Gyanvapi row

Day 2 Of ASI Survey Underway At Gyanvapi Mosque To 'Clarify Everything'

The scientific survey of the complex began on Friday amid tight security, following Allahabad High Court's order, which allowed the ASI to conduct the survey, to determine if the mosque was built on a pre-existing temple. 

Aug 05, 2023, 10:53 AM IST

Gyanvapi Row: ASI Survey Will 'Reopen Wounds Of Past', Mosque Committee Tells SC

The Supreme Court is hearing a plea by the mosque committee against the Allahabad High Court order permitting an ASI survey at the Gyanvapi mosque.

Aug 04, 2023, 15:31 PM IST

Gyanvapi Row: Accept 'Historical Mistake', Yogi Adityanath Tells Muslim Side; Owaisi Reacts

The Allahabad HC has reserved till August 3 its verdict on a plea against a Varanasi district court order directing the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey to determine if the Gyanvapi mosque was built upon a temple.

Jul 31, 2023, 19:31 PM IST

Gyanvapi row: Map indicating existence of Hindu deities shown to Allahabad HC

The high court was hearing a revision petition filed by Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, the Gyanvapi mosque management committee challenging a Varanasi court order turning down its objections to the maintainability of the suit filed by five Hindu women who sought permission to worship Shringar Gauri and other deities whose idols are located on an outer wall of the mosque.

Dec 07, 2022, 22:28 PM IST

‘Why look for a ‘shivling’ in every masjid’: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat amid Gyanvapi mosque row

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat told the gathering in Nagpur that “Hindus don't think against Muslims. Ancestors of today's Muslims were Hindus too. It was done to keep them forever devoid of independence and suppress morale. So Hindus feel they (religious places) should be restored.”

Jun 02, 2022, 22:27 PM IST

Gyanvapi mosque row: Varanasi court to decide on maintainability today

Ahead of the hearing in the Varanasi district court, the Hindu side claimed that the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, does not bar in ascertaining the nature of a place of worship. 

May 26, 2022, 07:30 AM IST

Amid Gyanvapi row, Hindu Mahasabha seeks court's nod for 'purification' of Shahi Idgah mosque in Mathura

Amid legal battle over the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, another land dispute of Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Idgah Masjid is unfolding in Mathura with Hindu Mahasabha filing a plea in the civil court to seek the ‘purification’ of the Shahi Idgah mosque. The plea will be heard on July 1. The Shahi Idgah Masjid stands next to the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi.

May 24, 2022, 07:30 AM IST

Gyanvapi mosque row: Varanasi court to decide on fresh hearing in the case today

The apex court had on Friday transferred the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex case from a civil judge (senior division) to a district judge.

May 24, 2022, 06:57 AM IST

Gyanvapi row: Commission submits mosque survey report in Varanasi court

The court-appointed Commission that conducted the survey of the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex has filed the report in the Varanasi court on Thursday.

May 19, 2022, 10:57 AM IST

Gyanvapi row: BSP chief Mayawati flays BJP for targeting religious places to divert people's attention from unemployment, inflation

BSP chief Mayawati said, "Years after independence, the manner in which religious sentiments of people are being instigated as part of a conspiracy, under the pretext of Gyanvapi, Mathura, Taj Mahal and other places, will not strengthen the country. The BJP needs to take note of it." 

May 18, 2022, 12:56 PM IST

Gyanvapi mosque row: AIMPLB to extend legal assistance to Muslim side

The AIMPLB`s legal team would extend all the necessary assistance to the Muslim side. The AIMPLB meeting lasted around two hours during which 45 members of the AIMPLB interacted virtually.

May 18, 2022, 06:49 AM IST

Gyanvapi mosque survey: It is a fountain, not 'Shivling', claims Asaduddin Owaisi

The AIMIM leader said he will not let the Gyanvapi mosque meet the fate of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya that was demolished nearly three decades ago.

May 17, 2022, 06:50 AM IST

Gyanvapi row: 'They are after all our mosques', says PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti

PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti also blamed Vivek Agnihotri's film 'The Kashmir Files' for triggering violence against Kashmiri Pandits.

May 17, 2022, 06:36 AM IST

Gyanvapi row: Supreme Court to hear mosque management's plea challenging survey today

The apex court will hear the matter amidst an important development with a Varanasi court on Monday directing the district administration there to seal the spot of the survey inside the complex where allegedly ‘Shivling' has been found by the surveying team.

May 17, 2022, 06:20 AM IST

'That was 1992 and this is 2022': Ex-BJP MLA Sangeet Som threatens a replay of 'Babri demolition' on Gyanvapi row

Former BJP MLA Sangeet Som has now made an objectionable remark on the Gyanvapi mosque controversy. "That was 1992 and this is 2022. The strength of the youth has doubled now, and time has come to make another decision," he said.

May 10, 2022, 16:47 PM IST