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Topic: Gyanvapi mosque

On Gyanvapi, Modi’s views in sync with Mohan Bhagwat’s. Read their reluctance

For now, the Modi government and the BJP are likely to be circumspect over Gyanvapi as the legal battle will take few more years to reach its conclusion.

Gyanvapi ‘jalabhishek’ & more mosques on Hindutva groups radar — Urdu press is worried

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

‘Stand down, move on’ — Message to affiliates after RSS chief’s call to end temple-mosque rows

VHP, a constituent of Sangh Parivar, is among the organisations that have been compiling data and historic evidence to establish the demolition of Hindu temples by invaders.

If Shivling is actually there, it changes everything — VHP on Kashi Gyanvapi mosque row

VHP central working president Alok Kumar says he believed there was a Shivling inside Gyanvapi mosque, but added that he will wait for a decision from the court.

DU prof Shivling case shows why academic freedom can’t be cover for distasteful remarks

Free speech in a democracy comes with responsibility. It certainly does not cover wounding the faith of any community, that too by a professor.

Gyanvapi issue to be decided by court, in line with Constitution, says BJP president Nadda

This is one of the first official reactions of BJP on Gyanvapi issue even though individual leaders have been going public with their responses, seeking a relook at provisions of Places of Worship Act, 1991.

Order VII, Rule 11 — Code of civil procedure that will decide if Gyanvapi plea even stands  

A Varanasi court is hearing an application against a 2021 suit seeking right to worship ‘Hindu deities’ in mosque complex. A look at the law under which the suit has been challenged.

From Varanasi’s Gyanvapi to Delhi’s Qutub Minar — Urdu press focus on ‘right to worship’ row

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

Gyanvapi to Qutub Minar: This 1958 law is ASI’s defence and Hindu Sena’s arsenal

ASI used the Act to claim there’s no right to worship at Qutub Minar. Hindu Sena used it to counter Places of Worship Act. ThePrint explains how the law has featured in the two cases.

Here’s the case for restoration of desecrated Hindu temples—and why it loses the debate

By what logic do we see Muslims of today as the Mughals' descendants? The demand for the restoration of temples will bring anything but a just closure.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

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.