Gyanvapi mosque panel opposes pleas against 1991 places of worship law, moves SCThe Gyanvapi Mosque management committee has petitioned the Supreme Court to uphold the 1991 Places of Worship Act, which protects the stat...
06 Dec, 2024, 09.24 PM IST
Gyanvapi Case: Varanasi Court allows Hindu side to offer prayers inside mosque, puja to begin in seven daysThe Hindu side has been granted permission to offer prayers inside the Gyanvapi mosque by the court. This ruling allows for the initiation ...
31 Jan, 2024, 04.44 PM IST
Mosque panel says idol fragments, figures discarded by adjacent shopsThe Anjuman Intezamia Mosque Committee has criticized the Archaeological Survey of India's report on the Gyanvapi mosque, which found fragm...
27 Jan, 2024, 11.00 PM IST
Allahabad HC reserves judgment in Gyanvapi mosque caseBy an order dated August 28, the then Chief Justice Pritinkar Diwakar had transferred the case from Justice Prakash Padia to himself, sayin...
08 Dec, 2023, 06.38 PM IST
Gyanvapi row: Allahabad HC reserves verdict on petition challenging Varanasi court's order for ASI survey of mosque complexJustice Prakash Padia reserved judgment on the petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board and the Anjuman Intezamia Masji...
28 Nov, 2022, 07.43 PM IST
Gyanvapi Mosque row: Allahabad HC fixes Nov 30 for hearing revision plea seeking carbon dating of 'Shivling'When the matter was taken up in the high court on Monday, counsel for Archaeological Survey of India submitted that an application has been...
21 Nov, 2022, 05.56 PM IST
Amasr Act to be tweaked to make it more flexible: Culture minister G Kishan ReddyThe ministry said officials believe this blanket ban stalls many developmental projects and is not logical. Critical for the preservation o...
15 Jun, 2022, 12.24 AM IST
PIL in SC to conduct 'confidential' surveys of all ancient mosques in IndiaThe petition is filed through advocate Vivek Narayan Sharma by advocates Shubham Awasthi and Sapta Rishi Mishra also sought directions for ...
27 May, 2022, 05.40 PM IST
Allow Namaz at mosque in Qutab Minar complex: Delhi Waqf BoardDelhi Waqf Board chairman Amanatullah Khan in a letter to ASI director general, last week, requested for allowing Namaz at the "ancient" Qu...
25 May, 2022, 10.58 AM IST
Contested Place of Worship: History and context of the Gyanvapi Mosque imbroglioIn an India that boasts of secular ethos, there stands a mosque bearing a Sanskritised name. Gyanvapi (meaning 'well of knowledge) is a mos...
21 May, 2022, 04.40 PM IST
Sunni Waqf Board moves HC against Varanasi court orderSunni Central Waqf Board's standing counsel Puneet Kumar Gupta argued that the trial court passed the order illegally and without its juris...
13 Apr, 2021, 04.29 PM IST
Ayodhya mosque against Waqf Act, illegal under Shariyat law: AIMPLB's Zafaryab JilaniAnother executive member of AIMPLB SQR Ilyas said, "We have rejected the proposal to accept land for the mosque at any other place. We lost...
23 Dec, 2020, 02.41 PM IST
Mosque in Ayodhya will be of same size as Babri Masjid; Pushpesh Pant to curate its museum: Trust"...the complex of the mosque, which will be built in Dhannipur, will also have facilities like a hospital, a museum at the Indo-Islamic Re...
05 Sep, 2020, 02.22 PM IST
Why ASI is on a treasure hunt at an old Delhi monumentIn the year 2003, a hoard of 63 Coins was found from the same premises during cleaning and conservation.
13 Sep, 2018, 01.59 PM IST
ASI allows Hindus to do puja, Muslims to offer namaz on Basant Panchmi at Bhojshala monumentHindus consider Bhojshala as the temple of Goddess Waghdevi (Saraswati), whereas Muslims treat it as Kamal Moula mosque.
01 Feb, 2016, 11.15 PM IST
Bring Jama Masjid under ASI: expertsA favourite destination for tourists in Delhi, the 17th century Jama Masjid is in the midst of a raging controversy.
02 May, 2015, 12.10 PM IST
Former PM Manmohan Singh assured Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari that Delhi's Jama Masjid won’t be a protected monumentThe assurance was made in a letter from Singh to Syed Ahmed Bukhari in 2004, soon after he had taken over as PM, according to the ASI affid...
30 Apr, 2015, 06.06 AM IST