Disputes often hinge on the ‘Places of Worship Act, 1991,’ which mandates maintaining the status quo of sites as of 1947. Its ...

There will be no survey at the Gyanvapi mosque till the Allahabad High Court comes to a decision on the matter. The court has asked the Archeological Survey of India for more clarifications and the ...

The Allahabad High Court has postponed the hearing on a request for an ASI survey of the Gyanvapi mosque's wazukhana until ...

The Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque ruling by the Madhya Pradesh High Court has renewed attention on major temple-mosque ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — For nearly three centuries, Muslims and Hindus in India’s northern Varanasi city have prayed to their gods in a mosque and a temple that are separated by one wall. Many see it as an ...

An aerial view shows Gyanvapi mosque, left, and Kashiviswanath temple on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi, India, Dec. 12, 2021. Credit: AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh An Indian court on ...

VARANASI (IANS) – A Varanasi court on January 31 allowed Hindus to worship inside the sealed basement of the Gyanvapi mosque. The court has asked the district administration to make the necessary ...

A Hindu group secured a court order to perform prayers inside the premises of a centuries-old mosque in the Indian city of Varanasi on Thursday, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi consecrated a ...

Hindutva groups are laying claim to a growing number of sites where Muslim monuments and mosques stand, arguing that temples once stood on the same land. A poster of the Babri Masjid demolition.