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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
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Topic: Sambhal

Isn’t it true Sambhal violence was result of tensions between ‘desi & foreign Muslims,’ asks Yogi

UP CM Yogi claims provocative statements made ‘during jumma namaaz’ creates tensions in Sambhal. SP MLA says not a “Hindu-Muslim” fight, but result of local administration’s actions.

Weeks after violence over mosque survey, ‘aarti’ at reopened temple in UP’s Sambhal

District administration discovered the temple on Saturday during an inspection in connection with electricity theft. Temple reopened after 1978, Nagar Hindu Sabha patron had claimed.

Watch CutTheClutter: Places of Worship Act & implications of SC interim order on ongoing disputes

In Episode 1571, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at what the CJI-led bench’s order says, and what it means for Gyanvapi, Sambhal and Ajmer Sharif cases.

Gyanvapi to Sambhal & Ajmer Sharif, SC order on Places of Worship Act likely to impact 11 sites

Three-judge bench led by CJI hems in lower courts, restricts them from passing interim or final orders, or ordering surveys in disputes concerning places of worship.

Fact Check: No idols were found at Sambhal mosque survey. Social media posts are fake

Three idols in the viral social media image were found in Karnataka in February 2024, months before the Sambhal mosque survey was conducted.

Sambhal: A history of violence

‘Sambhal doesn’t have a perfect history, but it has a long history.’ And this Jama Masjid is no ordinary masjid. It’s one of the oldest surviving Mughal mosques in the country.

Niyamgiri to Bhatta Parsaul & Kashmir, Rahul visiting grieving families has done little for Congress

Responding to violent incidents, Rahul Gandhi has travelled to remote areas in the past 16 yrs, sometimes risking arrest. In the latest case, he was stopped from reaching Sambhal in UP.

It’s too much to hope for BJP to give up Mandir-Masjid or for Indians to say enough is enough

Were Indian Muslims right to reject Babri compromise? Sambhal, Ajmer is what they said would happen.

Concealment can’t bring closure. Muslims must admit destruction of Hindu temples was wrong

If Muslims considered the destruction of temples bad, there should have been an elaborate and pervasive condemnation of it in their literary and oral traditions.

How to uplift your friends, by Devendra Fadnavis & no EVMs here, just neta-gotiations

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

How Modi’s call for self-reliance is different from Nehru’s

In his speech, Modi spoke about energy, critical minerals, electronics, defence and fertilisers. That is a more strategic approach than Nehru’s across-the-board one.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?