The Special Investigation Team of Sambhal police on Sunday took Zafar Ali, the president of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, into custody to record his statement in connection with the violence that eruted in the district on November 24. The Mughal-era mosque has been at the center of a significant controversy following claims that…
MEERUT: The whitewashing of the 16th-century Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid’s outer walls began on Sunday under the supervision of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), following Allahabad high court’s directive in the presence of the mosque committee and ASI officials. The mosque has been at the centre of controversy since Nov 24, 2024, when violence…
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis NEW DELHI: Maharashtra’s chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that everyone is in favor of removing Mughal king Aurangzeb’s tomb in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar but legal constraints exist as the Congress government previously placed the site under the Archaeological Survey of India‘s protection. These remarks were made during a Saturday evening function.The matter…
Police and security personnel interact with members of the Shahi Jama Masjid. (PTI) PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court on Tuesday accepted a verbal plea of the Hindu side lawyer to refer to the Sambhal Jama Masjid as a ‘disputed structure‘. However, the written order passed by Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal called it a ‘disputed mosque’….
NEW DELHI: In view of its recent ruling staying all proceedings on disputes over religious sites, Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that the fight over the Bhojshala temple-Kamal Maula mosque complex in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh be tagged and heard along with petitions challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act which is…
NEW DELHI: Government is committed to protecting the country’s heritage, said Union culture and tourism minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Thursday, and also cautioned that it’s important to identify, expose and probe the “powers and mindset” trying to hinder India’s progress.His remarks came in response to a question at a press conference on the measures…
J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah (File photo/ANI) NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah called on Thursday several demands seeking court-mandated surveys of Mosques and Shrines “a well-planned conspiracy”. Abudullah’s statement comes on the heels of court interventions, involving surveys, in Rajasthan’s Ajmer Sharif Dargah and Sambhal’s Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh.In…
New Delhi: Hindu Sena‘s national president Vishnu Gupta has written to the director general of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), requesting a survey of Delhi’s iconic Jama Masjid. In the letter, Gupta alleged that Hindu deities’ idols were buried within the mosque.The Hindu Sena chief further alleged that the historic Jama mosque was constructed after…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accompanied by five other party MPs, is set to visit Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday to evaluate the aftermath of the recent unrest during the Archaeological Survey of India‘s (ASI) examination of the Mughal-era mosque on November 24.Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai indicated that Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi…
NEW DELHI: A management committee of Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal has moved to the Supreme Court against the mosque survey order given by a local court.Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna-led bench will be hearing the petition of Sambhal Jama Masjid on Friday, reported news agency ANI.On Sunday, clashes between protesters opposing…
