2 arrested in Varanasi, 70 summoned from across UP for questioning over alleged links to PFI
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday arrested two people in Varanasi, and summoned 70 others for questioning from different parts of Uttar Pradesh for their alleged links with the banned organisation Popular Front of India (PFI) during a special operation by the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of the UP police on Sunday, an official spokesman said.
Gyanvapi: Request for carbon dating rejected, Hindu side to move Supreme Court
Varanasi/UNI: A district court in Varanasi Friday rejected an application moved by the plaintiff for carbon dating or other scientific investigation of a Shivling-like structure found inside the Gyanvapi Mosque stating that in case any harm is caused it will be in violation of the Supreme Court decree to preserve the structure.