Sambhal district administration started excavating a centuries-old well near the Shahi Jama Masjid in Chandausi. This is part of an initiative to revive historical wells and pilgrimage sites.
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.
a local court had passed an ex-parte order for a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid here by an advocate commissioner after taking note of a plea of the Hindu side claiming the mosque was built by ...
A man named Arshad, a resident of Khaggu Sarai locality, was arrested in connection with the violence that occurred during the survey of a mosque in Sambhal last year.