Stating that they are idol worshippers & devotees of Shiva & Vishnu, petitioners said they are asserting their right to visit & pay homage to religious place of ‘Kalki Avtar’.
Built during Mughal emperor Babur’s reign, Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal is in focus after clashes between local residents and police during court-ordered survey claimed four lives.
FIR states Barq & son of SP MLA from Sambhal gathered crowd without permission two days before clashes erupted during court-mandated survey of Shahi Jama Masjid on 24 November.
Police say deaths caused by 'bullet wounds from country-made pistols'. Locals allege cops were responsible. Tensions rose after teams arrived to conduct 2nd survey of Shahi Jama Masjid.
Four people were killed and more than 20 cops injured in clashes that broke out during court-ordered survey of Shahi Jama Masjid in UP's Sambhal on the morning of 24 November.
Tension loomed in this UP city since 19 November when its Jama Masjid was first surveyed on court orders, following a petition that a Harihar temple initially stood om the site.
Tension has been brewing in Sambhal since Tuesday when Jama Masjid was surveyed on orders of a local court following a petition that claimed that a Harihar temple stood at the site.
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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