In a significant development in the case of a mosque in Shimla’s Sanjauli area, the municipal corporation court has ordered the demolition of the entire 5-storey structure
The Supreme Court has put an interim stay on the Nashik Municipal Corporation's April 1 demolition notice to the Hazrat Saatpeer Sayed Baba dargah in the city
Muslim historians of the medieval era corroborate the religious zealotry Aurangzeb embodied with their ecstatic accounts of temple destruction underway during the Mughal ruler's reign.
Self described journalist Meer Faisal tweeted that authorities demolished the 180-year-old Noori mosque citing encroachment. The truth, however, is that only the encroached portion of the mosque was demolished.
Swami Darshan Bharti, a leader of a Hindu group, welcomed the act and questioned the existence of a 'mazar' within the premises of such a prominent institution.