LUCKNOW, JAN 31: In a major turn of events, the Varanasi district court has allowed worship of deities inside the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque by the priests of Kashi Vishwanath temple trust here on Wednesday. Varanasi District Court judge Dr AK Vishvesha issued this order while disposing the plea of Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas, […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,AUG 4 :The Supreme Court on Friday refused to halt the ASI survey which is currently being carried at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, dismissing a plea filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee against the Allahabad High Court’s order allowing it. A bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj […]Continue Reading
PRAYAGRAJ,JULY 26: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday extended the stay on a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises by the Archaeological Survey of India till Thursday. After hearing a plea by Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, which manages the mosque, against the ASI survey, Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker posted the matter for further hearing on Thursday. […]Continue Reading
VARANASI,JULY 24: A 30-member team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) entered the Gyanvapi complex on Monday morning to carry out a scientific survey in accordance with court orders to determine if the mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple was built upon a temple. Besides the ASI team, which entered the complex […]Continue Reading
Varanasi, May 15: The videography survey of the Gyanvapi Masjid complex here is being carried out for the second consecutive on Sunday amid tight security, officials said. The survey was stalled last week amid objections by the mosque committee, which claimed that the advocate commissioner appointed by the court for the survey did not have […]Continue Reading