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The Latest Breaking News from Varanasi

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

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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 Gyanvapi mosque worship suit trial 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 ‘complex Gyanvapi case’ to Varanasi district judge

The Times of India

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.

Reuters

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

The Hindu

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.

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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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The Times of India

Security upped, Gyanvapi pond area now a fortress

VARANASI: The pond area of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, where a shivling was purportedly found during a court-mandated survey last Monday, became a fortress on Wednesday with unauthorised entry cut off much ahead of the protected zone and officials conducting surprise checks in keeping with the Supreme Court’s directive on…

The Times of India

Varanasi: Vigil around Gyanpai ‘wuzu' pond area enhanced, officials conduct surprise checks

VARANASI: A day after the Supreme Court ordered the Varanasi district administration to seal off the ‘wuzu' pond (ablution pond) in the Gyanvapi complex where a shivling was purportedly found on Monday during a court-mandated survey, senior administrative and police officials on Wednesday heightened the vigil in the said section…

The Times of India

Varanasi: Vigil around Gyanvapi ‘wuzu' pond area enhanced, officials conduct surprise checks

Reuters

Hindu groups file fresh petitions to stop Muslims from entering historic Indian mosque

Members of hardline Hindu groups filed petitions in a court in northern India to stop Muslims from entering a historic mosque, until the court decides on an earlier plea seeking approval to look for any Hindu relics which may be on the site, lawyers said on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

‘Textbook repeat’: India courts hear Hindu-relics-in-mosque pleas

India’s top court and court in Varanasi hear petitions by Hindu groups claiming Mughal-era mosque has Lord Shiva relics.

Newslaundry

‘Star reporter with no income’: What Pawan Jaiswal’s death tells us about the state of rural reporters

In his final news report, Pawan Jaiswal visited Rampur Dhabahi village in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur in August 2021, where he asked a young woman about her dreams.

The Hindu

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