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Varanasi’s Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport has made Sanskrit, a part of the announcement along with other languages – Hindi and English
Uttar Pradesh officials said that more information about those involved in ‘Agnipath’ protests is being collected from government employees, 'secret'...
A defected BMW car caught fire on the Lucknow-Varanasi highway.
A purported copy of the letter has gone viral on social media.
Two bombs exploded at Varanasi's Sankat Mochan Temple and Cantonment Railway Station on March 7, 2006, killing 20 people.
Besides two blasts, two more bombs were recovered in Varanasi, according to reports from 2006.
While the debate initially started with the right for Hindus to pray at the Shringar Gauri complex, located at a western wall in the backside of the Gyanvapi...
As the old city of Kashi swarms with media crews and camerapersons along with throngs of cops waiting on the sidelines, some of the city’s residents lament...
Hyderabad MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said the party will go for an alliance at the right time in Rajasthan, however he said it will not be with the...
The report of the videography survey of Gyanvapi complex would be given to all parties, said the court as per the Hindu side's counsel.
Despite assurances by the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who emphatically said 'We will not let another Ayodhya happen', the country may be moving...
If one thought that the Ram temple would assuage the injured Hindu pride, it’s not to be. As another Ayodhya now looms large over India, Swami...
Sections 2, 3, 4 of the Act have taken away the right to approach the court and thus right to judicial remedy has been closed, says the plea.
The people who have lived in this very 'Baba ki Nagri' have lost their roots. Earthly forces have denied them permission to stay close to the divine.
If Hindus and Muslims accept the historical facts of Gyanvapi with an open mind, this issue can be resolved amicably, and serve as a model for other disputed...
Gyanvapi Mosque-Kashi Viswanath Temple Dispute: Kashi is where fact, faith and fiction come together to form a unique tapestry of text, subtext and context.
While some ruling BJP leaders demand that the Places of Worship Act, 1991 be repealed, legal experts describe it as a weak law with ambiguous clauses
The wounds of history may heal if Muslims return Krishna Janmabhoomi and Kashi Vishwanath. It may open the doors to lasting amity between the two communities.
A maze of ‘shell’ trusts and other bodies—some registered, some not—have been legally contesting the claims on the land on which Mathura’s Shahi...
Gyanvapi case: The Uttar Pradesh Court has also given a week's time to both Hindu and Muslim sides to file objections to the report of a court-mandated...
Gyanvapi Mosque Case: The Supreme Court had earlier transferred the case saying looking at the ‘complexities’ and ‘sensitivity’ of the issue, it is...
The earlier order for the protection of area where 'shivling' was reportedly found and for allowing 'namaz' in mosque will remain operational.
The move came after a bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and PS Narashima was informed by advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain that lead counsel Hari Shankar...
An OT reader recalls her gastronomical experiences in Varanasi for our series #OTReadersWrite
