NEW DELHI: An RTI activist filed a petition in a civil court on Wednesday claiming that Aligarh's Jama Masjid was built upon Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu temples and urged the court to declare it ...

The Sambhal district administration commenced excavation work on Wednesday (22 January) near a centuries old well located 50 ...

A petition in Aligarh court alleges that Jama Masjid was built by demolishing a Shiva temple, a Buddhist stupa, and a Jain temple in the 18th century. The petitioner seeks restoration of the site ...

An indefinite curfew was imposed on the affected areas. Syed Abdullah Bukhari, Imam of the Moghul-built Jama Masjid … was arrested under the Maintenance of Internal Security. … It was one of ...

Sambhal:� A man has been arrested in connection with the violence during survey of a mosque here last year, officials said on ...

Sambhal has been tense since November 19 when a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid was carried out following claims that a Harihar temple previously stood at the site.

The Shahi Jama Masjid management committee urged the top ... the last incarnation of Lord Vishnu, and built in 1526 after demolishing the temple. ALSO READ: Sambhal violence: Woman stone pelter ...

The Jama Masjid in Aligarh.(Live Hindustan ... from the Aligarh Municipal Corporation indicates the mosque was "built on public land without government approval." Citing this information, he ...