The Madhya Pradesh High Court has delivered a landmark verdict in the decades-old Bhojshala-Kamal Maula dispute in Dhar, declaring the disputed complex a temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati). The court dismissed the Muslim side’s claim over the site and cancelled the 2003 ASI arrangement that allowed Friday namaz at the premises. While the ASI will continue managing the monument, the right to perform religious rituals has now been granted to the Hindu side. Congress leader Arif Masood rejected the verdict, saying, “We are not accepting today’s decision of the High Court.” 

A pilgrimage to Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu turned into a nightmare of fire and chaos as Gen Z-led riots erupted across the city. Amid the unrest, a hotel fire at the Hyatt Regency claimed the life of a Ghaziabad woman, leaving her husband gravely injured after a desperate attempt to escape the flames. Eyewitnesses report panic and destruction as protesters turned rage into devastation, forcing guests to jump from upper floors in a fight for survival. Tragically, the wife did not survive, leaving her husband and son devastated, while the pilgrimage that began in devotion ended in unimaginable grief.