The dispute stems from a claim that the Mughal-era mosque was built after demolishing a historic temple, Harihar Temple.

A local court has rejected the bail pleas of 10 more accused in connection with the violence that broke out during a survey at the Shahi Jama Masjid here last November, taking the total number of bail ...

Ahead of Ramzan, the Shahi Jama Masjid management committee in Sambhal district has formally approached the Archaeological ...

The Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court that the well near Sambhal’s Shahi Jama Masjid is public property and not ...

Shahi Jama Masjid management committee president Zafar Ali said that it had written to the Archaeological Survey of India ...

The Sambhal administration in Uttar Pradesh has stated that no work should be carried out on the Shahi Jama Masjid without ...

A day after the Shahi Jama Masjid management sought the ASI's permission to redecorate the mosque ahead of Ramzan, the ...

The Court Commissioner, Ramesh Singh Raghav, is expected to submit the survey report concerning the claim that Sambhal’s Jama Masjid was originally the Harihar Mandir. The report will likely be ...

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Sambhal violence update ... The survey was linked to a petition claiming that a Harihar temple once stood at the mosque’s site, triggering tensions in the area. Additional District Judge ...

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. On November 24 ...

The Shahi Jama Masjid management sought permission from the ASI to redecorate the mosque ahead of Ramzan. The Sambhal ...