An RTI activist has filed a petition claiming that Aligarh's Jama Masjid was built on Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu temples, deeming it illegal. The petition followed responses revealing the mosque ...

The Sambhal district administration commenced excavation work on Wednesday (22 January) near a centuries old well located 50 ...

An indefinite curfew was imposed on the affected areas. Syed Abdullah Bukhari, Imam of the Moghul-built Jama Masjid … was arrested under the Maintenance of Internal Security. … It was one of ...

A petition in Aligarh court alleges that Jama Masjid was built by demolishing a Shiva temple, a Buddhist stupa, and a Jain temple in the 18th century. The petitioner seeks restoration of the site ...

Sambhal:� A man has been arrested in connection with the violence during survey of a mosque here last year, officials said on ...

When told about the Hindu side's claims that the mosque was built over an ancient Harihar ... court that it was not a Harihar temple, but Jama Masjid. We have all the evidence," he said.

Sambhal has been tense since November 19 when a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid was carried out following ...

NEW DELHI: An RTI activist filed a petition in a civil court on Wednesday claiming that Aligarh's Jama Masjid was built upon Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu temples and urged the court to declare it ...

The Jama Masjid in Aligarh.(Live Hindustan ... from the Aligarh Municipal Corporation indicates the mosque was "built on public land without government approval." Citing this information, he ...

Gautam claims that one of the RTI replies from the Aligarh Municipal Corporation indicates the mosque was "built on public land without government approval." Citing this information, he has approached ...