UP: Friday Prayers Held Peacefully In Sambhal Amid Tight Security On Babri Demolition Anniversary
2 weeks, 3 days ago

UP: Friday Prayers Held Peacefully In Sambhal Amid Tight Security On Babri Demolition Anniversary

ABP News  

Sambhal, Dec 6 : Heavy security deployment was mounted in Sambhal on Friday in light of Friday prayers and the Babri demolition anniversary, with clerics appealing to people to offer prayers in their local mosques and maintain peace in the area. District Magistrate Rajender Pensiya told reporters that the prayers went off peacefully at the Shahi Jama Masjid with 600 people in attendance. "Precautionary steps include the deployment of additional civic forces across the division, extensive barricading at key locations and division of Sambhal into sectors for better monitoring," Muniraj told reporters Thursday night. On Friday, the Samajwadi Party's Sambhal MP Zia ur Rehman's father Mamlukur Rehman Barq told reporters after offering namaz at Shahi Jama Masjid, that the Friday prayers were held peacefully.

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Sambhal Muslims demolish homes after ancient temple discovery
5 days, 13 hours ago

Sambhal Muslims demolish homes after ancient temple discovery

Deccan Chronicle  

“We can at least save some of our belongings. Power theft amounting to ₹1.3 crore has been detected in dozens of homes, with anti-theft operations ongoing under police protection, particularly near the Jama Mosque. The anti-encroachment drive intensified after violent clashes on November 24 during a court-ordered Archaeological Survey of India survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid. The survey followed …

Weeks after Sambhal killings, district administration reopens old temple closed since 1978
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1 week, 1 day ago

Weeks after Sambhal killings, district administration reopens old temple closed since 1978

New Indian Express  

Weeks after five Muslim youths, including a minor, were killed when UP police allegedly opened fire at people protesting a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in UP's Sambhal, the administration on Friday reopened a temple locked since 1978. Officials claimed the temple, a stone's throw from the Shahi Jama Masjid, was opened after authorities "stumbled" on it during …

Weeks after Sambhal killings, district administration reopens old temple closed since 1978
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1 week, 1 day ago

Weeks after Sambhal killings, district administration reopens old temple closed since 1978

New Indian Express  

Weeks after five Muslim youths, including a minor, were killed when UP police allegedly opened fire at people protesting a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in UP's Sambhal, the administration on Friday reopened a temple locked since 1978. Officials claimed the temple, a stone's throw from the Shahi Jama Masjid, was opened after authorities "stumbled" on it during …

After the bulldozer: Indian Muslims grapple with loss amid demolished homes
1 week, 3 days ago

After the bulldozer: Indian Muslims grapple with loss amid demolished homes

Al Jazeera  

New Delhi, India – Shahid Malik is fighting for a home that no longer exists. We were never given a notice, the authorities stole both our home and our son from us.” ‘Bulldozer justice’ Like Malik, hundreds of Indian Muslims have seen their homes demolished in recent years without any notice, and in many cases without any legal documents to …

Sambhal mosque survey report deadline ends today
2 weeks ago

Sambhal mosque survey report deadline ends today

Hindustan Times  

The 10 days’ time given by the Sambhal trial court for submission of the advocate commissioner’s survey report on the Shahi mosque in Sambhal ends on Monday. After the violence in Sambhal on November 24 claimed four lives, the Supreme Court on November 29 ordered the Sambhal trial court not to pass any order related to the survey of the …

Jama Masjid Shahi Imam's emotional appeal to PM Narendra Modi over Sambhal mosque row: 'Win hearts of Muslims'
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Jama Masjid Shahi Imam's emotional appeal to PM Narendra Modi over Sambhal mosque row: 'Win hearts of Muslims'

Hindustan Times  

Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, made an emotional appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “talk to Muslims of the country” amid rising communal tensions over mosque surveys in various parts of India, News18 reported. No one knows which way the country will go in the future,” a teary-eyed Bukhari said at Jama Masjid He called …

Photo Essay: The Babri Masjid demolition, 32 years ago
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Photo Essay: The Babri Masjid demolition, 32 years ago

