The security deployment in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district continued for the sixth consecutive day on Saturday amid tensions over the Shahi Jama Masjid Survey. As per party sources, a delegation of the Samajwadi Party (SP) is likely to visit Sambhal today.

Violence-hit Sambhal has been turned into a fortress ahead of Friday namaz with heavy police deployment around the Shahi Jama Masjid. Violence had broken out in the town during a court-ordered survey of the mosque on November 24 after a petition was filed claiming the Mughal-era mosque was built on a temple site.

The Supreme Court will hear today a petition filed by the Sambhal Jama Masjid Committee challenging an order passed by a trial court for the survey of the mosque by an Advocate Commissioner in

A court in Sambhal has directed a commissioner to submit a survey report on the Jama Masjid mosque within 10 days, following claims of a temple having existed at the site. Tensions have risen since the survey began in November,

Internet services restored in Sambhal after communal violence, with enhanced surveillance measures in place for peace during prayers.

A 15-member delegation from the Samajwadi Party (SP) will travel to Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday to investigate violence that occurred following a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid complex.

Four people died after violence broke out in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal after a trial court allowed the survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid following claims that it was built by destroying a Hindu temple.

The Supreme Court ordered the Sambhal trial court to halt proceedings in the mosque survey case. The court's decision requires the survey report to be kept in a sealed cover until the high court hears the mosque committee's appeal.

Amidst tensions in Sambhal due to the controversial Shahi Jama Masjid survey, the Supreme Court directed the trial court to halt proceedings and keep