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AYODHYA: The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board has vowed to defend the provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, within the legal framework, a day after the Supreme Court asked the Centre to respond to a PIL challenging the law which prohibits reclaiming of disputed shrines. The Sunni Board, which controls 1.3 lakh mosques and mausoleums in UP, has been dragged into legal battles over Kashi’s Gyanvapi masjid and Shahi Eidgah mosque in Mathura, months after the November 2019 Ayodhya verdict. On Saturday, the Board decided to back the mosque committee of Tile W...

Updated Mar 12, 2021 | 15:41 IST Petitioner Ashwini Upadhyay says that the Act takes away the rights of Hindus, Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs to reclaim their places of worship through courts and legalises illegal acts of invaders. Representational Image  |  Photo Credit: PTI In a very significant development, the Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre, on a Public Interest Litigation which challenged the validity of Places of Worship Act 1991 that had provided for maintaining the status quo of religious structures as it existed on August 15, 19...

Ganga ghats in Varanasi cleaned up during cleanliness drive ANI | Updated: Mar 07, 2021 13:37 IST Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 7 (ANI): As many as 84 ghats of Ganga was cleaned as part of the cleanliness drive launched by the district administration here on Sunday. The district administration launched the initiative with the help of several other institutions. Speaking to ANI, Rajesh Shukla, organiser of the 'Namami Gange' campaign said, "A massive campaign of cleaning 84 ghats of Ganga was undertaken from 7 am to 8 am after an oath-taking ce...

Varanasi: The parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi — Varanasi — has ranked 27th in the Ease of Living Index (EoLI) with a score .

Kashi (file photo) VARANASI: Following relocation of the tortoise sanctuary from the opposite bank of the Ganga in Kashi to Prayagraj-Mirzapur, the irrigation department is all set to begin he long overdue dredging to reduce the velocity of flow on ghat side which has been eroding the ghat steps and historical structures. The irrigation department plans to remove about 12 lakh cubic metre sand but will spare a sand island to host activities like Rann Mahotsava of Kutch, Gujarat. Talking to TOI on Tuesday, divisional commissioner Deepak Agrawal said, “The irrigation department has complete...