Hindu temple

According to the local Hindus, the 120-year-old Pancha Shikhar Shiva Temple has been illegally occupied by the Muslim community who have also prohibited worship for the last 20 years.

A man named Wajid Ali vacated the 250-year-old Ganga Maharani Temple in Bareilly which he had been illegally occupying for the past 40 years.

A team from the Uttar Pradesh Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) conducted a survey at the Kalki Vishnu temple in Sambhal on Saturday.

Devotees performed puja at a recently discovered Hindu temple in Aligarh, following its restoration after being neglected for years.

A 4-member team from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) inspected five 'teerth' (shrines) and 19 wells in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh on Friday.

Earlier last week, a Shiva-Hanuman Temple in Sambhal was discovered during an anti-encroachment drive. The temple was closed since 1978.

Reports say that this ancient Radha-Krishna Temple was surrounded by Hindu families who had migrated away. The police received information about this abandoned temple and then arrived at the spot and reopened it. The police, however, did not find any signs of illegal encroachment.

A team of Bangladesh Border Guards (BGB) intruded in the Indian territory in Assam and tried to stop renovation of a Hindu temple claiming the site of a temple would offend Bangladeshi Muslims across the border.

"Anyone can go to the court, but a decision can be made only after hearings and evidence production. Anyone can do this (file a petition) for cheap publicity," Syed Zainul Abedin Ali Khan said. He further indicated that the Dargah and places of worship belonging to specific religions were deliberately being targeted.

A court in Rajasthan Ajmer has agreed to hear a petition claiming that Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a Hindu temple