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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicSambhal

Topic: Sambhal

New temples, old Hindu-Muslim script. Sambhal is Hindi TV’s latest prime-time theatre

Since the communal disturbances last month, Sambhal and its temple trouble have remained in the news. Still, the non-stop coverage of the Hanuman temple and the three idols is exceptional.

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.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.