BSP president Mayawati on Wednesday lashed out at the BJP for allegedly targeting religious places to divert people's attention from issues like poverty, unemployment and inflation and cautioned t...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the protection of the area on the Gyanvapi mosque premises in Varanasi where a “Shivalinga” is purported to have been found but made it clear that suc...
The Gyanvapi mosque authorities have said the structure inside a tank that the Hindu side in the dispute is claiming to be a Shivalinga is a fountain that had been installed a few years ago and had be...
The Varanasi court that has formed a commission to survey and videograph the Gyanvapi mosque removed on Tuesday the panel’s chief for “performing his duty in an extremely irresponsible man...
While the Ayodhya issue has been settled by the Supreme Court, the 1991 Places of Worship Act prohibited the BJP from officially raising the Kashi and Mathura issues.
Muralidhar, by using the Gyanvap...
Key provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991
⚫ The religious character of a place of worship existing on the 15th day of August, 1947 shall continue to be the same as...
In a significant development, the Supreme Court Tuesday directed the District Magistrate of Varanasi to ensure protection of area inside the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex where 'Shivling' is...
A Varanasi court, which had ordered the videography survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex, Tuesday removed advocate commissioner Ajay Mishra on grounds of non-cooperation, an official said.
The court...
The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board has termed as "unfair" and an "attempt to create communal disharmony" the sealing of a pond in the Gyanvapi Masjid complex after it was clai...
A Varanasi court on Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to seal the area around a small pond on the premises of the Gyanvapi mosque, which adjoins the Kashi Vishwanath temple, after a Shivalinga...