The explosion went off during the weekly Friday prayer service at the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.
Delhi Waqf Board chairman Amanatullah Khan in a letter to PM Modi Thursday said apprehensions were expressed on social media that 2 mosques were 'facing demolition' due to the project.
Allahabad University V-C Sangita Srivastava wrote to Prayagraj authorities on 3 March but the letter came to light only this week after it was widely shared on social media.
Officials overlooking the construction say the mosque will be named as Dhanipur Mosque for now, and Indo-Islamic Cultural Centre could be named after a Sepoy Mutiny warrior.
The comments, written in an editorial in Saamna, came amid a row over Shiv Sena leader Pandurang Sakpal's suggestion of holding an 'Azaan' recital competition for Muslim children.
Pushpesh Pant, a Padma Shri awardee, says the museum and the library will display stories and folktales of the Awadhi regions and also fascinating histories of Awadhi cuisine.
The SC's verdict in November 2019 directed the Centre to allot a five-acre plot to the Waqf Board for building a new mosque at a prominent place in Ayodhya.
The mosque was built by Mubarak Begum, an influential nineteenth century courtesan who was also the 'bibi' of British officer David Ochterlony — the First Delhi British Resident.
Indian sampradayas have to institutionalise their knowledge and boil it down to essentials for transmission and proselytisation if they are to compete with the major Abrahamic sects.
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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