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Illegal liquor worth Rs 50 lakh seized in Prayagraj

PRAYAGRAJ: The Special Task Force (Prayagraj unit) on Monday claimed to have busted an interstate racket involved in liquor smuggling and arrested its two key operatives near Wahida power house on Prayagraj - Varanasi highway and seized illegal liquor consignment worth Rs 50 lakhs from them.

The Times of India

Varanasi: Let there be communal harmony and peace, says Gyanvapi judge

VARANASI: 'Let communal harmony and peace prevail (bhaichara bana rahe)', with this advice, Varanasi district judge Ajay Kumar Vishvesha handed over the copies of court commission report on Gyanvapi to the four plaintiffs on Monday.

The Times of India

Reporters Without Orders Ep 221: Targeting Gyanvapi mosque

Host Nidhi Suresh is joined by Aishwarya Iyer of Scroll who talks about her series on the Hindutva campaign around the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

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Gyanvapi row: Vedic Sangh chief seeks ban on disclosing survey details

NEW DELHI: Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh chief Jitendra Singh Visen, one of the plaintiffs supporting the petitioners in the Shringar Gauri case, requested the Varanasi district magistrate on Friday to ban publication and disclosure of photographs and video from a survey of Gyanvapi mosque “in the interest of national security…

The Times of India

Gyanvapi case | Hindu plaintiffs suit not maintainable, says mosque panel

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The Hindu

Gyanvapi and the principle of non-retrogression

The Supreme Court of India must ensure the continuity of this doctrine of progressive realisation of rights

The Hindu

Budget for overall development of Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath

U.P. budget blends measures to augment farming, technological innovations and employment in the State along with elaborate architectural constructions to further the Hindu cultural narrative

The Hindu

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Dispute over mosque becomes religious flashpoint in India

For nearly three centuries, Muslims and Hindus in India’s Varanasi city have prayed to their gods in a mosque and a temple that are separated by one wall

The Independent UK

Gyanvapi, Mathura case hearings on May 26

New civil suit seeking right to worship on Varanasi mosque premises transferred to fast-track court

The Hindu

Fact check round-up: Misinformation on Gyanvapi mosque survey

Here is a compilation on various claims going around regarding Kashi Viswanath temple and Gyanvapi mosque, and the truth behind them.

The Hindu

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Today's hearing complete in Varanasi district court; order for further hearing tomorrow

Today's hearing regarding Gyanvapi mosque case has been completed in Varanasi district court. The court has reserved the order and will decide tomorrow on further hearing. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Varanasi: Gyanvapi case hearing to start in court of district judge on Monday

VARANASI: The court of district judge would start hearing of Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case (no-693/2021 Rakhi Singh Vs UP government and others) on Monday since all the related files were transferred to it on Saturday in compliance with the Supreme Court’s May 20 order of shifting the trial from civil judge…

The Times of India

Delhi’s historic mosques’ fountain connection

At the Fatehpuri Masjid, there is a six feet high fountain made of white marble which has helped in water circulation in the water tank dug inside the earth for centuries

The Hindu

SC shifts ‘complex Gyanvapi case’ to Varanasi district judge

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday shifted the trial of a suit by Hindu parties seeking enforcement of their right to worship inside Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque from civil judge (senior division) to the district judge, even as it observed that the survey of a structure to ascertain its religious…

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SC shifts Gyanvapi mosque worship suit trial to Varanasi district judge

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Hindu women press for access to Indian mosque, in latest dispute

A court case started by five Hindu women in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political constituency has become the latest battleground in India between the Hindu majority and minority Muslims over access to historically contested religious sites.

The Hindu

Supreme Court transfers Gyanvapi suit proceedings to Varanasi district judge

Social complexities of dispute required a ‘more senior and experienced judicial officer’ at the helm: Bench

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Gyanvapi Masjid: Supreme Court orders transfer of Gyanvapi mosque case to Varanasi district judge

Observing that a “slightly more mature” and “seasoned hand” should handle the Gyanvapi mosque case, the Apex Court suggested that the matter be heard by a district court in Varanasi. Read more on Dynamite News

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Namazis allowed 2 drums of 1,000 litres of water for wuzu

VARANASI: On the eve of Friday namaz, the district administration held a meeting with the authorities of Gyanvapi mosque management committee — Anjuman Intejamia Masajid — on Thursday and made it clear that they were equally responsible for the security of sealed wuzu pond as the Supreme Court had issued…

The Times of India

SC stalls Gyanvapi proceedings in trial court for a day

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stalled Gyanvapi mosque survey related proceedings before a Varanasi court for a day after the mosque management committee alleged a concerted attempt is underway to widen the ambit of a suit seeking right to worship of deities inside the mosque.

The Times of India

Gyanvapi: SC to hear plea for stay on trial court proceedings today

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stalled Gyanvapi mosque survey related proceedings before a Varanasi court for a day after the mosque management committee alleged a concerted attempt is under way to widen the ambit of a suit seeking right to worship of deities inside the mosque.

The Times of India

Gyanvapi survey report given to court, may back ‘shivling’ claim

VARANASI: The court-appointed commission tasked with surveying the Gyanvapi mosque complex on Thursday submitted to Varanasi civil judge (senior division) Ravi Kumar Diwakar a 15-page report along with 32GB of video footage and photographs, and a sheaf of maps packed in three sealed boxes. In adherence to a directive from…

The Hindu

Varanasi court fixes May 23 for next hearing in Gyanvapi mosque case

The two petitions filed in the Gyanvapi case were to be heard on May 18, but due to a lawyers' strike over the remarks of a special secretary-level official, the hearings could not be held.

The Hindu

Gyanvapi Issue | Supreme Court asks Varanasi court to stop proceedings till it hears case on May 20

The order to the trial court to desist from proceeding further came after senior advocate Huzefa Ahamadi voiced apprehensions that further orders from the lower court may cause irredeemable harm.

The Hindu

Gyanvapi survey report submitted to Varanasi court

The reconstituted commission had carried out the survey on May 14, 15 and 16.

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