Varanasi Gyanvapi Mosque

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list for hearing on July 21 a fresh plea seeking its permission to worship the Shivling', which is stated to be found in the Gyanvapi mosque premises in Varanasi during a court-ordered survey.

A case has been registered over a "threat letter" received by the judge who ordered the filming of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, the police said.

The judge who ordered a video survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complexin Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi told authorities on Tuesday that he had received a "threat letter", purportedly from "an organisation called Islamic Aagaz Movement".

Disputes over the mosque in Kashi or Varanasi and Mathura have been in the headlines in the last month with court battles being fought over the status of these mosques located right next to prominent temples.

The district court in Varanasi on Monday heard the arguments on the maintainability of a plea by five Hindu women seeking permission for daily worship of the Shringar Gauri Sthal in the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi complex.

While the jury is still out on Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque case and on Shahi Eidgah in Mathura, a senior UP minister on Monday said that India became a "global powerhouse" because of its gods, and they are its identity.

Dharma Sansad: After the Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque row, a Dharma Sansad is being organised in Maharashtra's Nashik to resolve a dispute regarding the birthplace of Lord Hanuman.

A letter has been written on behalf of the Anjuman Intrageniya Committee to the Varanasi district court demanding that the report of the commission should not be made public in the Gyanvapi mosque survey matter.

A district court, which on Thursday heard arguments of the Muslim side on the maintainability of the Gyanvapi complex case, fixed May 30 as the next date of hearing in the case.

The court of Varanasi's seniormost judge will begin hearing the Gyanvapi Mosque matter today.

A new petition seeking a ban on the entry of Muslims to the Gyanvapi Mosque complex was today transferred from the court of the civil judge to a fast track court in Varanasi.

Following the controversy over an e-mail asking its alumni to change the name of Varanasi's Gyanvapi Masjid to Gyanvapi Temple on Google Maps, a private school here said it was sent without proper screening procedures.

The mosque committeesays that filming at the mosque violates a 1991 lawthat prevents the alteration of the character of any place of worship in the country.It wantedthe "maintainability" case to be heard first, which the court has agreed to.

The court of Varanasi's senior-most judge, hearing the Gyanvapi mosque case on orders by the Supreme Court, will today decide on whether to hear the mosque committee's contention first that filming inside the mosque carried out last week is illegal.

A Varanasi court will decide today whether to hear first the Hindu petitioners' plea to invite objections to the Gyanvapi mosque filming report or the Muslim side's case that the writ is not maintainable.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list for hearing on July 21 a fresh plea seeking its permission to worship the Shivling', which is stated to be found in the Gyanvapi mosque premises in Varanasi during a court-ordered survey.

A case has been registered over a "threat letter" received by the judge who ordered the filming of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, the police said.

The judge who ordered a video survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complexin Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi told authorities on Tuesday that he had received a "threat letter", purportedly from "an organisation called Islamic Aagaz Movement".

Disputes over the mosque in Kashi or Varanasi and Mathura have been in the headlines in the last month with court battles being fought over the status of these mosques located right next to prominent temples.

The district court in Varanasi on Monday heard the arguments on the maintainability of a plea by five Hindu women seeking permission for daily worship of the Shringar Gauri Sthal in the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi complex.

While the jury is still out on Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque case and on Shahi Eidgah in Mathura, a senior UP minister on Monday said that India became a "global powerhouse" because of its gods, and they are its identity.

Dharma Sansad: After the Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque row, a Dharma Sansad is being organised in Maharashtra's Nashik to resolve a dispute regarding the birthplace of Lord Hanuman.

A letter has been written on behalf of the Anjuman Intrageniya Committee to the Varanasi district court demanding that the report of the commission should not be made public in the Gyanvapi mosque survey matter.

A district court, which on Thursday heard arguments of the Muslim side on the maintainability of the Gyanvapi complex case, fixed May 30 as the next date of hearing in the case.

The court of Varanasi's seniormost judge will begin hearing the Gyanvapi Mosque matter today.

A new petition seeking a ban on the entry of Muslims to the Gyanvapi Mosque complex was today transferred from the court of the civil judge to a fast track court in Varanasi.

Following the controversy over an e-mail asking its alumni to change the name of Varanasi's Gyanvapi Masjid to Gyanvapi Temple on Google Maps, a private school here said it was sent without proper screening procedures.

The mosque committeesays that filming at the mosque violates a 1991 lawthat prevents the alteration of the character of any place of worship in the country.It wantedthe "maintainability" case to be heard first, which the court has agreed to.

The court of Varanasi's senior-most judge, hearing the Gyanvapi mosque case on orders by the Supreme Court, will today decide on whether to hear the mosque committee's contention first that filming inside the mosque carried out last week is illegal.

A Varanasi court will decide today whether to hear first the Hindu petitioners' plea to invite objections to the Gyanvapi mosque filming report or the Muslim side's case that the writ is not maintainable.