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Supreme Court stays ASI survey of Gyanvapi Mosque till 26 July

The apex court asked the mosque committee, which is opposed to the inspection, to approach the state high court.

ASI team enters Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi to carry out scientific survey

Varanasi (PTI): A 30-member team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) entered the Gyanvapi complex on Monday morning to carry out a scientific...

Allahabad HC dismisses Gyanvapi mosque committee’s plea against maintainability of Hindu suit

Five Hindu women have moved the suit before the Varanasi court seeking the right to worship Maa Shringar Gauri on the outer wall of the mosque complex.

SC puts on hold Allahabad High Court order to examine disputed structure in Gyanvapi mosque

The litigant Hindu side litigant Hindu side has claimed the structure to be a 'Shivling', while the Muslim faction calls it a 'fountain'.

‘Need to examine carefully’: SC defers order to determine age of Gyanvapi mosque ‘Shivling’

Allahabad High Court last week directed authorities to conduct a scientific survey on a structure found in the mosque that Hindus claim to be a ‘Shivling’.

Varanasi court adjourns hearing of plea seeking ‘Shivling’ worship in Gyanvapi, moves it to 14 Nov

The matter was adjourned as the concerned judge would not sit in the fast-track court today. On May 20, the SC had transferred the case from the Civil Judge to the District Judge in Varanasi.

Varanasi court to deliver verdict today on plea seeking worship of ‘Shivling’ in Gyanvapi mosque premises

During the previous hearing that took place in October, the Varanasi court had refused to allow a 'scientific investigation' of the purported 'Shivling' found on mosque premises.

Varanasi court rejects plea for carbon dating of ‘Shivling’ found inside Gyanvapi mosque complex

One of the Hindu petitioners also opposed the plea saying any such examination of the object would in all likelihood cause 'irreparable damage to it, rendering it unworthy of worship'.

Our take on Congress meltdown in Goa, Gyanvapi petition, Sri Lanka cricket win—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

‘Will Gyanvapi become another Babri’, asks Urdu press as UP court allows Hindu women’s plea

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took

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Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.