Belying the majoritarian hysteria and attacks on Sambhal’s Mosque and the Muslim minority living in the western UP town, the ...

ASI tells CIC it has no records on whether Sambhal Jama Masjid was built over ruins or vacant land; mosque dates to 1526 and ...

Built around 1526, the protected structure is at the center of a legal dispute that has caused violence: Hindu petitioners ...

The disclosure came in response to a right to information (RTI) application filed by Sambhal-based lawyer, who sought details ...

Muslims make up a majority in Sambhal, but after deadly clashes over a mosque, they say they the arms of the state are now stifling them.

A commission appointed by the Sambhal district court had reportedly said in a report in 2024 that symbols associated with Hinduism had been found at Sambhal’s Shahi Jama Masjid, protected by the ASI s ...

The agency also said it has no documents to identify who owned the land at the time of the mosque’s construction ...

The Jama Masjid in Sambhal is embroiled in controversy due to a lack of records regarding its construction history. An RTI inquiry revealed no historical documents, prompting legal disputes and ...

Sambhal (UP), Mar 16 (PTI) The whitewashing of the outer wall of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal began on Sunday morning under the supervision of the Archaeological Survey of India ...

Around 10 mosques, including the historic Shahi Jama Masjid, have been completely covered with large tarpaulins to prevent any potential disputes during celebrations ...

The Uttar Pradesh government filed a status report before the Supreme Court on Monday, February 24, saying that well at the centre of the issue is “situated near and not inside the disputed religious ...

In an RTI application, a person sought to know whether the Mughal-era mosque, Jama Masjid, was built by demolishing any ruins or on vacant land, along with the name of the landowner at the time and th ...