India Today  

The demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, marked a pivotal moment in India's history, fuelling debates over religion, politics, and identity. Leaders Addressing the Crowd BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani’s speeches galvanised the masses, stoking passions that culminated in the Babri Masjid's demolition. Riots after the Babri Masjid demolition in Seelampur The Aftermath The destruction …

Judicial panel members visit Sambhal, inspect areas where violence broke out
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Judicial panel members visit Sambhal, inspect areas where violence broke out

Deccan Chronicle  

Sambhal: Amid tight security, members of a judicial commission on Sunday visited the Shahi Jama Masjid here and other areas which witnessed violence over a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era mosque. Panel head retired Allahabad High Court judge Devendra Kumar Arora and retired IPS officer Arvind Kumar Jain were the two members of the three-member Commission which visited the areas …

Sambhal mosque row: ASI files response in court, seeks control, management of Mughal-era structure
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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Sambhal mosque row: ASI files response in court, seeks control, management of Mughal-era structure

New Indian Express  

SAMBHAL: The Archaeological Survey of India has submitted its response in a court -- which had allowed a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid here -- seeking control and management of the Mughal-era mosque as it is a protected heritage structure. Representing the ASI, lawyer Vishnu Sharma said the agency had submitted its counterargument in the court on Friday, stating …

Sambhal mosque dispute: Administration prohibits entry of ‘outsiders’; Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav reacts
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Sambhal mosque dispute: Administration prohibits entry of ‘outsiders’; Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav reacts

Hindustan Times  

The Sambhal district administration Uttar Padesh on Saturday imposed a ban on the entry of “outsiders” until December 10 to maintain peace and order after the November 19 violence that killed four people and injured several others over a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid, said Sambhal district magistrate Rajendra Pensiya. The move coincided with a planned visit by a …

Archaeological body flags alterations to Sambhal mosque, hurdles in inspection
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Archaeological body flags alterations to Sambhal mosque, hurdles in inspection

India Today  

The Archaeological Survey of India, in an affidavit, has highlighted the challenges faced in inspecting the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal, which was recently rocked by violence following a court-mandated survey of the mosque. The affidavit, accessed by India Today, also highlights several modifications done to the Jama Masjid, which is an ASI protected site. The ASI affidavit …

Sambhal mosque report likely to be submitted to local court; SC to hear plea against survey today
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Sambhal mosque report likely to be submitted to local court; SC to hear plea against survey today

New Indian Express  

SAMBHAL: Security was stepped up across the district ahead of Friday prayers and the likely submission of a report on the survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid here by the court-appointed ASI team following claims that a temple once stood at the spot. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will hear a plea by the Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid Committee today, seeking …

Sambhal Mosque Committee Moves SC Against ASI Survey Order; CJI Khanna To Hear Matter On Friday
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Sambhal Mosque Committee Moves SC Against ASI Survey Order; CJI Khanna To Hear Matter On Friday

ABP News  

The management committee of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal has moved the Supreme Court on Thursday against the survey order of a district court on November 19, which directed a survey of the Mughal-era mosque. Tensions had been simmering in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal since November 19 when a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid was carried out following a …

Sambhal Jama Masjid Committee Approaches Supreme Court Against Survey Order; CJI-Led Bench To Hear Tomorrow
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Sambhal Jama Masjid Committee Approaches Supreme Court Against Survey Order; CJI-Led Bench To Hear Tomorrow

Live Law  

The Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid Committee has approached the Supreme Court challenging the order passed by a trial court for the commission survey of the mosque in a suit which alleged that it was built after destroying a temple.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar will hear the matter tomorrow.Last week, Civil Judge of …

Days after Sambhal violence, court agrees to hear petition on Ajmer Dargah; summons committee
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Days after Sambhal violence, court agrees to hear petition on Ajmer Dargah; summons committee

New Indian Express  

Days after a court-ordered survey conducted on the Shahi Jama Masjid in UP's Sambhal led to protests and the killing of five Muslims including a minor allegedly in a police firing, a Rajasthan court on Wednesday accepted a petition claiming that the mausoleum of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti or the Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a Shiva temple. Ajmer West …

Sambhal Violence: 4 dead amid tensions over Jama Masjid Mosque survey and temple claims in UP district
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Sambhal Violence: 4 dead amid tensions over Jama Masjid Mosque survey and temple claims in UP district

