offering embezzlement row, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Wednesday is scheduled to hold a key meeting in Ayodhya to deliberate on administrative reforms, including the appointment of the Ram Temple’s first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the filling of three vacant positions in the Trust. However, sources said a final decision on the CEO’s appointment was unlikely as the screening process for applicants remains incomplete.According to sou…
Ayodhya, July 19 (IANS) Amid the controversy over the alleged embezzlement of donations made at the Ram Temple, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has called a meeting of all its trustees at 4 p.m. on July 22, Wednesday, a statement said on Sunday.The venue of the meeting will be Maniram Das Chhawani in Ayodhya.In a circular issued by the interim General Secretary of the Ram Temple Trust, Krishna Mohan, the temple body mentioned that the meeting will include discussions on the impendi…
Ayodhya, July 18 (IANS) The Ayodhya Police on Saturday took custody of Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu Yadav and his nephew Manish Yadav, the last two accused who are yet to undergo custodial interrogation in the Ram Temple donation theft case.A special court in Ayodhya on Friday had granted the police 39 hours’ custody remand of both the accused.The duo was taken into custody from the Ayodhya district jail on Saturday morning, following which investigators will begin what is expected to be the fi…
Ayodhya, July 12 (IANS) Amid the controversy over the alleged irregularities of donations made at Ayodhya’s Ram Temple, Tapasvi Chhawani Peethadhishwar Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya on Sunday said that he has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the appointment of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as a lifetime member of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and also the inclusion of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat as a trustee. In his letter, the Hindu seer also sou…
Vadodara, July 10 (IANS) The Congress on Friday called for a Supreme Court-monitored independent judicial investigation into alleged irregularities related to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, demanding the registration of FIRs against those it claimed were involved and questioning the Trust’s governance and financial transparency. Addressing a press conference, party national spokesperson Surendra Rajput alleged that donations and offerings made by devotees for the construction of …
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Joint General Secretary Surendra Jain on Friday welcomed the criterion set by the newly appointed search committee that the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust must have a “devotion to Lord Ram”.This comes in the aftermath of a controversy over the allegations of embezzlement of donations made at Ayodhya’s Ram Temple.The Ram Temple Trust has formed a search committee to strengthen administrativ…
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Friday launched an attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, accusing his government of running a “mobocracy” and executing a “global-standard corruption scandal” in the Mumbai-Pune Expressway ‘Missing Link’ project.A scathing editorial in the party’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ condemned the aggressive language used by CM Fadnavis against the opposition, questioning if the administration plans to physically silence thos…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday questioned the functioning of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the alleged embezzlement of donations made at Ayodhya’s Ram Temple, asking for a probe into the call detail records of the accused and seeking accountability of the temple trust’s senior officials.However, the Uttar Pradesh Ministers hit back, saying that Akhilesh Yadav should first seek blessings at the Ram Temple before making such statements.Ta…
Ayodhya, July 9 (IANS) Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust Treasurer Swami Govind Dev Giri on Thursday assured the nation that the Temple Trust is following all preventive measures to avoid any repetition of donation embezzlement allegation and also exhibited confidence that the appointment of a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will bring an overhaul in the workings of the organisation.After its meeting on Monday where the Ram Temple Trust accepted the resignations of General Secretary Champa…