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Hindutva in Judiciary
Removal Of Hindu Deities By Govt Vs Hindu Claims On A Mosque: A Varanasi Judge’s Conflicting Decisions
By BETWA SHARMA / Article-14
Varanasi: “Look, where our gods have been thrown by this government that cares not for Hinduism but craves publicity. One here...
Hindutva in Media
Akshay Kumar wants history textbooks to be revised, Samrat Prithviraj director calls rebuilding temples a matter of faith
Akshay Kumar and director Dr Chandrapraksh Dwivedi have been actively promoting their upcoming film Samrat Prithviraj in Varanasi and Somnath, among other Indian cities. In a recent...
Communalism
‘It will be a bulldozer this time’: In Varanasi, Hindutva groups impatient for Gyanvapi demolition
By Aishwarya Iyer / Scroll
On April 1, just before Navratri, Hindutva groups in Varanasi organised a rally. It crossed Godoliya chowk, a bustling market...
Hindutva
To Demolish Gyanvapi, A Deluge Of Copy-Paste Petitions Aims To Overwhelm Muslim Defendants & India’s Judiciary
By BETWA SHARMA / Article-14
Varanasi: Sitting under a yellow-coloured tarpaulin tethered to a tree in a corner of the Varanasi district court, Sudhir Tripathi laid...
Communalism
Gyanvapi case: Rumours being spread about shivling to invoke citizens’ sentiments, says mosque panel
Rumours are being spread about the shivling claimed to be found at the Gyanvapi mosque to invoke sentiments of citizens, the mosque management committee told the...
Hindutva in Judiciary
See you in court: Hindu nationalists petition to access Muslim mosques
By Sheikh Saaliq and Krutika Pathi / Associated Press
For nearly three centuries, Muslims and Hindus in India’s northern Varanasi city have prayed to their gods...
Communalism
India: Varanasi Gyanvapi mosque row exposes religious tensions
By Srinivas Mazumdaru / DW
Three decades after Hindu mobs demolished a historic mosque in Ayodhya in northern Uttar Pradesh state, triggering a wave of...
Hindutva in Judiciary
‘Textbook repeat’: India courts hear Hindu-relics-in-mosque pleas
By Bilal Kuchay / Al Jazeera
India’s Supreme Court has overturned a lower court’s order banning mass prayers at a 17th-century mosque in northern India after...
Hindutva
Truth will soon come out, says VHP after Varanasi court’s order on Gyanvapi mosque
New Delhi, May 12
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday hailed a Varanasi court direction for completion of a video survey of the Gyanvapi...