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Madhya Pradesh High Court recently dismissed two petitions challenging Ujjain Municipal Corporation notices, citing expected arrival of crores of devotees for Kumbh. Petitioners argued mosque is over century-old Waqf property, citing 1925 Scindia-era letter and 1985 gazette notification. The management is now approaching Supreme Court, advocate Zaid Pathan said.<\/p>\n
Police have barricaded all sides around mosque located opposite Mahakaleshwar Temple near Kshipra River, while around a thousand people were sitting inside after Zuhr prayers to halt demolition for second consecutive night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ujjain: Hundreds of Muslims in Madhya Pradesh\u2019s Ujjain are camping inside the historic Shahi Masjid to prevent its partial demolition amid heavy police deployment and stationing of bulldozers. The mosque has been marked for demolition on the pretext of a 730-metre road-widening project from Khajur Wali Masjid to Ganesh Chowk. Residents said they have been …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":211896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"yoast_head":"\n
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