Police try to control the situation amid violence during a second survey of the Jama Masjid, claimed to be originally the site of an ancient Hindu temple, in Sambhal.

Areas around the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal remained tense as thousands congregated for Friday prayers at the 16th-century shrine amid tight security. “The Friday prayers ...

A court-ordered survey of the 16th-century Jama Masjid, a Mughal-era mosque, in Moradabad's Sambhal, led to multiple deaths, arrests and a riot that brought the city to a grinding halt.

Violent clashes erupted in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, following a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid, a 16th-century mosque. The survey was prompted by a petition claiming the mosque was ...

Uttar Pradesh: Violence broke out in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, after a group of people pelted stones at a team who came to survey the Shahi Jama Masjid. Vehicles were also ...

Bareilly: A day after the civil judge (senior division) in Chandausi, UP, ordered a survey of the Jama Masjid in Sambhal following a petition claiming that it was an "ancient Harihar temple ...

After Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, another 16th century mosque of the Mughal era, the Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, now finds itself mired in a controversy regarding its origin. Following a ...

Image Source : INDIA TV The miscreants created a ruckus outside the mosque. In Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, tensions flared once again today as a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid was carried out under ...

Tension had been brewing in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal since November 19, when the Mughal-era mosque Jama Masjid was first surveyed on the court's orders following a petition claiming that a Harihar ...

The survey, based on a complaint claiming the Mughals demolished a temple to construct the mosque, sparked unrest as hundreds of protesters gathered near the Shahi Jama Masjid to oppose the move.

Chaos erupted in Sambhal Sunday morning when a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid led to violent clashes between the locals and the police. The mosque is at the centre of a ...