Rath yatra

Traffic congestion was witnessed at Ferozepur Road, Pakhowal Road, Gurdev Nagar, College Road, Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar Road, Barewal Road, South City, Dandi Swami Road and several other parts of the city.  read more

Video shows thousands of devotees standing on either side of the road as the vehicle passed. read more

Police officials said hundreds of devotees of Lord Jagannath were pulling the iron chariot when it came in contact with the high power transmission lines. read more

The chariots of Lord Jagannath, his elder brother Lord Balabhadra and younger sister Devi Subhadra were pulled by the devotees on the streets called Badadanda as people played drums, trumpets and sang devotional songs. read more

Amit Shah, who continues as the national Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President, was on his first visit to home state Gujarat after being inducted in the Union Council of Ministers. read more

Anticipating a congregation of around 10 lakh devotees on the Rath Yatra day, 10,000 strong force have been deployed on the ground, while personnel of Indian Navy and Coast Guard will patrol in the sea, the official said. read more

Gaikwad’s focus is clear –the failure of the Narendra Modi-led Government, and Shewale’s poor performance in raising his voice in Delhi to make Mumbai a world-class city. read more

Fifteen years on, Gaikwad, 79, is hoping to repeat history, this time taking on the sitting Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale, who is 34 years younger to him. read more

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the West Bengal government on a petition by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seeking permission to take out a ‘rath yatra’ in the state. read more

The three-phased rath yatra, also being called the ‘Save Democracy Rally’, was scheduled to begin on December 7. read more

The Supreme Court in the coming days will be dealing with a bunch of urgent cases such as Rafale, BJP’s petition seeking permission to hold rath yatra in West Bengal, and the Ram Janambhoomi - Babri Masjid title dispute. read more

The Supreme Court on Monday declined an urgent hearing on a BJP plea challenging a Calcutta high court order disallowing its Rath Yatras in the state. read more

On December 22, a divisional bench of the Calcutta High Court had put on hold the order by a single-judge bench allowing the party to hold three rath yatras in the state. The BJP had planned to flag-off its first rally from the temple town of Tarapith... read more

Last week, a divisional bench of the Calcutta High Court had stayed the order by a single-judge bench allowing the party to hold its rath yatras. The BJP had planned to flag-off its first rally from the temple town of Tarapith in Birbhum district. read more

The momentum that the saffron camp built around the proposed yatra appears to be fizzling out read more