Even as the Delhi government is adopting various measures to provide relief to the citizens from severe heat in the national capital, the Old Delhi district administration on Saturday set up a cooling zone near the Jama Masjid under its “Heat-wave Action Plan”.
The chief cleric of Kashmir, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Saturday announced that he has been detained at home, while Srinagar's Jama Masjid has been locked down for worshippers for seven straight years for Eid prayers.
One year after the violence that erupted during the Jama Masjid survey in Sambhal on November 24, 2024, the city is calm and peaceful.
A 38-year-old person was held for making threat calls to two iconic monuments, the Red Fort and Jama Masjid in the Old Delhi area, Police said on Thursday.
Two of the iconic monuments of Delhi, Red Fort and Jama Masjid, on Thursday, received a bomb threat which turned out to be a hoax, the police said.
The town remained tense for the third consecutive day on Wednesday when the police released posters of 100 stone pelters with stones in their hands and their faces covered.
Three youths were killed in the violence that broke out during a court survey of Jama Masjid in Sambhal on Sunday.
A major violence erupted in the city on Sunday morning as officials began the second phase of the Shahi Jama Masjid survey.
Amid tension brewing over Hindus staking a claim to the Jama Masjid in Sambhal, the Friday prayers passed off peacefully under tight security cover.
Five litigants, including Rishiraj Giri of Kela Devi Temple, Sambhal, have filed the claim in the Civil Judge Senior Division court of Chandausi in Sambhal district
