The Sambhal area had violent clashes as people protested the court-mandated Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) examination of the mosque. The violence resulted in four deaths and multiple injuries among police personnel and locals.
After the Supreme Court decision on the Places of Worship (Special Provision) Act 1991, Advocate Hari Shankar Jain on Friday said that he has pledged to reclaim all the Hindu temples which have been broken to build mosques.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court restrained all courts across the country from issuing effective interim or final orders, including those authorising surveys, in pending cases against existing religious structures.
A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justices PV Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan also ordered that no fresh suits can be registered over such claims while the court is hearing pleas challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.
Asaduddin Owaisi, the chief of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), has launched a scathing attack on the central government amid a surge in petitions claiming that temples lie beneath mosques across India and alleged that the ruling party has an "invisible hand" behind every "Vah
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi welcomed a significant number of visitors during the 53rd Eid Al Etihad holiday. A total of 82,053 people visited the mosque, marking a 7 per cent increase compared to the previous year.
Violence erupted on November 24 in Sambhal district during an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) examination of a Mughal-era mosque. The clashes resulted in the deaths of four individuals and left several others, including police officials and locals, injured.
Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Tuesday raised Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal incident in the Rajya Sabha and accused the district administration of trying to 'vandalise' a 500-year-old Mughal-era-mosque---leading to the violence and ruckus that claimed lives and injured many in the dist
"...Through such surveys (of mosques), a conspiracy to create unrest across the country is being hatched. Supreme Court should take note of it and take action against judges who order such things..." Yadav told ANI.