Live Mint  

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 temple once stood at the site. Police have booked Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq and local SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood's son Sohail Iqbal and arrested 25 people following clashes …

Explained: What Is The Shahi Jama Masjid Row That Triggered Clashes In Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal
4 weeks ago

Explained: What Is The Shahi Jama Masjid Row That Triggered Clashes In Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal

ABP News  

Shahi Jama Masjid Row: The Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, has become the epicentre of a significant controversy following violent clashes over a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era mosque. The violence erupted as surveyors reached Chandausi town to conduct a second survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid, following a court order. On Sunday, violence erupted as a survey …

4 killed after a survey of a mosque sparks clashes in a northern Indian city
4 weeks ago

4 killed after a survey of a mosque sparks clashes in a northern Indian city

Associated Press  

LUCKNOW, India — Authorities closed schools and suspended internet services in a northern Indian city on Monday, officials said, a day after four people were killed in clashes sparked by an official survey probing whether a 16th-century mosque was built on a Hindu temple. Nearly 1,000 Muslim protesters gathered outside the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, in the northern state …

A mandir-masjid dispute and a survey: What led to deadly Sambhal violence
4 weeks ago

A mandir-masjid dispute and a survey: What led to deadly Sambhal violence

India Today  

Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh remains tense following violent clashes on Sunday that resulted in four deaths. WHAT LED TO THE SAMBHAL CLASHES The dispute originated with a complaint filed by Supreme Court lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain, alleging that the present Shahi Masjid stands on the site of the historic Harihar Mandir, which he claimed was demolished by Mughal ruler Babur …

Sambhal, India: Mosque survey sparks deadly clashes in Uttar Pradesh
4 weeks ago

Sambhal, India: Mosque survey sparks deadly clashes in Uttar Pradesh

CNN  

Lucknow, India — Authorities closed schools and suspended internet services in a northern Indian city on Monday, officials said, a day after four people were killed in clashes sparked by an official survey probing whether a 16th-century mosque was built on a Hindu temple. Nearly 1,000 Muslim protesters gathered outside the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, in the northern state …

Arrests after Muslims killed in mosque survey violence in India’s Sambhal
4 weeks ago

Arrests after Muslims killed in mosque survey violence in India’s Sambhal

Al Jazeera  

Cases filed against more than 2,000 people a day after four Muslim men killed in violence over survey of a Mughal-era mosque. Police have arrested dozens of people, shut down the internet, closed schools, and tightened security in Sambhal district of India’s Uttar Pradesh state after deadly violence erupted over a survey of a Mughal-era mosque. Survey of the mosque …

Mosque-temple spat: Why has India’s Sambhal exploded into violent clashes?
4 weeks ago

Mosque-temple spat: Why has India’s Sambhal exploded into violent clashes?

Al Jazeera  

Fears for the future of a mosque stoked tensions, but lawyers say India’s Supreme Court also bears responsibility. Within a few minutes, Tasleem received a phone call he will never forget: “My elder brother was shot dead by the police in daylight.” Protests had broken out in Sambhal on Sunday morning after a local court ordered an archaeological survey of …

Sambhal Violence: 3 Dead, 20 Security Personnel Injured In Clashes Over Mosque Survey, 21 Accused Held — Updates
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Sambhal Violence: 3 Dead, 20 Security Personnel Injured In Clashes Over Mosque Survey, 21 Accused Held — Updates

ABP News  

Violence erupted on Sunday in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal after clashes broke out between protesters and police over a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid. “All police and civil administration officials are handling the situation on the spot,” Kumar said, adding that anti-social elements would be identified and strict action taken. Sambhal Violence Erupts After Court-Ordered Survey Of Jama Masjid …

Breaking News: Survey of Sambhal's Shahi Jama Masjid Conducted Again Today | ABP News
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Breaking News: Survey of Sambhal's Shahi Jama Masjid Conducted Again Today | ABP News

ABP News  

In Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district, the Shahi Jama Masjid has been at the center of a legal dispute following claims from the Hindu side that the mosque was originally the Haridwar Temple. On November 24, Sunday, a new survey team arrived at the Shahi Jama Masjid to conduct further inspections. This survey is crucial in the ongoing legal battle and …

UP Court Orders Survey Of Shahi Jama Masjid In Sambhal Over Kalki Temple Dispute
1 month ago

