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Ghaziabad court gives death sentence to 2006 Varanasi blasts convict Waliullah

ThePrint Team - 6 June, 2022

Waliullah is alleged to have been linked to Bangladeshi terrorist outfit -- Harkat-ul-jehad Al Islami.

Terrorist Waliullah Khan held guilty in two cases of 2008 serial bomb blasts of Varanasi

PTI - 4 June, 2022

Ghaziabad (UP): Sixteen years after serial bomb blasts rocked the holy city of Varanasi, terrorist Waliullah was held guilty by a Ghaziabad court in...

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

Akshat Jain - 29 May, 2022

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.

LPG prices, jobs, Assam floods — Varanasi Muslims say Gyanvapi row a ‘bogey’ to distract

Shikha Salaria - 24 May, 2022

Many Hindu and Muslim traders and workers in Varanasi want media and leaders to stop fuelling furore over Gyanvapi mosque and focus on ‘real’ issues rather than ‘mandir-masjid’.

Lakshmi, Sita, Rekha, Manju, Rakhi — meet the 5 women at the centre of Gyanvapi petition

+TFP Shikha Salaria - 21 May, 2022

Five women include a housewife married to a VHP member, a beautician, an RSS worker and an 'untraceable' person. Four of them tell ThePrint what inspired them to file the petition.

Aibak, Akbar, Aurangzeb—the Gyanvapi divide & why a controversial mosque has a Sanskrit name

+TFP Shikha Salaria - 19 May, 2022

Though the temple and mosque abut each other, their entry and exits differ. Their history is as complex as the ‘sacred landscape’ that is Varanasi.

Forget Gyanvapi for a moment, Varanasi needs justice for a recent carnage: 2006 IM bombings

+TFP Praveen Swami - 18 May, 2022

The real victim of the Varanasi bombing investigation has been the idea of justice. It's more lethal than any bombs the Indian Mujahideen planted.

SC orders protection of Gyanvapi area where ‘Shivling’ was found, removes namaz curbs

Bhadra Sinha - 17 May, 2022

SC’s order comes a day after Varanasi civil court directed district administration to seal off the area where a Shivling was reportedly discovered in Gyanvapi mosque complex.

Varanasi court removes head of survey commission over ‘media leaks’ in Gyanvapi Mosque case

ThePrint Team - 17 May, 2022

The court also gave two days' time to the commission to submit the videography survey report of the Gyanvapi Masjid complex. Two other commissioners will continue in their position.