Varanasi court bans media coverage of ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque

IANS | August 11, 2023 4:38 AM

Varanasi, Aug 11 (IANS) The court of Varanasi district judge has ordered that if the print media, social media or electronic media wrongly publishes any news regarding the ongoing ASI survey in the Gyanvapi mosque complex without formal information and despite no information being given by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the plaintiff and the defendant, then action may be taken against them as per the law.

Gyanvapi mosque committee seeks ban on 'false' media reporting on ASI survey

IANS | August 9, 2023 8:46 AM

Varanasi (UP), Aug 9 (IANS) The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid (AIM) Committee, which manages the Gyanvapi mosque, has filed an application in the Varanasi district court, seeking directions to refrain the media from "publishing, disseminating false and wrong news" pertaining to an ongoing scientific survey of the mosque.