NEW DELHI: Authorities deployed heavy security in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal on Friday ahead of ‘Alvida Juma’ amid ongoing tension since November 24 last year, when violence erupted in the city’s Kot Garvi locality during a survey of the Mughal-era Jama Masjid.A unit of the Rapid Action Force and police personnel conducted a flag march outside…
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…
BAREILY: Police are now suspecting that the Nov 24 violence in Sambhal was “orchestrated by absconding gangster Shariq Satha“, a native of the western UP town who is allegedly settled in the UAE. This comes after they found “unusual money transfer to account holders in Sambhal and foreign-made cartridges”. Earlier, police had said they had…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday took a jibe over the excavation work being undertaken in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal, stating that he believes there is a ‘Shivling’ underneath the chief minister’s residence too.“Since the excavation work is underway, I believe that there is a Shivling at the Chief Minister’s residence too. We…
Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya NEW DELHI: Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya on Monday criticised Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat‘s “don’t rake up Ram Temple-like issues elsewhere” remark.Expressing displeasure over the RSS chief’s remark, Rambhadracharya said Bhagwat did not say “anything good” and that he was influenced by “some form of appeasement politics”.He also criticised Bhagwat for…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met with victims of the recent violence in Sambhal in Delhi on Friday, a week after they were stopped by police from visiting the region.Congress, sharing photos of the meeting on X, said, “Today Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress General…
UP CM Yogi Adityanath (left) and Asaduddin Owaisi NEW DELHI: Asaduddin Owaisi, Hyderabad MP and All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief, took a jab at Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Aditynath over his “DNA remark” linking Sambhal violence to atrocities against the Hindu community in Bangladesh. In an attacking response to Yogi Aditynath’s remark, Owaisi said…
NEW DELHI: A scuffle broke out between Congress workers and commuters on Wednesday at Ghazipur border as people raised slogans against Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi. Commuters protested and raised slogans against the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha at the Ghazipur border amid traffic slowdown caused by barricading related to his visit to violence-hit…
NEW DELHI: Differences among INDIA bloc parties became more visible Tuesday as TMC and SP refrained from joining Congress-led protests over the Adani issue in Lok Sabha.MPs from Congress, AAP, RJD, Sena UBT, DMK and Left parties, among others, raised slogans against PM Narendra Modi demanding accountability be fixed for alleged corruption by the corporate…
BAREILLY: In a major development, the Sambhal police found a connection between the Sambhal violence and Pakistan, as an empty cartridge of a bullet made in Pakistan was recovered from the incident site on Tuesday. Six cartridges were recovered from the drains at the incident site. One of them was made in Pakistan, while another…