UP Court Orders Survey Of Shahi Jama Masjid In Sambhal Over Kalki Temple Dispute

ABP News  

A court in Uttar Pradesh on November 19 directed an advocate commissioner to conduct a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal over a plea claiming that the mosque was constructed after demolishing a Kalki temple during Mughal rule. The civil court in Sambhal has appointed Ramesh Raghav as the advocate commissioner to conduct a survey and submit report …

UP Court Orders Survey Of Sambhal's Mosque By Advocate Commissioner On Plea Claiming It Was Built Over Demolished Temple
1 month ago

UP Court Orders Survey Of Sambhal's Mosque By Advocate Commissioner On Plea Claiming It Was Built Over Demolished Temple

Live Law  

On Tuesday, a Court in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district ordered an advocate commissioner to survey the Shahi Jama Masjid at Chandausi. The order was passed by Civil Judge Aditya Singh on a suit filed by eight plaintiffs, including Mahant Rishiraj Giri, who claimed that the mosque in question was built in 1526 after demolishing a temple that stood there. Therefore, …

Court-ordered survey carried out after Jama Masjid in U.P.’s Sambhal is claimed to be a temple
1 month ago

Court-ordered survey carried out after Jama Masjid in U.P.’s Sambhal is claimed to be a temple

The Hindu  

After Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, another 16th century mosque of the Mughal era, the Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, now finds itself mired in a controversy regarding its origin. Following a petition filed by senior advocate Vishnu Shanker Jain in the court of the civil judge at Sambhal, a survey was carried out on Tuesday evening in the presence …

Babri Masjid and the politics of demolition
2 years ago

Babri Masjid and the politics of demolition

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 06, 2022 20:43 IST “. The slogan, “Babri to bas jhanki hai, Kashi Mathura baki hai”, stands testimony to the yearning that continues to haunt India even today. They include the demolition of seven mazars in UP’s Mathura in 2018, ordered by the Adityanath government, the one in Barabanki in 2021, and the mazar between Chaubepur and …

Ayodhya moves on three decades after the anniversary of Babri mosque demolition
2 years ago

Ayodhya moves on three decades after the anniversary of Babri mosque demolition

The Hindu  

Three decades after the demolition of the Babri mosque, people in this pilgrim city seem to have moved on and appear to be treating its anniversary Tuesday almost like any other day. Police are describing the security arrangements in Ayodhya for December 6 – the day 30 years back when "kar sevaks" razed the 16th century mosque as “routine”. VHP …

From the India Today archives (1992) | Babri Masjid demolition: When India was shamed
2 years ago

From the India Today archives (1992) | Babri Masjid demolition: When India was shamed

India Today  

The scenes will return, like deranged ghosts, to haunt those of us who were at the graveside to witness the burial of a secular dream. Hundreds of kar sevaks stormed the Maniram Chavani where two of the religious leaders—Mahant Ram Chandra Paramhans and Mahant Nrit Gopal Das—were subjected to a volley of angry questions. The police are standing idle, but …

SC closes all cases pertaining to 2002 Gujarat riots and petitions against 1992 Babri Masjid demolition
2 years, 3 months ago

SC closes all cases pertaining to 2002 Gujarat riots and petitions against 1992 Babri Masjid demolition

Firstpost  

Closing all the proceedings arising out of 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, the apex court said that with the passage of time, the cases have become infructuous New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed all the cases and proceedings arising out of 2002 Godhra communal riots in Gujarat and the demolition of the Babri mosque in 1992. SC closes …

Film on Babri Masjid demolition screened at JNU; slogans raised against BJP, RSS
3 years ago

Film on Babri Masjid demolition screened at JNU; slogans raised against BJP, RSS

India TV News  

A protest march was carried out by the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union inside the campus demanding reconstruction of the demolished Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya. The protest march ended at the Chandrabhaga Hostel where the student leaders made speeches demanding reconstruction of the mosque, news agency IANS reported. Several videos have also surfaced from within the campus wherein …

Like no one killed Jessica, nobody demolished Babri Masjid: Chidambaram at Salman Khurshid's book launch event
3 years, 1 month ago

Like no one killed Jessica, nobody demolished Babri Masjid: Chidambaram at Salman Khurshid's book launch event

