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Thursday, September 11, 2025
TopicVaranasi

Topic: Varanasi

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

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

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

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.

Gyanvapi mosque survey: ‘Shivling’ found, claims petitioner; Varanasi court seals area

Court ordered survey of mosque after petitioners sought permission to worship daily at a temple they claim to be inside the complex.

Kashi Vishwanath trust ex-head says Gyanvapi plea for ‘cheap publicity’, idols not where it claims

According to petitioners, ‘Maa Shringar Gauri Sthal’ is on the outer wall of the mosque. However, the priest, citing 2 books on Varanasi’s history, claims idols located elsewhere.

Video survey of Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi to continue, says court

Court ordered survey in April on the petition of 5 Hindu women who wanted to pray daily at a Hindu shrine inside the complex.

Plea to worship Hindu idols, survey row — the latest Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi legal tussle

Fresh bone of contention is a court-ordered survey of ‘Maa Shringar Gauri Sthal and other areas’ within Gyanvapi mosque complex. Survey team has been stalled twice.

Survey team ‘stopped’ from entering Gyanvapi mosque again as Intezamia committee moves court

Survey restricted to outer walls. Mosque counsel tells court his clients have ‘doubts’ over ‘fairness’ of advocate commissioner appointed to lead team for survey at disputed site.

BJP cruises towards majority in UP legislative council polls, but loses Varanasi

Main Opposition Samajwadi Party was unlikely to win even one seat -- bad news for party chief Akhilesh Yadav who got a respectable 111 seats in the Assembly elections.

This Gujarat BJP ex-rebel is Modi’s point person in Varanasi, key architect of wins since 2014

Sunil Oza quit BJP in 2007, rejoined in 2011, and was handpicked by PM to take responsibility of his seat Varanasi in 2014. He works in the background, but is known for astuteness.

On Camera

Coup, conspiracy & the foreign hand—What Indian TV news channels saw in Nepal this week

‘Gen Z v/s Govt’ TV news coverage went for two days—not sure about the source of the telecast from Kathmandu since no credit was given.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?