The Sambhal mosque authorities are trying to encroach on public land, the Uttar Pradesh government has told the Supreme Court about the disputed 16th-century mosque that witnessed violence last ...

Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Shahi Jama Masjid president Zafar Ali for inciting violence during a mosque survey last November, which left five dead. The Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday arrested ...

Earlier in the day, when PTI reached out to Sambhal Kotwali in-charge Anuj Kumar Tomar to ask if Ali had been arrested, he said the mosque management committee president was taken into SIT custody ...

According to police sources, Ali was picked up from his residence in Sambhal after the SIT probing the Sambhal violence allegedly found 'evidence' purportedly proving that Ali had delivered an ...

The Mughal-era mosque has been at the centre of a major ... cooperated with the administration in the investigation into the Sambhal violence, yet he was being punished. "We have full faith ...

SAMBHAL: Shahi Jama Masjid committee president Zafar Ali was arrested on Sunday in connection with the violence that erupted here in November last year over a court-ordered survey of the mosque ...

On March 12, the Allahabad High Court directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to carry out and complete the whitewashing of the mosque within one week. SAMBHAL: An advocate representing ...

The structure has been at the centre of a controversy since November 26, when violence broke out in Sambhal ... that the mosque had been built in 1526 by Mughal ruler Babur on the site of a ...

The Allahabad High Court addressed a verbal plea to refer to Sambhal Jama Masjid as a 'disputed ... the next hearing for March 10, 2025. The mosque became contentious after a survey led to clashes ...

In Sambhal, police acted against a mosque and its imam for using a loudspeaker for 'azaan' at excessive volume, violating prescribed decibel limits. A case was registered, and the loudspeaker was ...

The chief minister’s remarks came at a time when the ownership dispute over the Sambhal Jama Masjid was pending in the court. Sanjay Pandey Last Updated : 04 March 2025, 12:40 IST ...