, Feb 2 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court on Friday refused to allow the Gyanvapi Mosque committee's plea seeking an interim stay on puja being performed in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi Mosque (known as Vyas Tehkhana).However, the Court .
Shops in Varanasi s Muslim-dominated areas remained closed and the police sounded an alert in the entire district ahead of the Friday namaaz, following the district court order to allow Hindu prayers in a cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque.
The Allahabad High Court on Friday refused to give any relief to the Muslim side, which had petitioned against the Varanasi court order allowing Hindus to