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Court rejects Muslim organisation’s plea challenging request by Hindu women to pray at 17th-century Gyanvapi Mosque.

The petition was filed by 5 women seeking permission for daily worship of Hindu deities whose idols are said to be located on an outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque, which is located close to Kashi Vishwanath temple. Read more on Dynamite News:

District judge A.K. Vishvesha ruled that the Hindu ‘plaintiffs will have right to prove their averments by cogent evidence’, as the next hearing is slated for September 22

The decision relates to the maintainability of Hindu women's plea seeking permission to worship Hindu deities in the Gyanvapi Mosque complex. Read more on Dynamite News

Madan Mohan Yadav, a lawyer of the Hindu side, had said that the mosque was constructed after demolishing the temple.

The court's readiness to test the law is significant considering the recent happenings in courts in Delhi, Varanasi, Mathura and the SC which probe the boundaries of the Act

In 2015, the Pune Municipal Corporation, then run by Nationalist Congress Party, invited bids to clean up and “rejuvenate” the polluted Mula and Mutha rivers. The riverfront development project, the PMC said, would cut the risk of flooding in the rivers and beautify stretches of their banks totalling 44 km.…

 The district administration said 18 municipal wards and more than 80 villages have been affected by the floods in Ganga and its tributary Varuna in the district.

Court sets aside Varanasi District Magistrate’s order to seize a vehicle on the allegation that it was carrying animals for slaughter

Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee concludes its arguments

Varanasi (India) (AFP) - The Hindu priest on the banks of the holy river Ganges spoke softly, but had a threatening message 75 years after the birth of independent India: his religion must be the heart of Indian identity.