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Gyanvapi row: HC asks Varanasi district judge to send records of Hindu women’s suit
Prayagraj: In the Gyanvapi mosque dispute case, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the Varanasi district judge to send photocopies of all documents related to Hindu women’s suit to it by…
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Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court rejects plea seeking carbon dating of ‘Shivling’
Varanasi: A Varanasi court on Friday rejected the plea seeking carbon dating and scientific investigation of the purported ‘Shivling’ claimed to be found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex. The Hindu side had…
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Varanasi court defers Gyanvapi case hearing to Oct 11
Varanasi: The district court in Varanasi on Friday deferred the hearing in the Gyanvapi case and scheduled it for October 11. The court was supposed to pronounce its verdict on the plea…
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Badaun mosque the newest in the eye of a simmering storm
Badaun(UP): After Varanasi and Mathura, it is now a mosque in Badaun that has attracted controversy with right-wing activists claiming it to be a Neel Kanth Mahadeva temple. A local court in…
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Gyanvapi row: ‘Will leave destabilising effect..’, says Asad Owaisi on Varanasi court’s order
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi contested the Varanasi court’s decision to grant Hindu worshipers’ request for authorization to perform prayers to Hindu deities at the Gyanvapi Masjid complex. Owaisi…
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Varanasi: Masjid committee objects to Hindu prayers at Gyanvapi; plea dismissed
The Varanasi district judge on Monday ruled that the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri case is maintainable while dismissing the case of the Muslim side. The Masjid committee had objected to the plea seeking…
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Gyanvapi mosque case: Varanasi court reserves judgment till September 12
Varanasi: A district court hearing the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri complex case here reserved its judgment till September 12 as both Hindu and Muslim sides concluded their arguments on the maintainability of the…
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Varanasi BJP leader’s ‘illegal’ office bulldozed after complaint
Varanasi: An allegedly illegal construction at a housing society belonging to a local BJP leader was bulldozed by the district administration here on Thursday. Satya Prakash Singh alias Akhand Singh, BJP’s district unit…
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Varanasi BJP leader’s ‘illegal’ office bulldozed after complaints
Varanasi: An allegedly illegal construction at a housing society belonging to a local BJP leader was bulldozed by the district administration here on Thursday. Satya Prakash Singh alias Akhand Singh, BJP’s district…
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UP: Dalit teenager beaten to death on suspicious of theft
A 14-year-old Dalit boy was brutally beaten by upper-caste Hindu men in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. According to a complaint lodged by the deceased’s father, Pappu Ram, it said, “My son Vijay Kumar…