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Gyanvapi Mosque Case: The Hindu side of the long-running dispute had submitted a petition letter in the Varanasi court asking for an ASI study of the entire complex of the Gyanvapi mosque. Gyanvapi Mosque Case: The application was moved in May this year by four women worshippers. New Delhi:    The Varanasi District Court today granted permission for a "scientific survey" of the entire Gyanvapi mosque grounds by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), with the exception of the barricaded "wazukhana" where a structure claimed by Hindu litigants to be a "shivling" exists . The survey was granted in response to a petition filed by four female worshipers who are interested in learning whether the mosque was built over a previous Hindu temple structure.The ASI was ordered by the court to deliver its scientific report by August 4. Higher courts are likely to hear challenges to the order.The 'wazukhana' area was sealed by the Supreme Court last year. Acc...

All four accused, who were allegedly part of a mob that paraded and assaulted three women naked have been remanded to a 11-day police custody.                  Ethnic violence has claimed over 150 lives in Manipur. According to ANI, citing Manipur police, the four apprehended suspects, who were allegedly a part of a crowd that paraded and abused three ladies after stripping them on May 4, have been remanded to 11-day police detention. The suspects were taken into custody by the police on Thursday after a frightening incidental video went viral on social media. More arrests are expected, according to police, since the investigation team has found at least eight additional males who were part in the incident. The incident that caused such uproar across the country occurred 77 days ago. According to the police, there has been a "lack of evidence" and they have "could not take any action" as of yet, according to the Indian Express. Main accused's...

  Good news for Mukesh Ambani, Akash Ambani: Reliance Jio Financial Services now Rs 1.64 lakh crore firm; stock price is. Being the most powerful corporate family in India, Mukesh Ambani and his family have made significant progress in the business world. His son Akash Ambani's company Jio Financial Services has recently reached a new level by being valued at USD 20 billion. The firm of Mukesh Ambani's son Akash Ambani has reached new heights after being valued at USD 20 billion, or more than Rs 1.64 lakh crore in Indian rupees.This follows a special meeting held to ascertain the trade worth of the corporation. Without the Jio Financial Services division, Reliance, which is regarded as the most valuable firm in India in the current economy, will trade on the stock market.Based on the difference between the stock price of Reliance at Wednesday's close and the price of Jio Financial Services Ltd, each share was priced at Rs 261.85 ($3.19). Reliance Industries, owned by Mukesh...

The top court rejected the vehement submission of the Delhi government that there was no need for referring the matter to a constitution bench as it will "paralyse the whole system" during its pendency.    During a brief hearing, the bench raised a query with regard to the ordinance.  New Delhi:  A five-judge constitution panel will now hear the Delhi government's appeal against the Centre's May 19 order, which stripped the city administration of its authority over services and sparked a new power struggle between the two institutions. The Delhi government's impassioned argument that there was no need to submit the case to a constitution bench because doing so would "paralyze the entire system" while it was pending was rejected by the Supreme Court. The larger bench will begin the proceedings after the hearing on the pleas challenging the repeal of Article 370, which had granted special status to the former state of Jammu and Kashmir, is over, according ...

Seema Haider, who hails from Sindh province in Pakistan, had entered India illegally along with her four children in a bus via Nepal on May 13.   Seema has said she does not wish to go back to Pakistan. (File) Noida, Uttar Pradesh:   According to official sources, central investigation agencies met with the Noida Police on Thursday to discuss the inquiry into the Pakistani national Seema Haider's unauthorized entry into India.   The meeting takes place after Seema and his Indian partner Sachin Meena were questioned by the Anti-Terrorist Squad of the Uttar PradeshPolice on Monday and Tuesday.According to an official source who spoke to PTI, "officials of central investigation agencies met with senior officers of the Noida Police in connection with the probe into the Seema Haider case" on Thursday morning. The Noida Police are conducting a separate investigation into the crime while the UP ATS questioned the couple for two days. Charge sheets have not yet been filed in...

Ajit Pawar was the Deputy Chief Minister when Uddhav Thackeray was Chief Minister before a split in the Shiv Sena led to the collapse of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government.     Uddhav Thackeray said he was sure Ajit Pawar would work for the state's people.    Mumbai:   Uddhav Thackeray, head of the Shiv Sena (UBT), visited former ally and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar for the first time since the NCP leader joined the Eknath Shinde government on Wednesday. The meeting took place on the fringes of Mr Thackeray's attendance at the parliamentary proceedings, and a day after the former Chief Minister attended a key meeting with other opposition parties in Bengaluru. The meeting was the first formal meeting since Mr Pawar, a former ally of Mr Thackeray in the undivided Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), switched sides and joined the Shiv Sena-led BJP government. "I met Ajit Pawar, wished him well, and hoped he would serve the public well. After the m...

A Delhi court has reserved its order on the bail petition of the outgoing Wrestling Federation of India chief.   The Delhi police told the court it is neither opposing the bail petition nor supporting it. New Delhi:   The ex-president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple female wrestlers, has been granted bail, and the Delhi police has not objected.  The Delhi Rouse Avenue court reserved its decision at a bail hearing today and stated that the verdict would be delivered at 4 PM.  The attorney representing the wrestlers in court opposed the Federation chief's request for normal bond, arguing that Mr. Singh is a powerful figure who might try to sway witnesses in the case.  The attorney added that if Mr. Singh is given bail, a stringent condition must be put in place prohibiting him from approaching the witnesses or complainants . Rajiv Mohan, the attorney for the WFI chief...