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Varanasi court grants one more week to ASI to submit Gyanvapi survey report

The Varanasi district court on Monday gave one more week to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to submit a scientific survey report of the Gyanvapi mosque complex here. District Judge A K Vishvesh gave additional time to the ASI and fixed December 18 as the next date of hearing in the matter. This is the sixth time that the court has granted an extension to the ASI to file its survey report. Madan Mohan Yadav, counsel for the Hindu side, said that the ASI in its application expressed its inability to submit the report on Monday citing the ill health of its superintending archaeologist Avinash Mohanty who had suffered a sudden increase in blood pressure and was unable to attend the court. Earlier, the court had granted additional time to the ASI on September 6, October 5, November 2, November 17 and November 30. The ASI started the survey in the barricaded area of the Gyanvapi premises, excluding its sealed section, on August 4, following court orders to determine whether the

Gyanvapi mosque complex: ASI may file survey report in Varanasi court today

On the previous date, the court had given the ASI 10 days' time on November 30 and ordered it to file the report within the "provided time."

Gyanvapi moque: Court asks ASI to explain reason for seeking more time

The Varanasi district court on Wednesday asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to explain the reason for seeking more time for submitting a scientific survey report of the Gyanvapi complex and posted the matter for hearing on Thursday. Taking up the plea of the ASI seeking three additional weeks to submit the report, District Judge A K Vishvesh asked a senior ASI official from Delhi to explain the need for more time, to which the ASI counsel said that officials in Varanasi have been handling the task and will apprise the court about it. The Muslim side represented by lawyer Mohammad Ikhlaq objected to the ASI repeatedly seeking more time. The ASI had on Tuesday sought three more weeks from the district court for submitting the scientific survey report of the Gyanvapi mosque complex saying it needed more time for the assimilation of information generated by different experts. The district court of Varanasi had asked the ASI to submit the report on the Gyanvapi Masjid comp

Gyanvapi mosque complex: ASI again seeks more time to submit survey report

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Tuesday sought three more weeks from the district court here for submitting the scientific survey report of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. The court will hear the plea on Wednesday. The district court of Varanasi had asked the ASI to submit the report on the Gyanvapi Masjid complex by November 28. On Tuesday, the ASI sought an extension of three weeks, saying it needed more time for the assimilation of information generated by different experts, counsel for the Hindu side Madan Mohan Yadav said. In its application, the ASI said that its experts are working on various types of data collected by archaeologists, surveyors and other experts, etc. "Assimilation of information generated by different experts and different tools is a difficult and slow process and it will take some more time to complete the report for final submission. "The court is therefore requested to give three more weeks to ASI to submit it," Yadav said quoting the applicati

Gyanvapi row: Hearing on handing over basement to DM deferred to next week

A court here on Thursday deferred to next week the hearing on a plea seeking handover of the keys of a basement in the Gyanvapi mosque to the Varanasi district magistrate. The court posted the matter for hearing on November 29. No work took place at the court as a mark of respect for a senior advocate who died recently, according to the petitioner Madan Mohan Yadav. Yadav said in his plea that authorities had barricaded and locked the basement known as 'Vyas Ji ka Tehkhana' in 1993. Prior to it, the basement was used for worship by Somnath Vyas, a priest. Yadav has pleaded that the key be handed over to the district magistrate, fearing that the contents in the basement could be tampered with.

ASI gets 10 more days to submit survey report of Gyanvapi mosque complex

The Varanasi district court on Saturday gave 10 more days to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to submit its scientific survey report of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. The ASI was earlier given time till November 17 to submit the report but on Friday, its counsel sought 15 more days from the court. According to the counsel for the Hindu side Madan Mohan Yadav, the ASI sought more time due to non-availability of the technical report. While hearing the matter on Saturday, District Judge A K Vishvesh asked the ASI to submit its report by November 28. On November 2, the ASI had told the court it had "completed" the survey but may take some more time to compile the report, along with the details of the equipment used in the survey work. The court then granted additional time till November 17 for submitting the document. On October 5, the court had granted four more weeks to the ASI and said the duration of the survey would not be extended beyond this.

Gyanvapi row: ASI seeks 15 days from court for survey report submission

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) sought 15 more days from a court here on Friday to submit its report of a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. According to the Centre's counsel, Amit Srivastava, the ASI has moved an application in the court of Varanasi District Judge A K Vishvesh, stating that though the survey work has been completed, the technical reports are still awaited and therefore, the additional time has been sought. The court will hear the matter later in the day, Srivastava said. On November 2, the ASI told the court that it had "completed" the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex, but it may take some more time to compile the report, along with the details of the equipment used in the survey work, following which additional time till November 17 was granted for the submission of the document. On October 5, the court had granted four more weeks to the ASI and said the duration of the survey would not be extended beyond this.

