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.

Police and Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel have been put on high alert in all districts of Moradabad division, including Sambhal, in the wake of hearing in the Shahi Mosque vs Harihar te ...

Image Source : PTI Police and security personnel stand guard amid violence during a second survey of the Jama Masjid in Sambhal. The Supreme Court of India addressed the ongoing dispute over the ...

New Delhi: The situation in violence hit Sambhal remains tense after the clash that erupted over the survey at the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal. There is a heavy police presence in the area.

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 ...