NEW DELHI: An RTI activist filed a petition in a civil court on Wednesday claiming that Aligarh's Jama Masjid was built upon Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu temples and urged the court to declare it ...

Delhi’s Jama Masjid is one of the largest mosques in India built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan between 1644 and 1656. Located in Old Delhi, Jama Masjid served as the imperial mosque of the Mughal ...

Gautam said, "I have been filing queries with several government departments regarding the origins of Jama Masjid ... indicates the mosque was "built on public land without government approval." ...

The Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal is in the middle of a legal battle after Hindu petitioners claimed that it was built over a Hindu temple called Hari Mandir. Violence broke out in Sambhal during a ...

Nearly 1,000 Muslim protesters gathered outside the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal ... from a Hindu lawyer that claimed the mosque was built on the site of a Hindu temple, officials said.

An RTI activist has filed a petition claiming that Aligarh's Jama Masjid was built on Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu temples, deeming it illegal. The petition followed responses revealing the mosque ...