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said things took a predictable course after Supreme Court's verdict on Ram Janmabhoomi and like no one killed Jessica, nobody demolished Babri Masjid. The former finance minister made these comments at the launch event of Salman Khurshid's book Sunrise over Ayodhya, which is on the Ayodhya verdict. P Chidambaram at the launch event of …

Ayodhya mosque construction starts
3 years, 10 months ago

Ayodhya mosque construction starts

The Hindu  

The formal construction of the Dhannipur Mosque Project was launched on Republic Day with the unfurling of the Tricolour, singing of the National Anthem and planting of saplings of various trees like tamarind, mango, neem and guava at the five-acre plot in Dhannipur village here. Existence of old shrine IICF secretary Athar Hussain said the ‘green inauguration’ was chosen due …

Babri Masjid Demolition Case- Ayodhya Residents File Appeal Challenging CBI Court's Verdict Acquitting All Accused
3 years, 11 months ago

Babri Masjid Demolition Case- Ayodhya Residents File Appeal Challenging CBI Court's Verdict Acquitting All Accused

Live Law  

Two Ayodhya residents on Friday moved the Allahabad High Court challenging a special CBI court's ruling that acquitted all 32 accused including BJP veterans L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi the 1992 demolition of Babri mosque. Ayodhya residents Haji Mahmood Ahmad, 74, and Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, 81, claimed in the petition that they were witnesses in the trial against …

Babri Masjid demolition anniversary: No 'shaurya diwas' or ‘black day’ as Ayodhya moves on
4 years ago

Babri Masjid demolition anniversary: No 'shaurya diwas' or ‘black day’ as Ayodhya moves on

Firstpost  

Until 2018, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad used to observe the day as ‘‘shaurya diwas’’, while the Muslims in the town marked it as ‘‘black day’’ Ayodhya: The 28th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition was unlike previous years with both Hindus and Muslims refraining from holding any special event to mark the day on Sunday even as there was a …

For 400 Years Our Masjid Stood in Ayodhya: AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi on Babri Demolition Anniversary
4 years ago

For 400 Years Our Masjid Stood in Ayodhya: AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi on Babri Demolition Anniversary

News 18  

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday urged people to remember and teach the next generation to remember the injustice done with the demolition of Babri Masjid at Ayodhya. “Remember & teach the next generation to remember: For 400+ years our Babri Masjid stood in Ayodhya. The MIM had appealed to Muslims to observe a shutdown to register …

Being witness to the Babri Masjid demolition
4 years, 2 months ago

Being witness to the Babri Masjid demolition

The Hindu  

In the FIR carefully written out in Hindi at Thana Ramjanambhoomi, Ayodhya on December 11, 1992, I mentioned two U-matic tapes, one camera battery, one Hanimex still camera and a still film roll. The State government gave a sworn assurance to the apex court that no harm would be allowed to fall on the 16th century mosque, the epicentre of …

Babri Masjid Demolition an Unparalleled Crime That Has Wounded Country Like Gandhi's Assassination: Pinarayi Vijayan
4 years, 2 months ago

Babri Masjid Demolition an Unparalleled Crime That Has Wounded Country Like Gandhi's Assassination: Pinarayi Vijayan

News 18  

A day after a CBI special court in Lucknow acquitted all the accused, including BJP veteran LK Advani, in the Babri Masjid demolition case, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said the1992 incident was an unparalleled crime that has deeply wounded the country like the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. All the 32 accused in the Babri mosque demolition case, …

SDPIs Tasleem Rehmani vows to rebuild Babri even it takes 1000 years
4 years, 2 months ago

SDPIs Tasleem Rehmani vows to rebuild Babri even it takes 1000 years

Op India  

Secretary of Social Democratic Party of India Tasleem Rehmani made some highly provocative comments during a TV debate on Zee News. Arguing with a co-panellist on the debate over Krishna Janmanbhoomi, Rehmani threatened that Babri Masjid will be rebuilt in Ayodhya even if it takes 1000 years. When the anchor called out Rehmani for having double standards, he said that …

Swara Bhasker, Anubhav Sinha and others react as accused get acquitted in Babri Masjid demolition case
4 years, 2 months ago

Swara Bhasker, Anubhav Sinha and others react as accused get acquitted in Babri Masjid demolition case

