Authorities in Sambhal denied permission for the annual Neja Mela, traditionally held in memory of Syed Salar Masud Ghazi, over historical concerns. Security forces were deployed to maintain peace and ...

The decision has drawn attention in the wake of the district administration being denied permission for annual Neja Mela in Sambhal ...

Local BJP leaders, social activists and lawyers submitted a memorandum on Thursday to the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) here, demanding a ban on the annual fair held in the name of Syed Salar Sahu ...

Local leaders and activists demand a ban on the Satrikh fair celebrating Syed Salar Sahu Gazi, citing historical controversy over his association with Mahmud of Ghazni. The fair, linked to an ...

Bareilly: The head of Sambhal's Shahi Jama Masjid committee is allegedly being "mistreated in jail and not even being given ...

For in the “New India” that leaders like Yogi Adityanath are remaking in the image of whatever mythical kingdom catches their ...

Once upon a time, it would be shameful for any government to fail to contain communal tensions when there were apprehensions that a riot may break out. That was another era, a different world ...

Sambhal authorities had earlier denied permission for the 'Neja Mela', traditionally held in memory of invader Mahmud ...

DAYS AFTER the Sambhal police denied permission for the Neja (Javelin) Mela after “public objections” over its association with Syed Salar Masood Ghazi, the nephew of Turkish invader Mahmud Ghazni, ...