Gyanvapi survey continues for 7th day, Muslim side seeks ban on media coverage

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The Muslim side has filed an application with a district court judge seeking a ban on the media coverage of the survey...

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) continued its scientific survey of the Gyanvapi complex in Varanasi for the seventh consecutive day on Tuesday to determine if the mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple...

On the sixth day of the survey, the ASI team measured the domes and basement of the Gyanvapi complex and also surveyed the northern walls...

Another lawyer said the ASI team is collecting evidence and besides the dome and pavilion of the complex, the basements were surveyed, PTI reported...

On August 3, the Allahabad High Court dismissed a petition by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which manages Gyanvapi, against a lower court order directing the ASI to survey the mosque..

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