Gyanvapi survey: Varanasi court gives additional time to ASI till Nov 17

A Varanasi court on Thursday gave additional time till November 17 to the ASI to complete scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex here and submit its report. Accepting the request of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), District Judge A K Vishvesh passed the order, Central government counsel Amit Srivastava said. The court was informed that the ASI has completed its survey, but it may take some more time for compiling the report along with the details of the equipment used in the survey work and requested for additional time, Srivastava said. On October 5, the court granted four more weeks to the ASI and said that the duration of the survey will not be extended.

Beautification of Gyanvapi well was done by empress Baiza Bai: Scindia

"The beautification of the Gyanvapi well was done by empress Baiza Bai where the 'shivling' is kept," he added

Gyanvapi row: Court junks plea seeking inclusion of wazookhana in survey

A Varanasi court on Saturday rejected a plea seeking the inclusion of the "wazookhana" in an ongoing ASI survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex here. "Rejecting the petition, District Judge A K Vishvesh said the area duly protected under the Supreme Court's orders should not be subjected to the survey because it may amount to a violation of the court's orders," District Government Counsel Rajesh Mishra said. The plea was filed by Rakhi Singh, one of the petitioners in the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case. The district court concluded the hearing in the matter and reserved its order on October 19. At present, the "wazookhana" (a small reservoir for Muslim devotees to perform ritual ablutions), where a structure claimed by Hindu litigants to be a "Shivling" exists, is not part of the survey being conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) due to a Supreme Court order protecting that spot in the complex. During the hearing in the wazookhana case on Thursday, the Hindu side's ...

Bomb threat triggers emergency landing of Akasa flight in Varanasi

The aircraft landed on a separate runway and passengers were disembarked immediately. CISF personnel conducted a thorough search of the plane for about an hour. Nothing was found during checking

Bomb threat: Akasa Air plane makes emergency landing at Varanasi airport

An Akasa aircraft from Mumbai with 166 people onboard made an emergency landing at Varanasi airport on Friday after the airline received a bomb threat message on social media, according to an airline spokesperson. The airline said the captain of the flight QP 1498 received an "emergency alert" from the Varanasi Air Traffic Controller and followed all required emergency procedures and landed the plane safely at Varanasi. "At 1130 am, Akasa Air got a bomb threat message on social media. We informed the local police in Mumbai and initiated the procedure for filing an FIR," the spokesperson said. Subsequently, the emergency response mechanism was put in place and as part of the security protocol, the airline informed all the 16 airports from where it operates about the bomb threat and put them on alert, the spokesperson said. The spokesperson said the threat was later categorised as "non-specific". According to the airline, there were 166 people onboard, including 159 passengers, 1 .

Gyanvapi mosque management committee's plea to stop ASI survey rejected

A court here has rejected the Gyanvapi mosque management committee's plea to stop the ongoing scientific survey of the complex by the Archaeological Survey of India. District government advocate Rajesh Mishra said that on the plea filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid's committee, District Judge A K Vishvesh said the survey has already got the nod from the Allahabad High Court and the Supreme Court. Hence, it was not possible to pass any order in this matter from this court, the judge said. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is carrying out a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises, next to Kashi Vishwanath temple here, to determine whether the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a Hindu temple. Mishra said the mosque management committee had claimed before the district court that the ASI survey was being conducted against the prescribed rules and should be stopped. No notice was served to the litigants and no fees were charged, the mosque committee argued. Th

It should be learnt from PM Modi how schemes are made, implemented: UP CM

Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that it should be learnt from the PM how development schemes are made and effectively implemented for the benefit of every section of society. He was speaking at the closing ceremony of the Kashi Sansad Sanskritik Mahotsav-2023 at the Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre here. The chief minister said that "whenever the prime minister comes to Kashi, he comes after giving something great to the country and to the world", and highlighted the Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, the G20 Summit, the women's reservation bill and the Aditya L-1 mission to study the sun. "How to make development schemes for every section of society and implement them effectively, we learn this from your (Prime Minister Modi) leadership capability," Adityanath said. Prime Minister Modi represents Varanasi, also known as Kashi, in the Lok Sabha. The chief minister said that this is the fourth ...

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PM Modi lays foundation stone of international cricket stadium in Varanasi

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