The veteran leaders of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi were invited on Tuesday (Dec 19) to attend the consecration ceremony of Ram Temple in northern India's Ayodhya scheduled to be held on January 22, 2024.

India: BJP veterans LK Advani, MM Joshi to make 'every effort' to attend Ram Temple consecration ceremony

A special CBI court in Lucknow on Wednesday will deliver the verdict in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The verdict will be delivered by judge SK Yadav. The judge had earlier directed all 32 accused to be present in the special court on September 30 during the announcement of the verdict.

CBI court set to deliver Babri Masjid demolition case verdict

After making a comeback with a massive majority in Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah visited veteran leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi on Friday morning to seek blessings.

Lok Sabha election 2019: PM Modi, Amit Shah visit LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi after landslide victory

Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi addresses press. Listen in...

India Votes: Murli Manohar Joshi addresses press

After the May 2014 victory, the Bharatiya Janata Party under the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo decided to bench its newly elected MPs of seventy years and above. None was given a ministerial berth, and the tallest among them were designated as ‘mentors’.

L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi's exit from electoral fray: The old has to make way for the new

The Bharatiya Janata Party has asked former BJP president and Lok Sabha MP Murli Manohar Joshi not to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, his office said. The move is being seen in line of the party's decision to not field some its veteran candidates, those ageing over 75 years.

Lok Sabha polls 2019: Murli Manohar Joshi asked not to contest, says his office

WION's Raghvendra Rao explains how the election will take place

Process to elect next President of India begins today