"The mindset of the Waqf Board is that they will never show documents. The way a mosque was constructed in Shimla's Sanjauli was illegal. There were no documents of the land. Even after several months, the documents could not be presented then the order was given that all the floors will be
As many as four people were arrested in a case of alleged illegal construction of a mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly. A tin shed was put up in a 200-yard house and a mosque was illegally constructed, said police.
Following the intensifying protests that have surrounded the city of Shimla for the past few days, the Himachal Pradesh Police tightened security and placed barricades in the Jail Road area in Mandi on Friday.
Amid the ongoing controversy over the legality of the under-construction Sanjauli Masjid in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh said if the mosque is 'illegal' then action will be taken.
Despite the verdict of the Supreme Court awarding land for the construction of a mosque in Ayodhya, the construction work has not yet begun due to lack of funds, said Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) secretary Athar Hussain on Thursday.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 21 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board will hold a meeting on February 24 here over the five acres of land for mosque construction in Ayodhya.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is playing politics in the name of Lord Ram hence they are not pursuing or announcing the construction of the mosque in Ayodhya.