Varanasi, 10/8: A Varanasi court on Thursday banned the media from covering the ongoing scientific survey of the contentious Gyanvapi mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
District judge A K Vishwesh also directed the ASI officials, who were engaged in the work of the survey, not to speak to the media on the survey and keep the findings confidential. The court passed the order on a plea by the Mosque Committee .