interim orders directing the Varanasi district judge to protect the wuzu area in Gyanvapi mosque where a big ‘Shivling’ was discovered on May 16 during a trial court ordered survey.

The Hindu side claimed a 100-foot Shivling lies beneath the central ... to ASI to conduct a comprehensive survey in entire Gyanvapi Mosque complex. Rastogi had said, "We filed application in ...

A fast-track court in Varanasi on Friday rejected a plea by the Hindu petitioner in the Gyanvapi mosque ... object found on the mosque premises in May 2022 is a shivling, a representation of ...

A Varanasi fast-track court has denied a plea for an additional invasive ASI survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. The petition sought excavation to verify claims of a temple below the mosque.

LUCKNOW: The Varanasi Fast Track Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) rejected Advocate Vijay Shankar Rastogi's petition for an additional survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque. This petition especially ...

The lawyer for the Hindu plaintiffs Madan Mohan said that their application for a scientific survey of the entire premises had been rejected by civil judge senior division fast track court Jugal ...

A historic mosque, over 150 years old, has gained recognition after a photography competition organised by the district administration. Ayesha Aziz secured first place in the competition.

The Hindu side has filed an application in the Supreme Court (SC) seeking the de-sealing of the 'wazukhana' area in the Gyanvapi complex. The 'Wazukhana' was sealed in 2022 following an order by ...

She said Hindu supremacist groups are demanding conversion of many other mosques into temples, including the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi and Shahi Eidgah Mosque in Mathura. Several mosques and shrines ...

area except of the structure which the Hindu side calls a Shivling and the Muslims describe it as a fountain on Gyanvapi mosque premises adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple. During the ...

Civil Judge (Senior Division), Varanasi Fast Track Court, Yugal Sharma dismissed the plea filed in February in addition to the main 1991 suit concerning the Gyanvapi Mosque-Kashi Vishwanath Temple.

An Aerial view shows Gyanvapi mosque, left, and Kashiviswanath temple on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi (AP File) Advocate Vijay Shankar Rastogi, who had petitioned in the court ...