India Today  

On September 30, a special CBI court in Uttar Pradesh announced a historic judgement on Babri Masjid demolition of December 6, 1992. He wrote, "Congratulations Mr Lal Krishna Advani you are now acquitted of the charges of single handedly drawing a bloody line across the soul of this country. Congratulations Mr Lal Krishna Advani you are now acquitted of the …

I still say Babri Masjid demolition was meticulously planned, Uma Bharti took responsibility: Justice Liberhan
4 years, 2 months ago

I still say Babri Masjid demolition was meticulously planned, Uma Bharti took responsibility: Justice Liberhan

India Today  

The demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 was a "meticulously planned" act and senior BJP leader Uma Bharti had "categorically" taken responsibility for it, Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan has said, according to a report in the Indian Express. The Government of India had set up the Liberhan Commission in 1992 to investigate the Babri Masjid demolition. From …

Babri Masjid demolition case | Sangh, BJP hail verdict
4 years, 2 months ago

Babri Masjid demolition case | Sangh, BJP hail verdict

The Hindu  

The BJP and other organisations of the Sangh Parivar welcomed the acquittal of the 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case by a special CBI court in Lucknow on Wednesday, with senior leader and one of the main accused in the case, L.K. Advani, stating that it vindicated “personal and BJP’s belief and commitment towards the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.” …

No Conspiracy, Violent Group Among Kar Sevaks Demolished Babri: Retd IPS Officer Kishore Kunal
4 years, 2 months ago

No Conspiracy, Violent Group Among Kar Sevaks Demolished Babri: Retd IPS Officer Kishore Kunal

News 18  

In 1990, then serving IPS officer Kishore Kunal was overseeing the dialogue between Muslims and Hindus on the Ayodhya land dispute to find an amicable solution. Kunal, who now is an executive officer in a temple in Ayodhya, wholeheartedly supports the views of the CBI court, which, on Wednesday, acquitted all 32 accused in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case …

Babri Masjid demolition case: A timeline
4 years, 2 months ago

Babri Masjid demolition case: A timeline

The Hindu  

The verdict by a special court in the Babri Masjid demolition case comes 28 years after kar sevaks razed the 16th century mosque and almost a year after the Supreme Court settled the land case in favour of a Ram temple at the disputed Ayodhya site. - Feb 2011: CBI moves Supreme Court against high court order in the mosque …

Babri Masjid demolition case verdict | Congress, Left say it runs counter to Supreme Court order
4 years, 2 months ago

Babri Masjid demolition case verdict | Congress, Left say it runs counter to Supreme Court order

The Hindu  

The acquittal of all the accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case, including BJP veterans L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, by a special court in Lucknow on Wednesday ran counter to the Supreme Court judgment holding the demolition illegal as well as the spirit of the Constitution, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said in a statement. The special court’s …

Babri Masjid demolition case | Advani, 31 others acquitted
4 years, 2 months ago

Babri Masjid demolition case | Advani, 31 others acquitted

The Hindu  

A special CBI court here on Wednesday acquitted senior BJP leader L.K. Editorial | Justice in ruins The court rejected the charges of criminal conspiracy levelled by the CBI against the accused, observing that the chargesheet did not have any evidence to show that they “got together in common intent” with a group of “hooligan kar sevaks” to bring down …

Babri Masjid demolition case: A timeline of events
4 years, 2 months ago

Babri Masjid demolition case: A timeline of events

Live Mint  

A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Lucknow is set to deliver its verdict in the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid criminal case today. Following is the chronology of events from the present, leading back to the demolition of Ayodhya-Babri Masjid: September 2020: CBI special court in Lucknow reserved the order to be pronounced on 30 September. September 2010: Allahabad HC upholds …

Babri Masjid demolition case: Verdict after 28 years of twists and turns
4 years, 2 months ago

Babri Masjid demolition case: Verdict after 28 years of twists and turns

India Today  

A special Central Bureau of Investigation court today acquitted all accused as it pronounced its much-awaited judgment in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case. TWISTS AND TURNS IN BABRI MASJID DEMOLITION CASES The Uttar Pradesh government set up a special court in Lucknow in consultation with the Allahabad High Court in September 1993 -- the state was still under the …

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